Software Engineering Handbook - Jessica Keyes docx

[...]... about software engineering Unfortunately, much of it is written from an academic perspective that does not always address everyday concerns that the software developer and his or her manager must face With decreasing software budgets and increasingly demanding users and senior management, technology directors want and need a complete guide to the subject of software engineering This is that guide This handbook. .. xxii Section I This page intentionally left blank THESE 20 CHAPTERS COVER the entire spectrum of software engineering activities Topics covered include: information engineering, software reliability, cost estimation, productivity and quality metrics, requirements elicitation, engineering life cycle, object-oriented analysis and design, system modeling techniques, using UML, using DFDs, feasibility studies,... system design specification, JAD, RAD, reverse engineering, re -engineering, the data dictionary, the repository, the process specification, TQM, user interface design, the test plan, use cases, methodologies, the class dictionary, outsourcing, software maintenance, and documentation 3 This page intentionally left blank Chapter 1 Introduction to Software Engineering You must start somewhere so I have... 318 30 Sprague’s Technique for Software Configuration Management in a Measurement-Based Software Engineering Program Abstract Procedures/Issues/Policies Procedures for Developing an SCM Process 319 319 321 321 31 Corbin’s Methodology for Establishing a Software Development Environment... it to my attention for rectification or correction in the next edition xxi The Author Jessica Keyes is president of New Art Technologies, Inc., a high-technology and management consultancy and development firm started in New York in 1989 She is also a founding partner of New York City-based Manhattan Technology Group Keyes has given seminars for such prestigious universities as Carnegie Mellon, Boston... a very brief introduction to software engineering In this chapter we are going to touch lightly on topics that we will cover in more depth in later chapters Reading this chapter will give you a sense of the interconnectivity of the myriad of software engineering activities that we talk about Computer systems come in all shapes and sizes There are systems that process e-mail and systems that process... Exhibit 1-1 One of the most practical of tools is the DFD, or data flow diagram, as shown in Exhibit 1-2 DFDs are quite logical, clear, and helpful when building systems — even Web-based systems All inputs, outputs, and processes are recorded in a hierarchical fashion The first DFD (referred to as DFD 0) is often the system from a high-level perspective Child DFDs get much more detailed Exhibit 1-2 is a... 325 Procedures/Issues/Policies 325 32 Couger’s Bottom-Up Approach to Creativity Improvement in IS Development 329 Abstract 329 Procedures/Issues/Policies 329 xi Software Engineering Handbook 33 34 Simmons’ Statistics Concerning Communications’ Effect on Group Productivity... topics of competitive strategy, productivity, and quality She is former advisor for DataPro, McGraw-Hill’s computer research arm, as well as a member of the Sprint Business Council Keyes is also a founding board of directors member of the New York Software Industry Association She has recently completed a two-year term on the Mayor of New York City's Business Advisory Council She is currently a professor... document,” which, in this handbook we will call the system requirements specification, or SRS • All systems should be designed using a methodology and proper documentory techniques There are many developmental methodologies The two main generic categories are structured and object-oriented The tools and techniques surrounding these methodologies are part and parcel of software engineering. ” A properly . Peltier ISBN: 0-8 49 3-1 13 7-3 Information Security Risk Analysis Thomas R. Peltier ISBN: 0-8 49 3-0 88 0-1 A Practical Guide to Security Engineering and Information Assurance Debra Herrmann ISBN: 0-8 49 3-1 16 3-2 The. Program Mark B. Desman ISBN: 0-8 49 3-0 11 6-5 Building a Wireless Office Gilbert Held ISBN: 0-8 49 3-1 271-X The Complete Book of Middleware Judith Myerson ISBN: 0-8 49 3-1 27 2-8 Computer Telephony Integration, 2nd. class="bi x0 y0 w0 h0" alt="" Software Engineering Handbook The ABCs of IP Addressing Gilbert Held ISBN: 0-8 49 3-1 14 4-6 The ABCs of TCP/IP Gilbert Held ISBN: 0-8 49 3-1 46 3-1 Building an Information