• Author:
  • Selby, Richard W.
• Subject:
  Computer Programming / Software Development
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  21/05/2007
• Price:
  $135.00
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This is the most authoritative archive of Barry Boehm's contributions to software engineering. Featuring 42 reprinted articles, along with an introduction and chapter summaries to provide context, it serves as a "how-to" reference manual for software engineering best practices. It provides convenient access to Boehm's landmark work on product development and management processes. The book concludes with an insightful look to the future by Dr. Boehm.

Richard W. Selby, PhD, is the Head of Software Products at Northrop Grumman Space Technology and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He cowrote the international bestselling book Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People.

Introduction.

Acknowledgements.

Chapter 1. Software Architecture and Quality.

Chapter 2. Software Economics.

Chapter 3. Software Tools.

Chapter 4. Software Process: Early Spiral Model.

Chapter 5. Software Risk Management.

Chapter 6. Software Process: Emerging Extensions.

Chapter 7. Software and Systems Management.

Chapter 8. Software Engineering State of the Art and Practice.

Chapter 9. Value-Based Software Engineering.

Chapter 10. Being a Software Engineer in the Software Century.

Index.

About the Editor.