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In this practical guide, software-quality guru Capers Jones reveals best practices for ensuring software development success by illustrating the engineering methods used by the most successful large software projects at leading companies such as IBM, Microsoft, Sony, and EDS. Software Engineering Best Practices covers estimating and planning; requirements analysis; change control; quality control; progress and cost tracking; and maintenance and support after delivery. Agile development, extreme programming, joint application design (JAD), six-sigma for software, and other methods are discussed.
About the Author
Capers Jones was the founder and chairman of Software Productivity Research (SPR) where he retains the title of Chief Scientist Emeritus. He is the author of Estimating Software Costs, Second Edition and Applied Software Measurement
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction and Definitions of Software Best Practices; Chapter 2. Overview of 50 Software Best Practices; Chapter 3. A Preview of Software Development and Maintenance in 2049; Chapter 4. How Software Personnel Learn New Skills; Chapter 5. Software Team Organization and Specialization; Chapter 6. Project Management and Software Engineering; Chapter 7. Requirements, Business Analysis, Architecture, Enterprise Architecture, and Design; Chapter 8. Programming and Code Development; Chapter 9. Software Quality: The Key to Successful Software Engineering
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