An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering

An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering
Author: Pankaj Jalote
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 572
Release: 2006-01-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0387281320

Details the different activities of software development with a case-study approach whereby a project is developed through the course of the book The sequence of chapters is essentially the same as the sequence of activities performed during a typical software project.

An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering

An Integrated Approach to Software Engineering
Author: Pankaj Jalote
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1468493124

An introduction to software engineering with the emphasis on a case study approach in which a project is developed through the course of the book illustrating the different activities of software development. The sequence of chapters is essentially the same as the sequence of activities performed during a typical software project. Similarly, the author carefully introduces appropriate metrics for controlling and assessing the software process. Intended for students who have had no previous training in software engineering, this book is suitable for a one semester course.

Guide to Software Development

Guide to Software Development
Author: Arthur M. Langer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2012-01-02
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 144712300X

This book addresses how best to make build vs. buy decisions, and what effect such decisions have on the software development life cycle (SDLC). Offering an integrated approach that includes important management and decision practices, the text explains how to create successful solutions that fit user and customer needs, by mixing different SDLC methodologies. Features: provides concrete examples and effective case studies; focuses on the skills and insights that distinguish successful software implementations; covers management issues as well as technical considerations, including how to deal with political and cultural realities in organizations; identifies many new alternatives for how to manage and model a system using sophisticated analysis tools and advanced management practices; emphasizes how and when professionals can best apply these tools and practices, and what benefits can be derived from their application; discusses searching for vendor solutions, and vendor contract considerations.

Strategic Software Engineering

Strategic Software Engineering
Author: Fadi P. Deek
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2005-05-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1420031112

The pervasiveness of software in business makes it crucial that software engineers and developers understand how software development impacts an entire organization. Strategic Software Engineering: An Interdisciplinary Approach presents software engineering as a strategic, business-oriented, interdisciplinary endeavor, rather than simply a technica

Guide to Software Development

Guide to Software Development
Author: Arthur M. Langer
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2016-10-04
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1447167996

This book presents a guide to navigating the complicated issues of quality and process improvement in enterprise software implementation, and the effect these have on the software development life cycle (SDLC). Offering an integrated approach that includes important management and decision practices, the text explains how to create successful automated solutions that fit user and customer needs, by mixing different SDLC methodologies. With an emphasis on the realities of practice, the book offers essential advice on defining business requirements, and managing change. This revised and expanded second edition includes new content on such areas as cybersecurity, big data, and digital transformation. Features: presents examples, case studies, and chapter-ending problems and exercises; concentrates on the skills needed to distinguish successful software implementations; considers the political and cultural realities in organizations; suggests many alternatives for how to manage and model a system.

Multicore and GPU Programming

Multicore and GPU Programming
Author: Gerassimos Barlas
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 698
Release: 2014-12-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0124171400

Multicore and GPU Programming offers broad coverage of the key parallel computing skillsets: multicore CPU programming and manycore "massively parallel" computing. Using threads, OpenMP, MPI, and CUDA, it teaches the design and development of software capable of taking advantage of today's computing platforms incorporating CPU and GPU hardware and explains how to transition from sequential programming to a parallel computing paradigm. Presenting material refined over more than a decade of teaching parallel computing, author Gerassimos Barlas minimizes the challenge with multiple examples, extensive case studies, and full source code. Using this book, you can develop programs that run over distributed memory machines using MPI, create multi-threaded applications with either libraries or directives, write optimized applications that balance the workload between available computing resources, and profile and debug programs targeting multicore machines. - Comprehensive coverage of all major multicore programming tools, including threads, OpenMP, MPI, and CUDA - Demonstrates parallel programming design patterns and examples of how different tools and paradigms can be integrated for superior performance - Particular focus on the emerging area of divisible load theory and its impact on load balancing and distributed systems - Download source code, examples, and instructor support materials on the book's companion website

Fit for Developing Software

Fit for Developing Software
Author: Rick Mugridge
Publisher: Pearson Education
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2005-06-29
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0321629957

The Fit open source testing framework brings unprecedented agility to the entire development process. Fit for Developing Software shows you how to use Fit to clarify business rules, express them with concrete examples, and organize the examples into test tables that drive testing throughout the software lifecycle. Using a realistic case study, Rick Mugridge and Ward Cunningham--the creator of Fit--introduce each of Fit's underlying concepts and techniques, and explain how you can put Fit to work incrementally, with the lowest possible risk. Highlights include Integrating Fit into your development processes Using Fit to promote effective communication between businesspeople, testers, and developers Expressing business rules that define calculations, decisions, and business processes Connecting Fit tables to the system with "fixtures" that check whether tests are actually satisfied Constructing tests for code evolution, restructuring, and other changes to legacy systems Managing the quality and evolution of tests A companion Web site (http://fit.c2.com/) that offers additional resources and source code