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Software Engineering: Principles and Practice, 3rd Edition

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Overview

Software Engineering: Principles and Practice challenges the reader to appreciate the issues, design trade-offs and teamwork required for successful software development. This new edition has been brought fully up to date, with complete coverage of all aspects of the software lifecycle and a strong focus on all the skills needed to carry out software projects on time and within budget.
Highlights of the third edition include:

Fully updated chapters on requirements engineering and software architecture.

New chapters on component-based software engineering, service orientation and global software development.

Extensive coverage of the human and social aspects of software development.

Balanced coverage of both traditional, heavyweight development and agile, lightweight development approaches such as Extreme Programming (XP).

Written to support both introductory and advanced software engineering courses, this book is invaluable for everyone in software development and maintenance who wants an accessible account of the problems incurred in large-scale software development and the proposed solutions.

A companion website with additional resources for students and instructors can be found at www.wileyeurope.com/college/van vliet

Hans van Vliet has been Professor of Software Engineering at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 1987.

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Table of Contents

Foreword.

Preface.

1. Introduction.

Part I: Software Management.

2. Introduction to Software Engineering Management.

3. The Software Life Cycle Revisited.

4. Configuration Management.

5. People Management and Team Organization.

6. On Managing Software Quality.

7. Cost Estimation.

8. Project Planning and Control.

Part II: The Software Life Cycle.

9. Requirements Engineering.

10. Modeling.

11. Software Architecture.

12. Software Design.

13. Software Testing.

14. Software Maintenance.

15. Software Tools.

Part III: Advanced Topics.

16. User Interface Design.

17. Software Reusability.

18. Component-Based Software Engineering.

19. Service Orientation.

20. Global Software Development.

Bibliography.

Index.

Excerpts

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Author Information

Hans van Vliet has been Professor of Software Engineering at the VU University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 1987.

New To This Edition

Integral to this author’s approach to the subject is the focus on managerial aspects and human factors involved in software projects. To reflect the changes taking place within software engineering, the new edition includes a major update on architecture, sections on the new developments such as UML2 and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products.

Hallmark Features

This classic textbook is fully revised and updated to include the latest advances in software engineering, including agile methods, open source and UML2.
Stronger management and human factors focus than any other competing textbooks
Excellent examples are backed up by support for project work
First and second editions combined have sold over 16,000 copies to date