
Engineering refers to applying knowledge and skills to understand and manage stakeholders’ requirements, propose and implement a solution to address those requirements, and utilize and support that solution to create value persistently until its retirement.
~ Wentz Wu
Systems Engineering
interdisciplinary approach governing the total technical and managerial effort required to transform a set of stakeholder needs, expectations, and constraints into a solution and to support that solution throughout its life. (Source: ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015)
Software Engineering
application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; that is, the application of engineering to software. (Source: ISO/IEC/IEEE 12207:2017)