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Including material on e-commerce, Java and UML, this book contains a chapter on web engineering which addresses subjects such as formulating, analysing and testing web-based applications. It is suitable for undergraduates studying software and electrical engineering.

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• Part 1 The Product and the Process
• Chapter 1 The Product
• 1.1 The Evolving Role of Software
• 1.2 Software
• 1.3 Software: A Crisis on the Horizon
• 1.4 Software Myths
• 1.5 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sheets
• Chapter 2 The Process
• 2.1 Software Engineering - A Layered Technology
• 2.2 The Software Process
• 2.3 Software Process Models
• 2.4 The Linear Sequential Model
• 2.5 The Prototyping Model
• 2.6 The RAD Model
• 2.7 Evolutionary Software Process Models
• 2.8 Component-Based Development
• 2.9 The Formal Methods Model
• 2.10 Fourth Generation techniques
• 2.11 Process Technology
• 2.12 Product and Process
• 2.13 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Resources
• Part 2 Managing Software Projects
• Chapter 3 Project Management Concepts
• 3.1 The Management Spectrum
• 3.2 People
• 3.3 The Product
• 3.4 The Process
• 3.5 The Project
• 3.6 The W5HH Principle
• 3.7 Critical Practices
• 3.8 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 4 Software Process and Project Metrics
• 4.1 Measures, Metrics and Indicators
• 4.2 Metrics in the Process and Project Domains
• 4.3 Software Measurement
• 4.4 Reconciling Different Metric Approaches
• 4.5 Metrics for Software Quality
• 4.6 Integrating Metrics Within the Software Engineering Process
• 4.7 The Development of Metrics and GQM
• 4.8 Managing Variation - Statistical Process Control
• 4.9 Metrics for Small Organisations
• 4.10 Establishing a Software Metrics Program
• 4.11 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Reading and Information Sources
• Chapter 5 Software Project Planning
• 5.1 Observations on Estimating
• 5.2 Project Planning Objectives
• 5.3 Software Scope
• 5.4 Resources
• 5.5 Software Project Estimation
• 5.6 Decomposition Techniques
• 5.7 Empirical Estimation Models
• 5.8 The Make-Buy Decision
• 5.9 Automated Estimation Tools
• 5.10 Summary
• Summary
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 6 Risk Analysis and Management
• 6.1 Reactive vs. Proactive Risk Strategies
• 6.2 Software Risks
• 6.3 Risk Identification
• 6.4 Risk Projection
• 6.5 Risk Refinement
• 6.6 Risk Mitigation, Monitoring and Management
• 6.7 Safety Risks and Hazards
• 6.8 The RMMM Plan
• 6.9 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 7 Project Scheduling and Tracking
• 7.1 Basic Concepts
• 7.2 The Relationship Between People and Effort
• 7.3 Defining a Set Task for the Software Project
• 7.4 Selecting Software Engineering Tasks
• 7.5 Refinement of Major Tasks
• 7.6 Defining a Task Network
• 7.7 Scheduling
• 7.8 Earned Value Analysis
• 7.9 Error Tracking
• 7.10 The Project plan
• 7.11 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 8 Software Quality Assurance
• 8.1 Quality Concepts
• 8.2 The Quality Movement
• 8.3 Software Quality Assurance
• 8.4 Software Reviews
• 8.5 Formal Technical Reviews
• 8.6 Statistical Quality Assurance
• 8.7 Software Reliability
• 8.8 Mistake Proofing for Software
• 8.9 The ISO 9000 Quality standards
• 8.10 The SQA Plan
• 8.11 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 9 Software Configuration Management
• 9.1 Software Configuration Management
• 9.2 The SCM Process
• 9.3 Identification of Objects in the Software Configuration
• 9.4 Version Control
• 9.5 Change Control
• 9.6 Configuration Audit
• 9.7 Status Reporting
• 9.8 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Part 3 Conventional Methods for Software Engineering
• Chapter 10 Systems Engineering
• 10.1 Computer-Based Systems
• 10.2 The System Engineering Hierarchy
• 10.3 Business process Engineering: An Overview
• 10.4 Product Engineering: An Overview
• 10.5 Requirements Engineering
• 10.6 System Modelling
• 10.7 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 11 Analysis Concepts and Principles
• 11.1 Requirements Analysis
• 11.2 Requirement s Elicitation for software
• 11.3 Analysis Principles
• 11.4 Software Prototyping
• 11.5 Specification
• 11.6 Specification review
• 11.7 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 12 Analysis Modelling
• 12.1 a Brief History
• 12.2 The Elements of the Analysis Model
• 12.3 Data Modelling
• 12.4 Functional modelling and Information Flow
• 12.5 Behavioural Modelling
• 12.6 The Mechanics of Structured Analysis
• 12.7 The Data Dictionary
• 12.8 An Overview of Other Classical Analysis Methods
• 12.9 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 13 Design Concepts and Principles
• 13.1 Software Design and Software Engineering
• 13.2 The Design Process
• 13.3 Design Principles
• 13.4 Design Concepts
• 13.5 Effective Modular Design
• 13.6 Design Heuristics for Effective Modularity
• 13.7 The Design Model
• 13.8 Design Documentation
• 13.9 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 14 Architectural Design
• 14.1 Software Architecture
• 14.2 Data Design
• 14.3 Architectural Styles
• 14.4 Analysing Alternative Architectural Designs
• 14.5 Mapping Requirements into a Software Architecture
• 14.6 Transform Mapping
• 14.7 Transaction Mapping
• 14.8 Refining the Architectural Design
• 14.9 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 15 Using Interface DESIGN
• 15.1 The Golden Rules
• 15.2 User Interface Design
• 15.3 Task Analysis and Modelling
• 15.4 Interface Design Activities
• 15.5 Implementation Tools
• 15.6 Design Evaluation
• 15.7 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 16 Component Level DESIGN
• 16.1 Structured Programming
• 16.2 Comparison of Design Notation
• 16.3 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 17 Software Testing TECHNIQUES
• 17.1 Software Testing Fundamental
• 17.2 Test Case Design
• 17.3 White-Box Testing
• 17.4 Basis Path Testing
• 17.5 Control Structure Testing
• 17.6 Black-Box Testing
• 17.7 Testing for Specialised Environments, Architectures and Applications
• 17.8 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 18 Software Testing STRATEGIES
• 18.1 A Strategic Approach to Software Testing
• 18.2 Strategic Issues
• 18.3 Unit Testing
• 18.4 Integration testing
• 18.5 Validation testing
• 18.6 System Testing
• 18.7 The Art of Debugging
• 18.8 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 19 Technical Metrics for SOFTWARE
• 19.1 Software Quality
• 19.2 A Framework for Technical Software Metrics
• 19.3 Metrics for the Analysis Model
• 19.4 Metrics for the Design Model
• 19.5 Metrics for Source Code
• 19.6 Metrics for testing
• 19.7 Metrics for Maintenance
• 19.8 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Part 4 OBJECT-Oriented Software ENGINEERING
• Chapter 20 OBJECT-Oriented Concepts and PRINCIPLES
• 20.1 The Object-Oriented Paradigm
• 20.2 Object-Oriented Concepts
• 20.3 Identifying the Elements of an Object Model
• 20.4 Management of Object-Oriented Software Projects
• 20.5 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 21 OBJECT-Oriented Analysis
• 21.1 Object-Oriented Analysis
• 21.2 Domain Analysis
• 21.3 Generic Components of the OO Analysis Model
• 21.4 The OOA Process
• 21.5 The Object-Relationship Model
• 21.6 The Object Behaviour Model
• 21.7 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 22 OBJECT-Oriented Design
• 22.1 Design for Object-Oriented Systems
• 22.2 The System design process
• 22.3 The Object Design Process
• 22.4 Design Patterns
• 22.5 Object-Oriented Programming
• 22.6 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 23 OBJECT-Oriented Testing
• 23.1 Broadening the View of testing
• 23.2 Testing OOA and OOD models
• 23.3 Object-Oriented Testing Strategies
• 23.4 Test Case design for OO Software
• 23.5 Testing Methods Applicable at the Class Level
• 23.6 Inter-Class test Case Design
• 23.7 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 24 Technical Metrics for OBJECT-Oriented Systems
• 24.1 The Intent of Object-Oriented Metrics
• 24.2 The Distinguishing Characteristics of Object-Oriented Metrics
• 24.3 Metrics for the OO Design Model
• 24.4 Class-Oriented metrics
• 24.5 Operation-Oriented Metrics
• 24.6 Metrics for Object-Oriented Testing
• 24.7 Metrics for Object-Oriented Projects
• 24.8 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Part 5 Advanced Topics in Software Engineering
• Chapter 25 Formal Methods
• 25.1 Basic Concepts
• 25.2 Mathematical preliminaries
• 25.3 Applying Mathematical Notation for Formal Specification
• 25.4 Formal Specification Languages
• 25.5 Using Z to Represent Example Software Component
• 25.6 The Ten Commandments of Formal Methods
• 25.7 Formal Methods - The Road Ahead
• 25.8 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 26 Cleanroom Software ENGINEERING
• 26.1 The Cleanroom Approach
• 26.2 Functional Specification
• 26.3 Design Refinement and Verification
• 26.4 Cleanroom Testing
• 26.5 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 27 COMPONENT-Based Software ENGINEERING
• 27.1 Engineering of Component-Based Systems
• 27.2 The CBSE Process
• 27.3 Domain Engineering
• 27.4 Component-Based Development
• 27.5 Classifying and Retrieving Components
• 27.6 Economics of CBSE
• 27.7 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points to Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 28 CLIENT-Server Software
• 28.1 The Structure of Client Server Systems
• 28.2 Software Engineering for C/S Systems
• 28.3 Analysis Modelling Issues
• 28.4 Design for C/S Systems
• 28.5 Testing Issues
• 28.6 Summary
• 28.7 The Design of Distributed Systems
• 28.8 Security Engineering
• 28.9 Software Engineering for C/S systems
• 28.10 Analysis Modelling Issues
• 28.11 Design for C/S Systems
• 28.12 Testing issues
• 28.13 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 29 WEB ENGINEERING
• 29.1 The Attributes of Web-Based Applications
• 29.2 The WebE Process
• 29.3 A Framework for WebE
• 29.4 Formulating/Analysing Web-Based Systems
• 29.5 Design for Web-Based Applications
• 29.6 Testing Web-Based Applications
• 29.7 Management Issues
• 29.8 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 30 Reengineering
• 30.1 Business process Reengineering
• 30.2 Software Reengineering
• 30.3 Reverse Engineering
• 30.4 Restructuring
• 30.5 Forward Engineering
• 30.6 The Economics of Reengineering
• 30.7 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 31 Computer-Aided Software Engineering
• 31.1 What is CASE?
• 31.2 Building Blocks for CASE
• 31.3 A Taxonomy of CASE Tools
• 31.4 Integrated CASE Environments
• 31.5 The Integration Architecture
• 31.6 The CASE Repository
• 31.7 Summary
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources
• Chapter 32 The Road Ahead
• 32.1 The Importance of software - Revisited
• 32.2 The Scope of Changes
• 32.3 People and the Way they Build Systems
• 32.4 The "New" Software Engineering Process
• 32.5 New Models for Representing Information
• 32.6 Technology as a Driver
• 32.7 A Concluding Comment
• References
• Problems and Points To Ponder
• Further Readings and Information Sources