Product Description
For courses in Software Reliability, Software Testing and Verification, Software Requirements, Software Metrics, and Software Engineering--Advanced
Solid Software presents realistic techniques for analyzing and improving the quality and robustness of any software system or software-intensive product. Solid Software isn't theoretical: it's a relentlessly practical decision maker's guide to making intelligent, responsible trade-offs that lead to the best software at the best cost. Solid Software draws upon dozens of real-world examples, based on the author's extensive experience as software quality consultants, and interviews with key software decision makers worldwide. Whether you're a developer, project manager, architect, executive, manager, or regulator, it's your single source for improving software quality in the real world.
From the Back Cover
The practical guide to evaluating and improving the quality of mission-critical software.
Large software systems will never be perfect, but decision makers need better ways to evaluate and enhance software quality—especially where software is mission critical or used in life-or-death environments. Solid Software presents realistic techniques for analyzing and improving the quality and robustness of any software system or software-intensive product.
Solid Software isn't theoretical: it's a relentlessly practical decision maker's guide to making intelligent, responsible trade-offs that lead to the best software at the best cost.
- Understand what levels of quality are reasonable to expect at every stage of the software life cycle, including development, deployment, and maintenance
- Discover the key "design leverage points" that lead to robust software
- Learn sophisticated new ways to predict software quality and assess systems in production
- Make the most of hazard analysis, testing, design analysis, reviews, static code analysis, and other techniques
- Choose the best tools—and use them more effectively
Solid Software draws upon dozens of real-world examples, based on the authors' extensive experience as software quality consultants, and interviews with key software decision makers worldwide. Whether you're a developer, project manager, architect, executive, manager, or regulator, it's your single source for improving software quality—in the real world.
About the Author
SHARI LAWRENCE PFLEEGER is President of Systems/Software, Inc., a leading software engineering consultancy. She has been founder/director of Howard University's Center for Research in Evaluating Software Technology, visiting scientist at the City University (London) Centre for Software Reliability, principal scientist at MITRE Corporation's Software Engineering Center, and manager of the measurement program at Contel Technology Center.
LES HATTON is managing partner at Oakwood Consulting, advising clients such as Ford and Philips on software system safety.
CHARLES C. HOWELL, Chief Engineer at MITRE Corporation, has served as Director of Consulting Services at Reliable Software Technologies and as Java Technologist at Sun Microsystems.
