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Software Engineering Basic Principles and Best Practices

Authors

Ravi Sethi
, University of Arizona
Published 2022

Description

Software engineering is as much about teamwork as it is about technology. This introductory textbook covers both. For courses featuring a team project, it offers tips and templates for aligning classroom concepts with the needs of the students' projects. Students will learn how software is developed in industry by adopting agile methods, discovering requirements, designing modular systems, selecting effective tests, and using metrics to track progress. The book also covers the 'why' behind the 'how-to', to prepare students for advances…

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Key features

  • Covers the 'why' and the 'how-to' of agile methods, requirements discovery, modular system design, and test selection so teams can choose and customize their development practices
  • Illustrates the practical application of the concepts with real-life case studies and examples
  • Offers tips for organizing a student team project, and templates with detailed questions to guide the iterations and keep the project on track
  • Introduces metrics, measurement, data display and description, with applications for improving the qualities of products, processes, and operations
  • Online resources include: lecture slides, image files, and report templates

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