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 | | Software Engineering: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition by Hans van Vliet ISBN-10: 9780471975083 ISBN-10: 0-471-97508-7 ISBN-13: 9780471975083 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-97508-3 Hardcover 2000-08-30 Wiley Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Developing software today often involves working on programs that are very large, as a member of a team that will most likely collaborate with other individuals in other disciplines and other teams, and which may interact over several years. Learning the principles and practice of software engineering is as much about understanding this context as it is about specific tools and techniques. Software Engineering: Principles and Practice reaches beyond a superficial survey of the discipline, offering the opportunity to weigh up decisions that have to be made in practice. The book has been updated to cover the latest developments such as UML and Software Architecture. Van Vliet informs his reader from a wealth of resources and draws out several important themes: * that everthing changes and that change is an essential feature of the field * that human and social aspects are central even in topic areas that sound technical * that one cannot limit discussion to todays well-established practices but must always look ahead * that we can learn valuable lessons from the short history of this subject on why techniques or technologies didn't work and why there are no silver bullets Written for use on a wide variety of software engineering courses and modules, the book is also for people actively involved in software development and maintenance - programmers, analysts, project managers - who want to keep abreast of the problems incurred by large-scale software development, and what solutions have been proposed. Web support includes: · Instructors Manual · Examples · Interactive Projects · Hypertext and CASE Tools · Links to related Web resources | ||
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Exactly what i was looking for Having to teach on a new lab course on Software Engineering, i desperately looked for a book that helps me organize the topics i have to teach. Since i have a programming background , i was not so interested in the implementation part, but wanted to know more on the other aspects of the development : designing,testing,maintaining,assesing quality.This book made me look no further. It is a comprehensive book that covers all these aspects, and the case study that it contains it is not too complicated so it can capture the attention of an average student in a SW undergraduate course. In solving this case study the author does not bind himself to a single solution, but proposes and evaluates different architectures.From an educational point of view it is a good textbook | ||
... and Practice??? Part of my work involves managing software projects, and leading teams of programmers and software engineers. I recently started my private holy grail search: I NEED to find a book that would advance my subordinates from programmers to leaders; from code-writers to application-makers. For this purpose, during the past year I have read many books - mostly software engineering ones. As most SW engineers in my teams are university graduates, they already possess some theoretical knowledge in software enginering. What they lack is the know-how of translating theory into practice. Such wisdom is normally obtained after years and years of work (if at all). A good book enabling the engineer to climb faster up the learning curve and shorten this learning period would be invaluable to me. Most SW engineering books teach theory, not practice. Thus, I approached this book named "Software Engineering: Principles AND PRACTICE " with great expectations. In short - I was very disappointed. | ||
Good coverage on principles and the of software engineering. This is one of the better academic books I've seen in this area. It has the basic stuff you'd expect, but the author also presents very good discussions on writing software specs. The appendix includes some IEEE standards on software documentation. A good book especially for software professionals and technical managers. The section on software maintenance is excellent and would be a good (and not-too-technical) resource for product managers, marketing managers, project managers, and those involved with the software maintenance process -- something more complex and difficult than we usually think. | ||