Question

Assume that you are working for a company that develops software systems for in-house use in its design of aircraft engines. Being a software engineer you may not have any expertise in aircraft engines. While testing programs for such applications, what are the challenges you are likely to face, and how will you overcome them?

Answer 1

The biggest challenge as a software engineer would be as follows:-

1) The understanding of requirements of an industry on which we don't have a prior expertise. As,a good understanding of the problem is highly essential before develoiping applications. So, understanding the requirements will be a great challenge. A thorough requirement analysis will be good way to tackle this.

2) Implementing the mission critical features will be a challenge in aircraft industry. As, the stakes are high and the applications deplayed are mission critical, there will be no room for errors. Thus, handling those scenarios will be tricky and challenging. Good planning by analysing the requirements will be critical to avoid errors and failures.

3) The applications should handle all possible scenarios because a great amount of damage can happen if we fail to analyse all scenarios concerning our application. A thorough testing plan will help the application to cover all corner cases and be error free.

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