Principles of Software Engineering

Many students and practitioners of software engineering do not consider themselves engineers because they do not have the education or experience in a traditional engineering discipline. Based on the author's twenty years of experience, Principles of Software Engineering presents software engineering as an engineering discipline.

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* This book tackles fundamental principles on which the methods, tools, and procedures of software engineering rely. * Explains the purposes and goals of requirements engineering, the nature of requirements engineering and its typical problems. * Covers operational requirements and technical specifications, baselines and change control boards, and version control procedures for requirements management. * The book's unifying theme is engineering problems solving and how the generic processes of engineering can be--must be--modified and adapted to account for software's unique aspects. * Each chapter includes exercises and an appendix contains topics for term projects and weekly assignments for completing term projects.