Nova Southeastern: CISC 680 Software Engineering Trends Report

This research paper, prepared for a Master's level course at Nova Southeastern University, delves into the emerging trends within software engineering. It focuses on key areas such as artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and blockchain technology, examining their impact on software development processes. The paper includes an executive summary, introduction, problem statement, and analysis of relevant research papers. The investigation explores the significance and relevance of these trends, their current applications, and potential future impacts on the industry. The report also considers the challenges and complexities associated with implementing these technologies, providing insights for business strategies and software development approaches. The analysis encompasses the systematic application of engineering principles to software development, with the aim of aiding discussions and further investigation into these influential research areas. The paper reviews and discusses findings from several research papers, offering recommendations for the effective use of these trends in business and software development.

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Research Paper

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Title of the paper : (Aspects related to the software engineering process)
Executive Summary
This report relates to the emerging trends in software engineering. Software engineering is one of
the famous trends in today's world of information technology. This research paper includes the
various trends occurred in software engineering. Software engineering is the systematic
application of engineering approaches to software development. The research paper describes the
various trends included in software engineering and the relevant papers that describe the research
related to software trends. The research includes the proper description of the research paper
related to the trends in software engineering. The various approaches used in the overall process
of the research that is useful in analyzing the emerging trends in software engineering.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Problem and Area of investigation..................................................................................................5
Significant and Relevancy of the topic............................................................................................7
Current research...............................................................................................................................8
Conclusion and Recommendations................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The research paper based on the several trends used in the software engineering process.
Software engineering is a very useful process in today's world of technology. The technology is
very much useful in business or any other process of the environment. Software engineering is
used for the systematic maintenance of software and used properly in the business of the market.
The technology trends can be very much increased due to the aspects of software engineering
(Dingsoyr and Lassenius, 2016). There are different process included in software engineering,
which are Artificial Intelligence, Progressive Web Apps, Cyber Security and Block chain
Technology. The software development provides several jobs in the US and many other
countries so this can be possible after the proper knowledge regarding the process occurred in
software engineering. These relates to the proper use of technology like artificial intelligence and
block chain. They will carry the software development trends dominate in the year 2019. They
used in the several strategies of the business and increase business development in the area
(Petersen, et al., 2015).
The research paper includes the proper definition of the problem and the application area
of the problem. The problem is very much related to the emerging trends in software engineering
so that these trends used in the overall business process and it increases the proper development
in the market. The three or four research papers related to the problem will be reviewed in this
research process and the overall summary is included in this report. The trends of software
engineering closely related to the recent technology used in the various process of the business or
any other process (Attele, et al., 2016). The business researchers to improve the market use these
trends.

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Problem and Area of investigation
The emerging trend relates to the software engineering aspects that are very important in the
overall research paper. The main problem relates to this research paper is to analyse the
emerging trends in the process of software engineering. To analyze these trends, several
processes provide help to researchers (Fitzgeraldand Stol, 2017). They are used for the proper
development of the software and these trends improve the overall development of the software
and improve the use of technology in the business process. All these trends have several issues
and the implementation of the process is very difficult.
The problem all related to the different process and trends included in the overall aspects
of software engineering. These new trends create several problems in the proper development of
software as it increases the complexity of the overall development of software technology. The
problem is all related to the software engineering trends that are not easy to understand quickly
and the implementation is not easier. The investigation of the problem done by studying the
various concepts related to software engineering. The real analytics is done by using the trends in
the software development as the software development become the essential need for the
business but the new trends occur in the software engineering create problems in the proper
development of the software and the implementation of software in the business. The overall
problem related to the several trends that occurred in software engineering because they create
complexity in the overall process. This is included in a process of problem, as it is not possible to
understand the overall trends of engineering. However, they make the work easier but are very
difficult to implement these trends in the business process (Casado and Younas, 2015). The
trends in software engineering related to cyber security and artificial intelligence as these trends
help in implementing many solutions regarding the problem of the business.
These problems are addressed by understanding the requirement of the business and the
understanding of the workers. The investigation area includes the business area in which several
software development aspects are used and in today’s world, all of the business uses the software
in their activities to make the work easier. The result of this research provides the proper
understanding of the trends used in the software engineering and help them in used in the
business process and business strategies so that the complex work becomes easier to do and
provide proper support to the employees (Chakraborty, et al., 2012). The results provide several

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recommendations to use the several processes of software development and different trends in
software engineering. These results are very important for the business strategies as it is used for
the proper software development used in the business process.

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Significant and Relevancy of the topic
This work is significant and relevant as it defines the several process of the software
engineering and these trends are very much important to analyse. The topic is significant and
relevant as it gives a brief description regarding the emerging trends, which are like artificial
intelligence, cybersecurity and blockchain technology (Amber, et al., 2012). The significant of
the topic is that it includes the research problem that is all relates to the several emerging trends
in software engineering. The topic is about the trends that occur in the future in the field of
software engineering. The artificial intelligence is one of the famous emerging trends that occur
in the future process of software engineering. The AI process is very beneficial in the overall
process of the business strategies and improves the overall growth of the organization but it also
includes several issues and challenges in the software engineering process. These challenges
create many problems in the use of emerging trends in the business process. The relevancy of
this topic is that it addresses the problem that mentions in the research paper.
These trends are artificial intelligence that based on the new technology, cyber security
includes the proper security of data and block chain technology includes the connected
computers technology in the business. All are closely related to the process of engineering and
improve business strategies and applications (Chowdhry, et al., 2012). The study of these aspects
is very important in the overall process of the research report. The emerging trends description is
all relevant and provides significance in the overall research report. The relevancy of the
research topic is very important to describe the overall process of the research and to describe the
aspects of the report in a brief manner. These trends are very much relevant to the software
engineering process and give a proper description in the report.

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Current research
As per the software engineering, trends are very important in today's world of technology
and these trends are very useful in several business strategies. Software development provides
the number one job in the US. The demand for developers is something new, the technologies of
software engineering are very important, and it is used in the overall development of business.
The software engineering technologies are very important and they are very helpful in the
business industries although it creates several complexities in the overall development of the
business (Harman, et al., 2012). The software technologies include several advancements in the
technology and the new trends provide several benefits to the business in future. The trends
occurred in the software development will be dominated in the year 2019. Software engineering
is the proper development and designing of the software. However, this process also includes
several software issues that create various problems in the business.
The software technology occurs various advancements that include in the emerging
trends of software engineering. Software engineering approach relates to the development,
maintenance and operations of software. The software engineering faces a problem of scale that
includes the various complex methods that include in the overall development of software. The
problem of scale shows that the newly designed methods canto goes up to the large systems and
they stick up to the small systems only. The large software methods include the large system
only. The cost, schedule and quality also include in the developing of system. The cost of the
resources used for making the proper system is also a problem in software engineering. The other
main problem in the emerging trends of software engineering is the problem of consistency that
involves the several primary objectives of the software project (Benala, et al., 2012). Software
engineering includes several issues that's why emerging trends also increase the issues in the
overall process. The challenges and requirements of software engineering also affect emerging
trends and create hurdles in proper business development.
The emerging trends of software engineering include various issues and challenges that is
why it includes several problems in the overall process. Software engineering includes various
challenges like understanding large and complex system requirements, which is a very difficult
task to operate software engineering. The other main challenges relate to the undefined system
boundaries and several requirements regarding conflicts. Due to these several challenges, it is

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required to maintain the emerging trends in software engineering. However, these trends are very
helpful in several business strategies. The main emerging trends of software engineering are
artificial intelligence; block chain technology and cyber security. The artificial intelligence is a
concept that is widely used in the business strategies for the digital transformation and the
transformation is one of the main parts of the business strategies as it provides supports to
manage the competition in the market. The artificial intelligence is one of the key drivers for the
digital transformation. However, this trend is very difficult to implement in the business process.
The other man trend relates to the block chain technology that is a very new trend in
business aspects. This technology includes several applications that are beneficial for the
business process. This technology has its applications that occur several processes in the overall
business. The process of block chain is a network of interconnected computers that used for the
business. The block chain development is very essential in the overall process of the
organization. The several industries planning to adopt this technology in future so this creates
several issues in the overall business process. The large-scale transactions can be managed with
this particular block chain technology. The overall cost is reduced with the help of this
technology and it improves the overall efficiencies of the organization. Several organization like
healthcare organization uses this block chain in the overall process of the supply chain and other
medical administrations. Several technical companies use block chain technology in managing
their platform and drive several adoptions. The examples of the company that uses the block
chain technology are Microsoft, Amazon, IBM and Oracle. Block-chain based applications are
required. The other emerging trends used in the overall process of software engineering are cyber
security. Cyber security is one of the important processes that include trends in software
engineering. The cyber security manages all the data protection and increases the system of the
software development industry. The several opportunities created in the overall web
development industry.
The emerging trends in software engineering are the main task that includes in the overall
research paper. The research paper is overall based on the problem that occurs due to the
emerging trends in software engineering (Mohammad and Abushariah, 2017). The investigation
has been done by reviewing the author review regarding the process that gives the deep

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information regarding the software engineering process. The several applications are involved in
the overall process of the software engineering process and it used in the business process to
maintain the several strategies of the business. However, it creates a complex situation in the
organization because employees cannot understand the working process of trends relates to
software engineering. By using the trends, the future of the business is also affected as it is very
hard to understand by the employees and they are not easily involved in the use of these trends in
the overall business process. The software engineering trends are closely related to the
technologies and technical process. The business can use several technologies in the business by
using these trends. These trends in software engineering are very much important as per
engineering because, without this process, engineering cannot achieve proper growth in the
organization. The emerging trends in the software are one of the important concepts that need the
proper research and analyze the various impacts on the overall business process and strategies
and it improves the various significances regarding the process.

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Conclusion and Recommendations
This research paper includes the overall description of the emerging trends in the
software engineering process. The emerging trends include a brief description of the various
aspects related to the software engineering process. The report includes a brief description of the
problem based on the research topic and the reasons why it is considered as a problem in the
business process. The emerging trends in the software engineering process are very important
and it creates a complex situation in the business. The description of the emerging trends like
artificial intelligence, cyber security and other process is closely related to the software
engineering process as the overall process makes the situation complex and creates several
problems in the business. The significance and relevance of the research topic are included in the
overall process of the research. The emerging trends give several implications on the business
process and the different strategies of the business also affect due to the emerging trends occur in
the business. The emerging trends in software engineering are the main task that includes in the
overall research paper (Song, et al., 2016). The research paper is overall based on the problem
that occurs due to the emerging trends in software engineering.
There are several recommendations used to manage the emerging trends in the business
process of software engineering. The recommendations all based on the software engineering
process and their trends that are useful in the business and create several problems in the
business process. However, by using some recommendations, the different process is evolved
and uses the trends of software engineering in the business process. The emerging trends
included in the business process needs to be understanding by the employees so they become
familiar regarding the overall process and implement in the several organization (Chen, et al.,
2016). The trends of software development are complicated so the employees cannot understand
them properly so it is required to give training to the employees for the overall process of the
organization. The recommended methods include the description of the trends relates to the
business strategies and process. Although, it has been clear with this research that the emerging
trends provide growth to the business by implementing the technologies it includes the proper
process in the business. These trends largely affect the organization, improve the overall
technical growth of the business, and increase the attraction of the people living in the proper
area. The recommendations that are used in the emerging trends of software engineering is very

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useful in the overall process as it increases the technical growth of the business. The research
defines the problem that is all related to the various trends occurred in the software engineering
process (Malhotra, 2016). The research report includes a brief analysis of the emerging trends
and their impact on the business process. It has been analyzed that many technology companies
use the trend of block chain technology in the improvement of the business.