Overview of SE, Practice & Myths; the Software Processes, Generic Process Models: Framework Activity, Task Set, Process Patterns, Process Improvement, CMM Prescriptive, Process Models: Waterfall Model, Incremental Process Model, Evolutionary Process Model; Specialized Process Models: Component Based Development, the Formal Methods Models, Agile Development; Business Information Systems: Components, Types, and Evaluating methods. SDLC: Phases, System Planning, Preliminary Investigation, SWOT Analysis. The Importance of Strategic Planning; Evaluation of Systems Requests, Requirements Engineering. Difference between Structured Analysis and Object Oriented Analysis, Difference between FDD Diagrams & UML Diagrams; Data & Process Modelling; Diagrams: Data Flow, Context, Conventions, Detailed Level DFD’s; Levelling and Balancing. Logical Versus Physical Models. The Design Process; Architecture Design Elements, Interface Design Elements, Component-Level Design Elements, Deployments Design Elements; System Architecture, Architectural Styles. User Interface Design. WebApps Interface Design; Software Quality Assurance. Validation Testing, System Testing; Internal and External View of Testing. Project Management. Risk Management; Maintenance and Reengineering.