ABSTRACT

Unfortunately, much of what has been written about software engineering comes from an academic perspective which does not always address the everyday concerns that software developers and managers face. With decreasing software budgets and increasing demands from users and senior management, technology directors need a complete guide to the subject

chapter |4 pages

Section I

chapter 1|30 pages

Introduction to Software Engineering

chapter 3|14 pages

Writing the Project Plan

chapter 4|14 pages

Requirements Elicitation

chapter 5|10 pages

Designing User-Oriented Systems

chapter 6|12 pages

The Outsourcing Decision

chapter 7|12 pages

Methodology Selection

chapter 9|10 pages

Structured Methodology Review

chapter 10|8 pages

Extreme Programming Concepts

chapter 11|22 pages

Extreme Programming Concepts

chapter 12|12 pages

The Design Specification

chapter 13|18 pages

Object-Oriented Design

chapter 14|12 pages

User Interface Design

chapter 15|10 pages

Software Re-Engineering

chapter 16|10 pages

Software Testing

chapter 17|14 pages

The Process of EDP Auditing

chapter 18|10 pages

The Management of Software Maintenance

chapter 19|16 pages

The Science of Documentation

chapter 20|12 pages

Survey on IT Productivity and Quality

chapter |4 pages

Section II

chapter 21|4 pages

Putnam's Software Equation and SLIM

chapter 22|6 pages

The COCOMO II Model

chapter 23|2 pages

Putnam's Cost Estimation Model

chapter 24|4 pages

Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award

chapter 25|2 pages

Zachman's Framework

chapter 35|4 pages

Gould's Points on Usability

chapter 40|4 pages

Avison's Multiview Meta-Methodology

chapter 41|4 pages

Byrne's Reverse Engineering Technique

chapter 42|4 pages

Prieto-Diaz' Reusability Model

chapter 47|2 pages

Bellcore's Software Quality Metrics

chapter 48|2 pages

Keyes' Value of Information

chapter 50|2 pages

McCabe's Complexity Metric

chapter 51|2 pages

Halstead's Effort Measure

chapter 52|4 pages

DEC's Overview of Software Metrics

chapter 57|2 pages

The "Make-Buy" Decision

chapter 58|2 pages

Software Selection from Mulitiple Packages

chapter 59|2 pages

The Boehm COCOMO Model

chapter 61|4 pages

IEEE Framework for Measures

chapter |2 pages

Section III