1st Edition

Software Engineering Quality Practices

By Ronald Kirk Kandt Copyright 2006
280 Pages 18 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

280 Pages
by Auerbach Publications

Learn how to attract and keep successful software professionals Software Engineering Quality Practices describes how software engineers and the managers that supervise them can develop quality software in an effective, efficient, and professional manner. This volume conveys practical advice quickly and clearly while avoiding the dogma that surrounds the software profession. It concentrates on... Read more
Introduction
Qualities
Quality Drivers
Common Approaches to Developing Quality Software
An Integrated Approach for Developing Quality Software

Organizational Change Management
Practices to be Followed by Management Personnel
Practices to be Followed by Software Engineering Process
Groups
A Procedure for Making Change Happen

Personnel Management
Practices for Staffing an Organization
Practices for Developing Individual Skills
Practices for Rewarding Performance
Practices for Providing a Suitable Workplace
A Procedure for Hiring and Keeping Good People

Project Management
Practices for Planning a Project
Practices for Managing a Project
A Procedure for Planning a Project

Configuration Management
Practices for Managing Versions of Software Artifacts
Practices for Controlling Changes to Software Artifacts
Practices for Building Software Systems
Practices for Releasing Software Systems
Practices for Maintaining the Integrity of Software
Artifacts
A Procedure for Creating a Configuration Management
System
A Baseline Procedure for Managing Software
Configurations

Requirements Engineering
Practices for Eliciting Requirements
Practices for Analyzing the Problem Domain and
Application Needs
Practices for Specifying Requirements
Practices for Validating Requirements
Practices for Managing the Definition of Requirements
A Procedure for Engineering Requirements

Design
Fundamental Principles of Design
Practices for Designing Architectures
Practices for Adding Detailed Design Information
Practices Affecting the Design Process
A Unified Framework for System Architectures
A Procedure for Designing Software

Programming
Practices for General-Purpose Programming

Verification
Inspections
Testing
A Procedure for Planning the Verification Procedure
A Baseline Procedure for Verifying Software Systems

Remaining Quality Practices and Issues
Practices for Writing Useful User Documentation
Reusability
Defect Estimation Techniques

Competing Approaches
Extreme Programming
The Rational Unified Process
Cleanroom Software Engineering
Capability Maturity Model - Integrated

Summary
Comparison to Competing Approaches
Early Thoughts of the Software Pioneers
My Final Thoughts

Biography

Ronald Kirk Kandt