The Essence of Software Engineering: Applying the SEMAT Kernel
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Published by Addison Wesley 16/01/2013, 2013
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- Title
- The Essence of Software Engineering: Applying the SEMAT Kernel
- Author
- Ivar Jacobson, Pan-Wei Ng, Paul E. McMahon, Ian Spence, Svante Lidman
- Publisher
- Addison Wesley 16/01/2013
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0321885953
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- 9780321885951
SEMAT (Software Engineering Methods and Theory) is an international initiative designed to
identify a common ground, or universal standard, for software engineering. It is supported by
some of the most distinguished contributors to the field. Creating a simple language to describe
methods and practices, the SEMAT team expresses this common ground as a kernel–or
framework–of elements essential to all software development.
The Essence of Software Engineering introduces this kernel and shows how to apply it when
developing software and improving a team’s way of working. It is a book for software professionals,
not methodologists. Its usefulness to development team members, who need to evaluate and
choose the best practices for their work, goes well beyond the description or application of
any single method.
“Software is both a craft and a science, both a work of passion and a work of principle.
Writing good software requires both wild flights of imagination and creativity, as well as the hard
reality of engineering tradeoffs. This book is an attempt at describing that balance.”
—Robert Martin (unclebob)
“The work of Ivar Jacobson and his colleagues, started as part of the SEMAT initiative,
has taken a systematic approach to identifying a ‘kernel’ of software engineering principles and
practices that have stood the test of time and recognition.”
—Bertrand Meyer
“The software development industry needs and demands a core kernel and language for defining
software development practices—practices that can be mixed and matched, brought on board from
other organizations; practices that can be measured; practices that can be integrated; and practices
that can be compared and contrasted for speed, quality, and price. This thoughtful book gives a
good grounding in ways to think about the problem, and a language to address the need,
and every software engineer should read it.”
—Richard Soley
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About the Author
Dr. Ivar Jacobson, one of the prime movers behind SEMAT, is the principal author of six books, including, with Pan-Wei Ng, Aspect-Oriented Software Development with Use Cases (Addison-Wesley, 2005).
Dr. Pan-Wei Ng is the Asia Pacific CTO and chief scientist at IvarJacobson International and coaches large-scale development extensively.
Paul E. McMahon, principal of PEM Systems, is the author of Integrating CMMI® and Agile Development (Addison-Wesley, 2011).
Ian Spence, chief scientist and principal consultant at Ivar Jacobson International, is the coauthor of Managing Iterative Software Development Projects (Addison-Wesley, 2007).
Svante Lidman is a senior productivity expert at Hansoft and has been leading and coaching software development teams for twenty years.
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