SE7-Sample Chapters

Sample chapters

Chapter list
1. Introduction
2. Socio-technical systems
3. Critical systems
4. Software processes
5. Project management
6. Software requirements
7. Requirements engineering process
8. System modelling
9. Critical systems specification
10. Formal specification
11. Software architecture
12. Distributed systems architecture
13. Application architectures
14. Object-oriented design
15. Real-time design
16. User interface design
17. Rapid software development
18. Software reuse
19. Component-based software engineering
20. Critical systems development
21. Software evolution
22. Verification and validation
23. Software testing
24. Critical systems validation
25. People management
26. Software cost estimation
27. Quality management
28. Process improvement
29. Configuration management

To illustrate the type of material that is included in the book, I have included a number of chapters from different sections. These are:

Preface: Explains the goals and structure of the book.

Chapter 6: Software Requirements. This chapter introduces requirements engineering and discusses the nature of software requirements.

Chapter 26: Software Cost Estimation. This chapter introduces the problem of software cost estimation, including some discussion of software productivity. It includes a brief description of the COCOMO II cost model.

Glossary. Defines commonly used software engineering terms.

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