Software Reviews, Inspections and Audits: A Standards-based Guide (Software Engineering Standards Series)

Computers & Technology

Thayer, Richard H.

Programming

IEEE Computer Society

This book explores the domain of software maintenance management and provides road maps for improving software maintenance organizations. It describes full maintenance maturity models organized by levels 1, 2, and 3, which allow for benchmarking and continuous improvement paths. Goals for each key practice area are also provided, and the model presented is fully aligned with the architecture and framework of software development maturity models of CMMI and ISO 15504. It is complete with case studies, figures, tables, and graphs.

Software Maintenance Management: Evaluation and Continuous Improvement

APRIL, Alain

Abran, Alain

Object-Oriented scripting with Perl and Python 
Scripting languages are becoming increasingly important for software development. These higher-level languages, with their built-in easy-to-use data structures are convenient for programmers to use as "glue" languages for assembling multi-language applications and for quick prototyping of software architectures. Scripting languages are also used extensively in Web-based applications. Based on the same overall philosophy that made Programming with Objects such a wide success, Scripting with Objects takes a novel dual-language approach to learning advanced scripting with Perl and Python, the dominant languages of the genre. This method of comparing basic syntax and writing application-level scripts is designed to give readers a more comprehensive and expansive perspective on the subject. Beginning with an overview of the importance of scripting languages—and how they differ from mainstream systems programming languages—the book explores: <ul>
<li> Regular expressions for string processing </li> <li> The notion of a class in Perl and Python </li> <li> Inheritance and polymorphism in Perl and Python </li> <li> Handling exceptions </li> <li> Abstract classes and methods in Perl and Python </li> <li> Weak references for memory management </li> <li> Scripting for graphical user interfaces </li> <li> Multithreaded scripting </li> <li> Scripting for network programming </li> <li> Interacting with databases </li> <li> Processing XML with Perl and Python </li> </ul>
This book serves as an excellent textbook for a one-semester undergraduate course on advanced scripting in which the students have some prior experience using Perl and Python, or for a two-semester course for students who will be experiencing scripting for the first time. Scripting with Objects is also an ideal resource for industry professionals who are making the transition from Perl to Python, or vice versa.

Scripting With Objects: A Comparative Presentation of Scripting With Perl and Python

Kak, Avinash C.

A common-sense guide to real-world project management 
Common sense isn't always commonly practiced. Anyone who's ever worked on a project in a technical setting knows this. Indeed, much of working with others consists of solving unexpected problems and learning from mistakes along the way. It Sounded Good When We Started: A Project Manager's Guide to Working with People on Projects provides essential reading for project managers trying to understand the trials and triumphs that can arise in any project setting. The authors, both respected project managers with sixty years of experience between them, describe their own mistakes as well as the many valuable lessons they drew from them. Instead of trying to formulate these in abstract theory, Phillips and O’Bryan tell the stories surrounding a particular project, providing a more memorable, real-world, and practical set of examples. Written in a distinctly nontechnical style, this is a general troubleshooting guide for people who work on projects together. As such, its content proves useful in many different settings and applies to many different kinds of endeavors. Most of the stories are about problems—since it's the problems we often remember more than the successes—and what was learned from them. After describing a given problem, the authors analyze the issues that led to it and work towards various ways they've discovered to create a better project environment, one where problems get solved easier and happen less frequently. It Sounded Good When We Started offers a highly readable go-to for engineers, scientists, computer professionals, and anyone working on specialized, collaborative projects. DWAYNE PHILLIPS, PhD, has worked as a systems and computer engineer for the U.S. government since 1980. He performed liaison work with foreign governments, developed and maintained software, and for most of the past twelve years has managed projects. He is the author of The Software Project Manager's Handbook: Principles that Work at Work, also from Wiley. ROY O'BRYAN has over forty-two years on the leading edge of technology, developing software and hardware systems. A former Senior Executive Fellow at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, O'Bryan has worked for the past thirteen years for Northrop Grummon as a Senior Staff Engineer providing technical and management assistance to a number of government programs.

It Sounded Good When We Started

Phillips, Dwayne

O'Bryan, Roy

Software

Build your own Stiquito "walking-stick" robot insect with the included kit! Stiquito Controlled! is a widely accessible, user-friendly book that provides step-by-step instructions for building Stiquito, a small, multi-legged robot that resembles a "walking-stick" insect. The book includes comprehensive instructions and all the parts needed to complete assembly. Most notably, the kit contains a microcontroller board that allows Stiquito to walk on its own. Key features of the book include: <ul>
<li>Complete kit to build Stiquito--no additional materials necessary (common tools and batteries required)</li> <li>Detailed, step-by-step instructions for assembly of the robot</li> <li>Comprehensive lessons on how to make Stiquito "walk" using the microcontroller</li> </ul>
Engineering teachers and students, researchers, and science enthusiasts will find Stiquito Controlled! a fascinating and fun hands-on project. Batteries not included. http://www.coe.uncc.edu/~jmconrad/Stiquito_Controlled.htm

Stiquito Controlled!: Making A Truly Autonomous Robot

Conrad, James M.

Computer Science

Written to instruct professionals on the IEEE 12207 software lifecycle processes, this book in the Software Enginering Standards Series provides interpretation of the standard, describes the meaning and intent of the standard, and provides techniques and methods to implement the standard process as they apply to software quality assurance.

Software Quality Assurance: A Standards-based Guide

Horch

Software Maintenance: A Standards-based Guide (Software Engineering Standards Series)

Croll, Paul R.

The hardest single part of building a software system lies with requirements. This book describes various ways to gather, or elicit requirements, how to involve all stakeholders, and resolve conflicting interests. It presents readers with a Software Requirements Standards-based product and basic educational services that enable production of software in compliance with IEEE Standard 12-207 and the IEEE SRS standards. This book is included in the IEEE Computer Society's Software Engineering Standards Series.

Software Requirements: A Standards-Based Guide (IEEE Computer Society Software Engineering Standards)

Shafer, Linda I.

Christie, Mike

This second volume of the Software Engineering tutorial, Third Edition includes reprinted and newly authored papers that describe the software engineering supporting life cycle processes. This volume details the supporting life cycle processes that developers need to employ and execute in the engineering of software products. This required support plays an integral part and has a distinct purpose that affects the overall success and quality of the software project. This book helps prepare individuals to take the examination required by the IEEE Computer Society to achieve the status of Certified Software Development Professional (described at www.computer.org/certification). 
This Third Edition differs from the earlier editions in that it supports both the new 2004 version as well as the older 2001 version of the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), and that many of the newly authored papers were tailored after and support the corresponding chapter from SWEBOK 2004. In fact, some of the authors of the tailored papers also wrote the corresponding SWEBOK 2004 knowledge area. The supporting processes covered in this book include documentation, configuration management, quality assurance, verification and validation, and review and audit processes. In addition, this tutorial covers the four processes of the organizational life cycle. These are used to establish and implement an underlying structure made up of associated life cycle processes and personnel that will continuously improve upon the structure and process of the project. These organizational processes are management, infrastructure, improvement, and training. Each chapter in this volume starts by introducing the subject, supporting papers, and standards. The backbone for this publication is IEEE/EIA Standard 12207-1997, Standard for Information Technology-Software Life Cycle Processes. Contents: <ul>
<li>Software Engineering Supporting Processes</li> <li>Software Configuration Management</li> <li>Software Verification and Validation Processes</li> <li>Software Quality Assurance Process</li> <li>Software Reviews and Audits Processes</li> <li>Software Documentation Process</li> <li>Management Process</li> <li>Infrastructure Process</li> <li>Improvement and Training Processes</li> <li>Appendices</li> </ul>

Software Engineering: The Supporting Processes

Dorfman, Merlin

This book provides invaluable guidance on moving an organization from the chaotic environment of free-form software development towards a more controlled and documented process. It discusses how IEEE standards may be used to facilitate the development of internal plans and procedures in support of repeatable software engineering processes, or in achiving CMM/CMMI-SW Level 2.

Jumpstart CMM/CMMI Software Process Improvements : Using IEEE Software Engineering Standards

Land, Susan K.

Business & Money

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