Software Engineering: Architecture-driven Software Development - Softcover

Schmidt, Richard F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0124077684 ISBN 13: 9780124077683

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2013

Synopsis

Software Engineering: Architecture-driven Software Development is the first comprehensive guide to the underlying skills embodied in the IEEE's Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) standard. Standards expert Richard Schmidt explains the traditional software engineering practices recognized for developing projects for government or corporate systems. Software engineering education often lacks standardization, with many institutions focusing on implementation rather than design as it impacts product architecture. Many graduates join the workforce with incomplete skills, leading to software projects that either fail outright or run woefully over budget and behind schedule. Additionally, software engineers need to understand system engineering and architecture-the hardware and peripherals their programs will run on. This issue will only grow in importance as more programs leverage parallel computing, requiring an understanding of the parallel capabilities of processors and hardware. This book gives both software developers and system engineers key insights into how their skillsets support and complement each other. With a focus on these key knowledge areas, Software Engineering offers a set of best practices that can be applied to any industry or domain involved in developing software products.

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Review:

"This work is unusual in that the author begins by challenging the notion that the field of software engineering is currently well defined and understood. He identifies two common problems, failure to understand how to develop complete software designs before coding begins and lack of consistent, scientifically verified software engineering techniques."--Reference & Research Book News, October 2013 "...there may be some large-scale project managers in and out of government who will embrace this text as a holy grail...Chapter 15 on verification and validation and chapter 16 on control (configuration management) are particularly helpful and worthy of careful study."--ComputingReviews.com, August 29, 2013

From the Back Cover:

Studies show that more than half of all software projects either fail outright or run woefully over budget and schedule. This is partially due to education that focuses on programming and modular-level design, but primarily attributed to a lack of understanding surrounding software archtecture design. Without a complete design concept, which addresses the hardware and peripherals on which software programs will execute, coding can be inefficient, and result in an unstable design foundation for the software product life cycle.

Software Engineering: Architecture-Driven Software Development takes an interdisciplinary approach to software development. Designed to align with the IEEE Computer Society's Software Engineering body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), the book focuses on integrating a variety of software development methods and archtectural design practices that are essential for developing effective and efficient software products. Standards expert Richard Schmidt adapts traditional systems engineering practices to the engineering of software products. Whether you're a software developer, a systems engineer, or project manager, this book provides key insights into how these two skill sets can support and complement each other.

About this edition

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0124077684
• ISBN 13: 9780124077683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376