Essentials of Software Engineering

by Tsui, Frank F.

• ISBN13: 9780763735371
• ISBN10: 076373537X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Summary

Intended for a one-semester, introductory course, Essentials of Software Engineering is a user-friendly, comprehensive introduction to the core fundamental topics and methodologies of software development. The authors, building off their 25 years of experience, present the complete life cycle of a software system, from inception to release and through support. The text is broken into six distinct sections, covering programming concepts, system analysis and design, principles of software engineering, development and support processes, methodologies, and product management. Presenting topics emphasized by the IEEE Computer Society sponsored Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) and by the Software Engineering 2004 Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Software Engineering, Essentials of Software Engineering is the ideal text for students entering the world of software development.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Writing a Program	1	(26)
A Simple Problem	2	(1)
Decisions, Decisions	2	(6)
Functional Requirements	3	(2)
Nonfunctional Requirements	5	(1)
Design Constraints	6	(1)
Design Decisions	7	(1)
Testing	8	(1)
Estimating Effort	9	(2)
Implementations	11	(12)
A Few Pointers on Implementation	11	(2)
Basic Design	13	(1)
Unit Testing with JUnit	13	(1)
Implementation of StringSorter	14	(6)
User Interfaces	20	(3)
Summary	23	(1)
Review Questions	23	(1)
Exercises	24	(1)
Suggested Readings	25	(2)
Building a System	27	(24)
Characteristics of Building a System	28	(8)
Size and Complexity	28	(1)
Technical Considerations of Development and Support	29	(5)
Nontechnical Considerations of Development and Support	34	(2)
Building a Hypothetical System	36	(9)
Requirements of the Payroll System	36	(2)
Designing the Payroll System	38	(3)
Code and Unit Testing the Payroll System	41	(1)
Integration and Functionally Testing the Payroll System	42	(1)
Release of the Payroll System	43	(1)
Support and Maintenance	44	(1)
Coordination Efforts	45	(2)
Process	45	(1)
Product	46	(1)
People	47	(1)
Summary	47	(1)
Review Questions	48	(1)
Exercises	48	(1)
Suggested Readings	48	(3)
Engineering of Software	51	(22)
Examples and Characteristics of Software Failures	52	(4)
Project Failures	52	(2)
Software Product Failures	54	(1)
Coordination and Other Concerns	55	(1)
Software Engineering	56	(3)
What Is Software Engineering?	56	(1)
Definitions of Software Engineering	57	(1)
Relevancy of Software Engineering and Software	58	(1)
Software Engineering Profession and Ethics	59	(3)
Software Engineering Code of Ethics	59	(2)
Professional Behavior	61	(1)
Principles of Software Engineering	62	(6)
Davis's Early Principles of Software Engineering	63	(2)
Royce's More Modern Principles	65	(1)
Wasserman's Fundamental Software Engineering Concepts	66	(2)
Summary	68	(1)
Review Questions	69	(1)
Exercises	69	(1)
Suggested Readings	70	(3)
Software Process Models	73	(34)
Software Processes	74	(2)
Goal of Software Process Models	74	(1)
The ``Simplest'' Process Model	75	(1)
Traditional Process Models	76	(6)
Waterfall Model	76	(2)
Chief Programmer Team Approach	78	(1)
Incremental Model	78	(2)
Spiral Model	80	(2)
A More Modern Process	82	(6)
General Foundations of Rational Unified Process Framework	82	(2)
The Phases of RUP	84	(4)
Entry and Exit Criteria	88	(2)
Entry Criteria	88	(1)
Exit Criteria	89	(1)
Process Assessment Models	90	(12)
SEI's Capability Maturity Model	91	(2)
SEI's Capability Maturity Model Integrated	93	(9)
Summary	102	(1)
Review Questions	102	(1)
Exercises	103	(1)
Suggested Readings	103	(4)
New and Emerging Process Methodologies	107	(32)
What Are Agile Processes?	108	(1)
Why Agile Processes?	109	(2)
Some Process Methodologies	111	(19)
Extreme Programming (XP)	111	(7)
The Crystal Family of Methodologies	118	(4)
The Unified Process as Agile	122	(1)
Microsoft Solutions Framework	123	(5)
Open Source Software Development	128	(2)
Summary of Processes	130	(1)
Agile Versus Traditional Processes	130	(1)
Choosing a Process	130	(5)
Projects and Environments Better Suited for Each Kind of Process	133	(1)
Main Risks and Disadvantages of Agile Processes	133	(1)
Main Advantages of Agile Processes	134	(1)
Summary	135	(1)
Review Questions	135	(1)
Exercises	136	(1)
Suggested Readings	136	(3)
Requirements Engineering	139	(34)
Requirements Processing	140	(4)
Preparing for Requirements Processing	140	(2)
Requirements Engineering Process	142	(2)
Requirements Elicitation and Gathering	144	(7)
Eliciting High-Level Requirements	146	(2)
Eliciting Detailed Requirements	148	(3)
Requirements Analysis	151	(10)
Requirements Analysis and Clustering by Business Flow	151	(2)
Requirements Analysis and Clustering with Object-Oriented Use Cases	153	(4)
Requirements Analysis and Clustering by View-point Oriented Requirements Definition	157	(1)
Requirements Analysis and Prioritization	158	(3)
Requirements Definition, Prototyping, and Reviews	161	(5)
Requirements Specification and Requirements Agreement	166	(2)
Summary	168	(1)
Review Questions	169	(1)
Exercises	170	(1)
Suggested Readings	170	(3)
Design: Architecture and Methodology	173	(36)
Introduction to Design	174	(1)
Architectural Design	175	(10)
What Is Software Architecture?	175	(1)
Views and Viewpoints	176	(2)
Meta-Architectural Knowledge: Styles, Patterns, Tactics, and Reference Architectures	178	(7)
Detailed Design	185	(21)
Functional Decomposition	186	(2)
Relational Database Design	188	(7)
Object-Oriented Design and UML	195	(6)
User-Interface Design	201	(5)
Summary	206	(1)
Review Questions	206	(1)
Exercises	207	(1)
Suggested Readings	207	(2)
Design Characteristics and Metrics	209	(28)
Characterizing Design	210	(1)
Some Legacy Characterization of Design Attributes	211	(5)
Halstead Complexity Metric	211	(1)
McCabe's Cyclomatic Complexity	212	(2)
Henry-Kafura Information Flow	214	(2)
A Higher-Level Complexity Measure	216	(1)
``Good'' Design Attributes	216	(9)
Cohesion	217	(5)
Coupling	222	(3)
Object-Oriented Design Metrics	225	(3)
Aspect-Oriented Programming	228	(1)
User-Interface Design	228	(3)
Good UI Characteristics	228	(2)
Usability Evaluation and Testing	230	(1)
Summary	231	(1)
Review Questions	232	(1)
Exercises	233	(1)
Suggested Readings	234	(3)
Implementation	237	(18)
Introduction to Implementation	238	(1)
Characteristics of a Good Implementation	238	(1)
Programming Style and Coding Guidelines	239	(4)
Comments	243	(3)
Debugging	246	(2)
Assertions and Defensive Programming	248	(1)
Performance Optimization	248	(2)
Refactoring	250	(1)
Summary	251	(1)
Review Questions	252	(1)
Exercises	252	(1)
Suggested Readings	252	(3)
Testing and Quality Assurance	255	(38)
Introduction to Testing and Quality Assurance	256	(2)
Testing	258	(2)
The Purposes of Testing	259	(1)
Testing Techniques	260	(20)
Equivalence Class Partitioning	264	(2)
Boundary Value Analysis	266	(1)
Path Analysis	267	(5)
Combinations of Conditions	272	(2)
Automated Unit Testing and Test-Driven Development	274	(1)
An Example of Test-Driven Development	275	(5)
When to Stop Testing	280	(2)
Inspections and Reviews	282	(2)
Formal Methods	284	(2)
Static Analysis	286	(2)
Summary	288	(1)
Review Questions	288	(1)
Exercises	289	(1)
Suggested Readings	290	(3)
Configuration Management, Integration, and Builds	293	(24)
Software Configuration Management	294	(1)
Policy, Process, and Artifacts	294	(7)
Business Policy Impact on Configuration Management	299	(1)
Process Influence on Configuration Management	300	(1)
Configuration Management Framework	301	(5)
Naming Model	301	(3)
Storage and Access Model	304	(2)
Build and Integration and Build	306	(2)
Tools for Configuration Management	308	(4)
Managing the Configuration Management Framework	312	(1)
Summary	313	(1)
Review Questions	313	(1)
Exercises	314	(1)
Suggested Readings	315	(2)
Software Support and Maintenance	317	(20)
Customer Support	318	(10)
User Problem Arrival Rate	319	(2)
Customer Interface and Call Management	321	(3)
Technical Problem/Fix	324	(2)
Fix Delivery and Fix Installs	326	(2)
Product Maintenance Updates and Release Cycles	328	(3)
Change Control	331	(2)
Summary	333	(1)
Review Questions	333	(1)
Exercises	334	(1)
Suggested Readings	334	(3)
Software Project Management	337	(38)
The Necessity of Project Management	338	(1)
The Project Management Process	338	(12)
Planning	340	(4)
Organizing	344	(1)
Monitoring	345	(3)
Adjusting	348	(2)
Some Project Management Techniques	350	(18)
Project Effort Estimation	351	(10)
Work Breakdown Structure	361	(4)
Project Status Tracking with Earned Value	365	(3)
Summary	368	(1)
Review Questions	369	(1)
Exercises	370	(2)
Suggested Readings	372	(3)
Epilogue	375	(4)
Index	379