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An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering

This textbook provides an introduction to software engineering for undergraduate students of computer science. Its emphasis is on a case study approach in which a project is developed through the course of the book illustrating the different activities of software development. The sequence of chapters is essentially the same as the sequence of activities performed during a typical software project. All activities, including quality assurance and control activities, are described in each chapter as integral activities for that phase of the development process. Similarly, the author carefully introduces appropriate metrics for controlling and assessing the software process. This book is intended for students who have had no previous training in software engineering and is suitable for a one semester course. In this new edition two trends are clearly highlighted: software processes and object orientation. From reviews of the first edition "I can recommend this book for classroom adoption or individual study ..." Computing Reviews "Overall, the book is very readable and exceptionally well organized ... exposes the reader to many current sophistictaed formal and quantitative methods." American Scientist
eBook, English, 1997
Second edition View all formats and editions
Springer New York, New York, NY, 1997
1 online resource (XIV, 497 pages 50 illustrations)
9781468493122, 9781468493146, 9780387948997, 1468493124, 1468493140, 0387948996
858919311
Print version:
1 Introduction
1.1 The Software Problem
1.2 Software Engineering Problem
1.3 The Software Engineering Approach
1.4 Summary
1.5 Overview of the Book
Exercises
2 Software Processes
2.1 Software Process
2.2 Characteristics of a Software Process
2.3 Software Development Process
2.4 Project Management Process
2.5 Software Configuration Management Process
2.6 Process Management Process
2.7 Summary
Exercises
3 Software Requirements Analysis and Specification
3.1 Software Requirements
3.2 Problem Analysis
3.3.1 Characteristics of an SRS
3.4 Validation
3.5 Metrics
3.6 Summary
Exercises
Case Study
4 Planning a Software Project
4.1 Cost Estimation
4.2 Project Scheduling
4.3 Staffing and Personnel Planning
4.4 Software Configuration Management Plans
4.5 Quality Assurance Plans
4.6 Project Monitoring Plans
4.7 Risk Management
4.8 Summary
Exercises
Case Study Plan
5 Function-Oriented Design
5.1 Design Principles
5.2 Module-Level Concepts
5.3 Design Notation and Specification
5.4 Structured Design Methodology
5.5 Verification
5.6 Metrics
5.7 Summary
Exercises
Case Study
6 Object-Oriented Design
6.1 OO Analysis and OO Design
6.2 Concepts
6.3 Design Notation and Specification
6.4 Design Methodology
6.5 Metrics
6.6 Summary
Exercises
Case Study
7 Detailed Design
7.1 Module Specifications
7.2 Detailed Design
7.3 Verification
7.4 Metrics
7.5 Summary
Exercises
8 Coding
8.1 Programming Practice
8.2 Verification
8.3 Metrics
8.4 Summary
Exercises
Case Study
9 Testing
9.1 Testing Fundamentals
9.2 Functional Testing
9.3 Structural Testing
9.4 Testing Object-Oriented Programs
9.5 Testing Process
9.6 Metrics
Reliability Estimation
9.7 Summary
Exercises
Case Study
References
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