Software Engineering

This first edition of the popular tutorial, Software Engineering,
describes the current state of the practice of software
engineering. This book begins with an overview of current issues
and in particular the engineering of large complex systems. Its
collection of landmark papers goes on to describe the problems that
occur in developing software, and presents the concepts for system
engineering of software intensive systems and of engineering
software products as the solution to the "software crisis."

The text illustrates the phases of the software development life
cycle: requirements, design, implementation, testing, and
maintenance. Furthermore, it discusses the current practices in
requirements and design, and defines software development
methodologies, including a special emphasis on object-oriented
tools and formal methods. The book also covers programming
activities as they affect software engineering, details
verification and validation throughout the software life cycle, and
discusses software quality assurance, configuration management, and
standards. In addition, the book covers project management and risk
management concerns, and discusses the various life cycle process
models including the spiral and incremental models.