Software Engineering Quality Practices

The integrated software development approach presented in this book outlines practices for hiring and retaining the best people, and recommends efficient procedures for them to use. Separate chapters describe guidelines for developing configuration management, requirements engineering, design, project management, and measurement procedures that support an iterative software development life cycle. Topics include providing a suitable workplace, controlling changes to software artifacts, reducing large system into modules, minimizing the use of "goto" statements, reusability, and defect estimation techniques. Distributed by CRC. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)