Software engineering : modern approaches / Eric J. Braude and Michael E. Bernstein.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Introduction to software engineering -- The goals and terminology of software engineering -- Introduction to quality and metrics in software engineering -- Part II: Software process -- Software process -- Agile software processes -- Quality in the software process -- Software configuration management -- Principles of software project management I -- Principles of software project management II -- Quality and metrics in project management -- Part IV: Requirement analysis -- Principles of requirements analysis -- Analyzing high-level requirements -- Analyzing detailed requirements -- Quality and metrics in requirements analysis -- Formal and emerging methods in requirements analysis (online chapter) -- Part V: Software design -- Principles of software design -- The unified modeling language -- Software design patterns -- Software architecture -- Detailed design -- Design quality and metrics -- Advanced and emerging methods in software design (online chapter) -- Part VI: Implementation -- Principles of implementation -- Quality and metrics in implementation -- Refactoring -- Part VII: Testing and maintenance -- Introduction to software testing -- Unit testing -- Module and integration testing -- Testing at the system level -- Software maintenance.

Software engineers learn key concepts most effectively using real-world examples and problems. Software Engineering follows this method while offering comprehensive coverage. It is built around the idea of using object-orientation from the very beginning, including the requirements analysis stage, which is how it s done in the field. This volume communicates the complexity of software engineering, a field that is on the rise. It extensively uses design patterns giving readers sophisticated, eminently practical tools and adds a technical edge to software engineering.