This second edition maintains the successful structure of the first edition and enhances the contents by adding treatment of recent developments in software engineering.
New coverage to this edition includes:
• More thorough treatment of object orientation
• Greater coverage of software architecture and components
• Introduction to modeling languages Z and UML
• Description and case study of requirements engineering
• New validation techniques, including model checking
• Quality improvement paradigms, including GQM and CMM
• More material on software processes, including the unified process
• Several new case studies on process, requirements, design,
organization, and systems engineering
• A comprehensive supplement package,
including an Instructor’s Resource CD and a Companion Website.
(disclaimer: this is an inspection copy sent to me by the publisher)