Value-Based Software Engineering

Value-Based Software Engineering
Author: Stefan Biffl
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2006-02-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3540292632

The IT community has always struggled with questions concerning the value of an organization’s investment in software and hardware. It is the goal of value-based software engineering (VBSE) to develop models and measures of value which are of use for managers, developers and users as they make tradeoff decisions between, for example, quality and cost or functionality and schedule – such decisions must be economically feasible and comprehensible to the stakeholders with differing value perspectives. VBSE has its roots in work on software engineering economics, pioneered by Barry Boehm in the early 1980s. However, the emergence of a wider scope that defines VBSE is more recent. VBSE extends the merely technical ISO software engineering definition with elements not only from economics, but also from cognitive science, finance, management science, behavioral sciences, and decision sciences, giving rise to a truly multi-disciplinary framework. Biffl and his co-editors invited leading researchers and structured their contributions into three parts, following an introduction into the area by Boehm himself. They first detail the foundations of VBSE, followed by a presentation of state-of-the-art methods and techniques. The third part demonstrates the benefits of VBSE through concrete examples and case studies. This book deviates from the more anecdotal style of many management-oriented software engineering books and so appeals particularly to all readers who are interested in solid foundations for high-level aspects of software engineering decision making, i.e., to product or project managers driven by economics and to software engineering researchers and students.

Competitive Engineering

Competitive Engineering
Author: Tom Gilb
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2005-07-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0080457096

Competitive Engineering documents Tom Gilb's unique, ground-breaking approach to communicating management objectives and systems engineering requirements, clearly and unambiguously. Competitive Engineering is a revelation for anyone involved in management and risk control. Already used by thousands of project managers and systems engineers around the world, this is a handbook for initiating, controlling and delivering complex projects on time and within budget. The Competitive Engineering methodology provides a practical set of tools and techniques that enable readers to effectively design, manage and deliver results in any complex organization - in engineering, industry, systems engineering, software, IT, the service sector and beyond.Elegant, comprehensive and accessible, the Competitive Engineering methodology provides a practical set of tools and techniques that enable readers to effectively design, manage and deliver results in any complex organization - in engineering, industry, systems engineering, software, IT, the service sector and beyond. Provides detailed, practical and innovative coverage of key subjects including requirements specification, design evaluation, specification quality control and evolutionary project management Offers a complete, proven and meaningful 'end-to-end' process for specifying, evaluating, managing and delivering high quality solutions Tom Gilb's clients include HP, Intel, CitiGroup, IBM, Nokia and the US Department of Defense

Methods and Tools for Software Configuration Management

Methods and Tools for Software Configuration Management
Author: David Whitgift
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1991-11-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN:

A comprehensive guide to the principles and practice of configuration management--the management of software system components during updating or replacement of elements. Features of commercially available tools are described enabling critical evaluation of their effectiveness. Designed primarily as a reference for professional system designers and project managers, it will also be useful to software engineering students. Covers the entire project lifecycle and goes on to discuss topics such as version management, configuration identification, change control, the software library, automated system building and more.

Basics of Software Engineering Experimentation

Basics of Software Engineering Experimentation
Author: Natalia Juristo
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2013-03-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1475733046

Basics of Software Engineering Experimentation is a practical guide to experimentation in a field which has long been underpinned by suppositions, assumptions, speculations and beliefs. It demonstrates to software engineers how Experimental Design and Analysis can be used to validate their beliefs and ideas. The book does not assume its readers have an in-depth knowledge of mathematics, specifying the conceptual essence of the techniques to use in the design and analysis of experiments and keeping the mathematical calculations clear and simple. Basics of Software Engineering Experimentation is practically oriented and is specially written for software engineers, all the examples being based on real and fictitious software engineering experiments.

Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (Swebok(r))

Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (Swebok(r))
Author: IEEE Computer Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2014
Genre: Computer software
ISBN: 9780769551661

In the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK(R) Guide), the IEEE Computer Society establishes a baseline for the body of knowledge for the field of software engineering, and the work supports the Society's responsibility to promote the advancement of both theory and practice in this field. It should be noted that the Guide does not purport to define the body of knowledge but rather to serve as a compendium and guide to the knowledge that has been developing and evolving over the past four decades. Now in Version 3.0, the Guide's 15 knowledge areas summarize generally accepted topics and list references for detailed information. The editors for Version 3.0 of the SWEBOK(R) Guide are Pierre Bourque (Ecole de technologie superieure (ETS), Universite du Quebec) and Richard E. (Dick) Fairley (Software and Systems Engineering Associates (S2EA)).

Fundamentals of Software Engineering

Fundamentals of Software Engineering
Author: Carlo Ghezzi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2003
Genre: Computer software
ISBN: 9780130991836

Provides coverage of fundamentals of software engineering by stressing principles and methods through formal and informal approaches. This book emphasizes, identifies, and applies fundamental principles that are applicable throughout the software lifecycle, in contrast to other texts which are based in the lifecycle model of software development.

Experimentation in Software Engineering

Experimentation in Software Engineering
Author: Claes Wohlin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2012-06-16
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 3642290442

Like other sciences and engineering disciplines, software engineering requires a cycle of model building, experimentation, and learning. Experiments are valuable tools for all software engineers who are involved in evaluating and choosing between different methods, techniques, languages and tools. The purpose of Experimentation in Software Engineering is to introduce students, teachers, researchers, and practitioners to empirical studies in software engineering, using controlled experiments. The introduction to experimentation is provided through a process perspective, and the focus is on the steps that we have to go through to perform an experiment. The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides a background of theories and methods used in experimentation. Part II then devotes one chapter to each of the five experiment steps: scoping, planning, execution, analysis, and result presentation. Part III completes the presentation with two examples. Assignments and statistical material are provided in appendixes. Overall the book provides indispensable information regarding empirical studies in particular for experiments, but also for case studies, systematic literature reviews, and surveys. It is a revision of the authors’ book, which was published in 2000. In addition, substantial new material, e.g. concerning systematic literature reviews and case study research, is introduced. The book is self-contained and it is suitable as a course book in undergraduate or graduate studies where the need for empirical studies in software engineering is stressed. Exercises and assignments are included to combine the more theoretical material with practical aspects. Researchers will also benefit from the book, learning more about how to conduct empirical studies, and likewise practitioners may use it as a “cookbook” when evaluating new methods or techniques before implementing them in their organization.

Advances in Machine Learning Applications in Software Engineering

Advances in Machine Learning Applications in Software Engineering
Author: Zhang, Du
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2006-10-31
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1591409438

"This book provides analysis, characterization and refinement of software engineering data in terms of machine learning methods. It depicts applications of several machine learning approaches in software systems development and deployment, and the use of machine learning methods to establish predictive models for software quality while offering readers suggestions by proposing future work in this emerging research field"--Provided by publisher.

Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering

Guide to Advanced Empirical Software Engineering
Author: Forrest Shull
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2007-11-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1848000448

This book gathers chapters from some of the top international empirical software engineering researchers focusing on the practical knowledge necessary for conducting, reporting and using empirical methods in software engineering. Topics and features include guidance on how to design, conduct and report empirical studies. The volume also provides information across a range of techniques, methods and qualitative and quantitative issues to help build a toolkit applicable to the diverse software development contexts