Software Engineering, 10th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2016

  • Ian Sommerville University of Lancaster, United Kingdom , University of St Andrews, Scotland

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Title overview

For courses in computer science and software engineering

 

This new 10th edition of Sommerville introduces students to software engineering by focusing on the proven processes and techniques fundamental to the creation of reliable software systems.


Ian Sommerville, drawing on experience in system dependability and systems engineering, guides the reader through the most widely used agile methods and plan-based approaches.  The text strives to teach the engineers of tomorrow how to create software that will make our world a more convenient, safer, and enjoyable place to live.

Table of contents

Brief Contents

Part 1 Introduction to Software Engineering

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Software processes
  • Chapter 3: Agile software development
  • Chapter 4: Requirements engineering
  • Chapter 5: System modeling
  • Chapter 6: Architectural design
  • Chapter 7: Design and Implementation
  • Chapter 8: Software testing
  • Chapter 9: Software Evolution

Part 2 System Dependability and Security

  • Chapter 10: Dependable Systems
  • Chapter 11: Reliability engineering
  • Chapter 12: Safety Engineering
  • Chapter 13: Security Engineering

Part 3 Advanced Software Engineering

  • Chapter 15: Software Reuse
  • Chapter 16: Component-based Software Engineering
  • Chapter 17: Distributed Software Engineering
  • Chapter 18: Service-oriented Software Engineering
  • Chapter 19: Systems engineering
  • Chapter 20: Systems of systems
  • Chapter 21: Real-time software engineering

Part 4 Software management

  • Chapter 22: Project management
  • Chapter 23: Project planning
  • Chapter 24: Quality management
  • Chapter 25: Configuration management

Glossary

Appendix: System requirements for the MentCare system

Author bios

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