Concise Guide to Software Engineering

This long-awaiting new edition of an essential textbook concisely introduces the fundamental principles of software engineering, also offering practical guidance on how to apply the theory in a real-world, industrial environment. The wide-ranging coverage encompasses all areas of software design, management, and quality.

Topics and features:
Presents a broad overview of software engineering, including software lifecycles and phases in software development, and project management for software engineeringIncludes key learning topics, summaries, and review questions in each chapter, together with a useful glossaryDiscusses professional responsibilities of software engineersDiscusses ethical and privacy challenges in software engineering, software design and development, and project management and outsourcingExplains formal methods, a set of mathematical techniques to specify and derive a program from its specificationDescribes innovations in the field of software as distributed systems, service-oriented architecture, software as a service, cloud computing, and embedded systemsInvestigates legal aspects of software engineering including patent and copyright law, as well as legal aspects of outsourcingExamines the field of cybersecurity and cybercrimeThis practical and easy-to-follow textbook/reference is ideal for computer science students seeking to learn how to build high-quality and reliable software on time and on budget. The text also serves as a self-study primer for software engineers, quality professionals, and software managers.
Dr. Gerard O’Regan is an Assistant Professor in Mathematics at the University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan. He is the author of several books in the Mathematics and Computing fields, including A Brief History of Computing, with Springer.