preface
preface to the first edition
list of figures
1. introduction
　1.1 the software engineering discipline—its evolution and
impact
　1.2 software development projects
　1.3 what is wrong with the exploratory style of software
development?
　1.4 emergence of software engineering
　1.5 notable changes in software development practices
　1.6 computer systems engineering
　summary
　exercises
2. software life cycle models
　2.1 why use a life cycle model?
　2.2 classical waterfall model
　2.3 iterative waterfall model
　2.4 prototyping model
　2.5 evolutionary model
　2.6 spiral model
　2.7 comparison of different life cycle models
　summary
　exercises
3. software project management
　3.1 responsibilities of a software project manager
　3.2 project planning
　3.3 metrics for project size estimation
　3.4 project estimation techniques
　3.5 empirical estimation techniques
　3.6 cocomo--- a heuristic estimation technique
　3.7 halstead's software science--an analytical technique
　3.8 staffing level estimation
　3.9 scheduling
　3.10 organization and team structures
　3.11 staffing
　3.12 risk management
　3.13 software configuration management
　3.14 miscellaneous plans
　summary
　exercises
4. requirements analysis and specification,
　4.1 requirements gathering and analysis
　4.2 software requirements specification (srs)
　4.3 formal system specification
　4.4 axiomatic specification
　4.5 algebraic specification.
　4.6 executable specification and 4gl
　summary
　exercises
5. software design
　5.1 outcome of a design process
　5.2 how can we characterize a good software design?
　5.3 cohesion and coupling
　5.4 layered arrangement of modules
　5.5 approaches to software design
　5.6 object-oriented versus function-oriented design
approaches
　summary
　exercises
6. function-oriented software design
　6.1 overview of sa/sd methodology
　6.2 structured analysis
　6.3 data flow diagrams (dfds)
　6.4 extending dfd technique to make it applicable to
　6.5 structured design
　6.6 detailed design
　6.7 design review
　summary
　exercises
7. object modelling using uml
　7.1 overview of basic object-orientation concepts
　7.2 unified modelling language (uml)
　7.3 uml diagrams
　7.4 use case model
　7.5 class diagrams
　7.6 interaction diagrams
　7.7 activity diagrams
　7.8 state chart diagram
　7.9 postscript
　summary
　exercises
8. object-oriented software development
　8.1 patterns
　8.2 some common design patterns
　8.3 an object-oriented analysis and design methodology.
　8.4 interaction modelling
　8.5 applications of the analysis and design process
　8.6 ood goodness criteria
　summary
　exercises
9. user interface design
　9.1 characteristics of a good user interface
　9.2 basic concepts
　9.3 types of user interfaces
　9.4 fundamentals of component-based gui development
　9.5 a user interface design methodology
　summary
　exercises
10. coding and testing
　10.1 coding
　10.2 code review
　10.3 software documentation
　10.4 testing
　10.5 testing in the large versus testing in the small
　10.6 unit testing
　10.7 black-box testing
　10.8 white-box testing
　10.9 debugging
　10.10 program analysis tools
　10.11 integration testing
　10.12 testing object-oriented programs
　10.13 system testing
　10.14 some general issues associated with testing
　summary
　exercises
11. software reliability and quality management
　11.1 software reliability
　11.2 statistical testing
　11.3 software quality
　11.4 software quality management system
　11.5 iso 9000
　11.6 sei capability maturity model
　11.7 personal software process (psp)
　11.8 six sigma
　summary
　exercises
12. computer aided software engineering
　12.1 case and its scope
　12.2 case environment
　12.3 case support in software life cycle
　12.4 other characteristics of case tools
　12.5 towards second generation case tool
　12.6 architecture of a case environment
　summary
　exercises
13. software maintenance
　13.1 characteristics of software maintenance
　13.2 software reverse engineering
　13.3 software maintenance process models
　13.4 estimation of maintenance cost
　summary
　exercises
14. software reuse
　14.1 what can be reused?
　14.2 why almost no reuse so far?
　14.3 basic issues in any reuse program
　14.4 a reuse approach
　14.5 reuse at organization level
　summary
　exercises
15. emerging trends
　15.1 client-server software
　15.2 service-oriented architecture (soa)
　15.3 software as a service (saas)
　summary
exercises
references
index