Software Engineering: Barry W. Boehm's Lifetime Contributions to Software Development, Management, and Research
John Wiley & Sons, 4 Jun 2007 - Computers - 832 pages
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This is the most authoritative archive of Barry Boehm's contributions to software engineering. Featuring 42 reprinted articles, along with an introduction and chapter summaries to provide context, it serves as a "how-to" reference manual for software engineering best practices. It provides convenient access to Boehm's landmark work on product development and management processes. The book concludes with an insightful look to the future by Dr. Boehm.
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A great collection of articles on various software engineering topics, such as quality, economics, risk management and value based software engineering. It shows what we have already learned, but also makes clear that we still have a long way to go! Read full review
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Contents
Article 11 Software Design and Structuring 1975 | 5 |
Article 12 Quantitative Evaluation of Software Quality 1976 | 21 |
Article 13 An Early Application Generator and Other Recollections 1997 | 47 |
Plug and Pray? 1999 | 69 |
Article 15 Software Defect Reduction Top 10 List 2001 | 75 |
Article 16 COTSBased Systems Top 10 List 2001 | 81 |
Software Economics | 87 |
Article 22 Software Engineering Economics 1984 | 117 |
Introduction | 403 |
The Six Basic Steps 1989 | 427 |
Article 54 Section 3 RiskResolution Techniques 1989 | 471 |
Article 55 Section 4 Implementing Risk Management 1989 | 481 |
Emerging Extensions | 499 |
Article 62 Making RAD Work for Your Project 1999 | 523 |
Article 65 Some Future Trends and Implications for Systems and Software | 545 |
Software and Systems Management | 573 |
Article 23 Improving Software Productivity 1987 | 151 |
Article 24 Managing Software Productivity and Reuse 1999 | 179 |
A Roadmap 2000 | 185 |
Article 26 Early Experiences in Software Economics 2002 | 219 |
Software Tools | 227 |
Article 32 A Software Development Environment for Improving | 245 |
Lessons | 301 |
Early Spiral Model | 315 |
Article 42 A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement 1988 | 345 |
Article 43 Anchoring the Software Process 1996 | 367 |
Software Risk Management | 383 |
Article 72 The Art of Expectations Management 2000 | 607 |
Software Engineering State of the Art and Practice | 627 |
Article 82 Software EngineeringAs It Is 1979 | 663 |
Article 83 Gaining Intellectual Control of Software Development 2000 | 687 |
ValueBased Software Engineering | 731 |
Article 91 Project Termination Doesnt Equal Project Failure 2000 | 737 |
Article 94 ValueBased Processes for COTSBased Applications 2005 | 763 |
Article 95 An Initial Theory of ValueBased Software Engineering 2005 | 777 |
Being a Software Engineer in the Software Century | 797 |
About the Editor | 817 |
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About the author (2007)
Richard W. Selby, PhD, is the Head of Software Products at Northrop Grumman Space Technology and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He cowrote the international bestselling book Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People.