Software engineering: how to approach it the electrical engineer

Abstract

An attempt is made to decide which formal software development methodology should be used to introduce software engineering to the electrical engineer. Two methodologies are compared: system analysis-system-design (SASD) and Jackson System Development (JSD). Nine postgraduate students of electrical engineering took part in this experiment. Each of them had to solve a specific problem according to both methodologies. A questionnaire was filled out by each student. The results obtained favor the SASD methodology because it is more understandable by an electrical engineer.<>