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CASE STUDYONSOFTWARE ENGINEERINGTOPIC:ONLINE RAILWAY RESERVATION SYSTEMSUBMITTED BY:SHRUTI DHARMADHIKARI-06TEJAL JADHAV-16DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYV.G.VAZE COLLEGE OF SCIENCEMITHAGAR RD,MULUND(E)MUMBAI 400081DATE OF SUBMISSION:24
TH
FEB¶ 2010
 
WHAT IS SOFTWAREENGINEERING?
Software engineering is a layered technology. The bedrock thatsupports software engineering is a quality focus. The foundation for softwareengineering is the process layer. Software engineering process is the gluethat holds the technology layers together and enables rational and timelydevelopment of the computer software.Software engineering methods provide the technical ³how to¶s´ for building software. Methods encompass a broad array of tasks that includecommunication, requirements analysis, design , modeling, programconstruction, testing and support.Software engineering methods rely on a set of basic principles thatgovern each area of the technology and include modeling activities and other descriptive techniques.
 
INTRODUCTION TO THE RAILWAYRESERVATION SYSTEM:
The
Indian Railways (IR)
carries about 5.5 lakhs passengersin reserved accomodation every day.The Computerised Passenger Reservation System(PRS) facilates the booking and cancellation of tickets from any of the 4000 terminals(i.e. PRS bookin window all over the countries). These tickets can be booked or cancelled for journeyscommencin in any part of India and ending in any other part, with traveltime as long as 72hours and distance upto several thousand kilometers.The project of PRS was launched on 15
th
November 1985, over Northern Railway with the installation of Integrated Multiple TrainPassenger Reservation System(IMPRESS), an online transactionprocessing system developed by Indian Railways in association withComputer Maintenance Corporation Ltd., at New Delhi. The objectivewas to provide reserved accomodations on any train from anycounter,preparation of train charts and accounting of the money collected.The application was implemented in 1987Mumbai,Chennai,Kolkata,Secunderabad subsequently.
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