Software Engineering The Legacy of Barry W. Boehm

Landmark findings and best practices from software engineering pioneer Barry W. Boehm based on forty years of research and experience This book presents forty-two of Barry W. Boehma?s best articles on software engineering, organizes them into nine chapters with newly written summaries by nine of his colleagues, and concludes with a new chapter on Barrya?s "thoughts for the future." The book chapters address: Software Architecture and Quality Software Economics Software Tools Software Process: Early Spiral Model Software Risk Management Software Process: Emerging Extensions Software and Systems Management Software Engineering State of the Art and Practice Value-Based Software Engineering A Software Engineer in the Software Century This book is recommended as a guide and resource for software engineers, project managers, and technology executives as well as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses."In my view, Barry Boehm is single-handedly responsible for turning software engineering from an anecdote-driven, opinion-laden art form into data-driven, fact-based engineering."-Dr. William A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering"This book is a must-read for all software engineers."-Dr. Yannis C. Yortsos, Dean, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California"Barry Boehm has led the effort to put a sound footing under software engineering. His Software Engineering Economics provided fact-grounded models that first enabled us to move beyond speculation in budgeting and scheduling. His spiral development model and risk-management strategies each constitute major advances in our thinking."-Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., Kenan Professor of Computer Science, University of North Carolina"This book makes clear Barry Boehma?s enormous contributions to software engineering over several decades and provides a perspective no one else could have given."-Dr. Victor R. Basili, Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland"This collection of articles illuminates why Barry Boehm is one of the software industrya?s most trusted advisors."-Walker E. Royce, Vice President, IBM Rational"Barry Boehm has spent much of his adult life guiding us and our industry; I, for one, am full of gratitude."-Tom DeMarco, Principal, The Atlantic Systems Guild"Read Boehma?s hints that will make your software shop tick."-Dr. Lawrence Bernstein, Professor of Software Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology"Barry Boehma?s insights into software engineering are one of a kind. For more than twenty-five years, Barry has been the leading figure in software cost models and software process. This book is a must-read for all software engineers."-Dr. Arthur B. Pyster, Vice President, SAIC"Barry Boehm stands as a model engineering researcher for having developed novel theories, methods, and tools that infuse economic and human values into software engineering. This book provides a valuable starting point and guide to researchers and practitioners alike who need to better understand state-of-the-art thinking in this area."-Dr. Kevin J. Sullivan, Professor of Computer Science, University of Virginia"Anyone who wishes to understand where sSelby, Richard W. is the author of 'Software Engineering The Legacy of Barry W. Boehm', published 2007 under ISBN 9780470148730 and ISBN 047014873X.