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Software Engineering (International Computer Science Series) (Hardcover)

by Ian Sommerville (Author)
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Software Engineering
presents a broad perspective on software systems engineering, concentrating on widely-used techniques for developing large-scale software systems. This best-selling book covers a wide spectrum of software processes from initial requirements elicitation through design and development to system evolution. It supports students taking undergraduate and graduate courses in software engineering.
The sixth edition has been restructured and updated, important new topics have been added and obsolete material has been cut. Reuse now focuses on component-based development and patterns; object-oriented design has a process focus and uses the UML; the chapters on requirements have been split to cover the requirements themselves and requirements engineering process; cost estimation has been updated to include the COCOMO 2 model.


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Software Engineering presents a broad perspective on software systems engineering, concentrating on widely-used techniques for developing large-scale software systems. In seven parts, this best-selling book covers a wide spectrum of software processes from initial requirements elicitation through design and development to system evolution. It supports students taking undergraduate and graduate courses in software engineering and software engineers in industry who need to update their knowledge on new techniques such as requirements engineering, distributed systems architectures and system dependability.
Extensive market research has ensured that this new edition is useful and relevant for both students and practising software engineers. The sixth edition has been restructured and updated, important new topics have been added and obsolete material has been cut. The end result is an even more focused book that is about 10% shorter than the previous edition.
Changes from the fifth edition
· There are new chapters covering software processes, distributed systems architectures, dependability and legacy systems.
· Program examples are now in Java and graphical system models are described in the standard UML.
· All chapters have been updated and several have been extensively rewritten. Reuse now focuses on component-based development and patterns; object-oriented design has a process focus and uses the UML; the chapters on requirements have been split to cover the requirements themselves and requirements engineering process; cost estimation has been updated to include the COCOMO 2 model.
· The chapters on critical systems has been restructured so that reliability, safety, availability and security are integrated in chapters on critical systems specification, development and validation.
· The section on formal specification has been cut to a single chapter and material on CASE has been integrated with the chapters covering the processes supported. Functional design has been incorporated in the new chapter on legacy systems.It includes an instructor's manual, overhead transparencies, source code of the program examples and additional material on CASE and formal specification.
Ian Sommerville is Professor of Software Engineering at Lancaster University, England. He has more than 20 years of experience in software engineering education and research. His current areas of interest include computer-based systems engineering, requirements engineering, system dependability and software evolution.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sound advice which transfers into commercial IT, 4 Sep 2001
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This is a good book to cover the fundamentals of this important area. I have found the advice to be practical and the book has been useful since I left education and began working as a professional software developer. The sections on requirements gathering etc. only become useful on real projects. You should read this in conjuction with Code Complete.
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5.0 out of 5 stars kamel.benmadhi@excite.com, 3 Feb 2001
I believe it's the best book for Software Engineering. I had the fifth version and I believe that this release is more adapted to the new technologies used in our days in Software Engineering like UML and RUP. Also Ian sommerville is know as the reference in these fields.
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4.0 out of 5 stars New to the subject, 25 Feb 2004
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I am not from a formal software engineering background but have been programming for about 6 years. I've decided to do an M.Sc. in Software Engineering and found this book an excellent introduction into the subject. It is clear and well written, if only all I.T. related books could claim this. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a good starting point. It provides the opportunity to explore the subject areas in more detail as "Further Reading" is recommended throughout.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good overview of the subject.
Although the book is good in terms of material covered, I don't understand why the answers to the chapter problems are not available for everyone. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book for ComputerStudents
Not the most exciting subject but the information contained within more than assisted me through this particular University module. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2001 by viktor@strik.is

4.0 out of 5 stars It saved me from a dropout
Not the most exciting subject but the information contained within more than assisted me through this particular University module. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2001

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is to hard for me to understand...
This book is to hard for me to understand, it's has difficult concepts to learn, such as UML, I can't do UML. I will invest in an easier to understand book.
Published on 8 Jan 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars Best book for beginners in this subject
This book has helped me through my Software Engineering course and provides great detail on the subjects that are covered. Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant
i beieve this is the best book on this subject i have read in all my time, the explanation of terms is brilliant, the diagrams are easy to understand. this is a must buy book
Published on 12 Nov 2000

1.0 out of 5 stars Apparently an essential Computer Science course text-book
Having Ian Sommerville as my Software Engineering Lecturer during my Computer Science Degree, this was an essential purchase. Read more
Published on 2 Jul 2000 by wiggles78

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