Software Engineering (Tutorial Guides in Electronic Engineering, 17) - Softcover

Ince, D. C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0278000797 ISBN 13: 9780278000797

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Computer, 1990

Synopsis

The principal aim of this text is to teach practical software engineering skills so that the reader has sufficient depth of knowledge to produce real software systems. The book addresses all the activities of software engineering: system specification, system design, detail design, data design, programming, system and unit testing. The book begins by considering why good software is so difficult to produce and describes the main components of a software engineering approach. The remaining chapters are devoted to the essential activities associated with high-quality software engineering. Throughout the book, emphasis is placed on ensuring that any software system meets the users' requirements, and that means testing. The student is taught to analyze the systems specification, to derive system and acceptance test plans, and to test thoroughly any procedures programmed from the system design. There is a case study in the final chapter in which the reader is taken through the specification, design and programming of a realistic software system.

About this title

From the Publisher

the latest versions of Java and UML
increased coverage of distributed systems, including security and e-commerce
examination of the web and its implications for software engineering
New case studies and examples which demonstrate how theory is put into practice
The use of Java and UML

About the Author

Roger S. Pressman is an internationally recognised authority on software process improvement and software engineering technologies. He is currently president of R. S. Pressman and Associates Inc., a consultancy specialising in software engineering practices. Darrel Ince is professor of computing at the Open University and is a widely published author.

Edition details

• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Computer
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0278000797
• ISBN 13: 9780278000797
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English