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Book SynopsisThis is the most authoritative archive of Barry Boehm's contributions to software engineering. Featuring 42 reprinted articles, along with an introduction and chapter summaries to provide context, it serves as a "how-to" reference manual for software engineering best practices.
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Table of ContentsIntroduction xi
Richard W. Selby
Acknowledgements xiii
Chapter 1. Software Architecture and Quality 1
Introduction 1
Lawrence Bernstein
Article 1–1. Software Design and Structuring (1975) 5
Barry W. Boehm
Article 1–2. Quantitative Evaluation of Software Quality (1976) 21
Barry W. Boehm, J. R. Brown, and M. Lipow
Article 1–3. An Early Application Generator and Other Recollections (1997) 47
Barry W. Boehm
Article 1–4. COTS Integration: Plug and Pray? (1999) 69
Barry W. Boehm and Chris Abts
Article 1–5. Software Defect Reduction Top 10 List (2001) 75
Barry W. Boehm and Victor R. Basili
Article 1–6. COTS-Based Systems Top 10 List (2001) 81
Victor R. Basili and Barry W. Boehm
Chapter 2. Software Economics 87
Introduction 87
Richard W. Selby
Article 2–1. Software and Its Impact: A Quantitative Assessment (1973) 91
Barry W. Boehm
Article 2–2. Software Engineering Economics (1984) 117
Barry W. Boehm
Article 2–3. Improving Software Productivity (1987) 151
Barry W. Boehm
Article 2–4. Managing Software Productivity and Reuse (1999) 179
Barry W. Boehm
Article 2–5. Software Economics: A Roadmap (2000) 185
Barry W. Boehm and Kevin J. Sullivan
Article 2–6. Early Experiences in Software Economics (2002) 219
Barry W. Boehm
Chapter 3. Software Tools 227
Introduction 227
Arthur B. Pyster
Article 3–1. Some Experience with Automated Aids to the Design of Large-Scale Reliable Software (1975) 231
Barry W. Boehm, Robert K. McClean, and D. B. Urfrig
Article 3–2. A Software Development Environment for Improving Productivity (1984) 245
Barry W. Boehm, Maria H. Penedo, E. Don Stuckle, Robert D. Williams, and Arthur B. Pyster
Article 3–3. Cost Models for Future Software Life Cycle Processes: Cocomo 2.0 (1995) 269
Barry W. Boehm, Bradford Clark, Ellis Horowitz, Chris Westland, Ray Madachy, and Richard W. Selby
Article 3–4. Developing Groupware for Requirements Negotiation: Lessons Learned (2001) 301
Barry W. Boehm, Paul Grünbacher, and Robert O. Briggs
Chapter 4. Software Process: Early Spiral Model 315
Introduction 315
Walker Royce
Article 4–1. Prototyping Versus Specifying: A Multiproject Experiment (1984) 319
Barry W. Boehm, Terence E. Gray, and Thomas Seewaldt
Article 4–2. A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement (1988) 345
Barry W. Boehm
Article 4–3. Anchoring the Software Process (1996) 367
Barry W. Boehm
Chapter 5. Software Risk Management 383
Introduction 383
Tom DeMarco
Article 5–1. Software Risk Management: Principles and Practices (1991) 387
Barry W. Boehm
Article 5–2. Section 1. Software Risk Management: Introduction and Overview (1989) 403
Barry W. Boehm
Article 5–3. Section 2. Risk-Management Practices: The Six Basic Steps (1989) 427
Barry W. Boehm
Article 5–4. Section 3. Risk-Resolution Techniques (1989) 471
Barry W. Boehm
Article 5–5. Section 4. Implementing Risk Management (1989) 481
Barry W. Boehm
Chapter 6. Software Process: Emerging Extensions 499
Introduction 499
Leon J. Osterweil
Article 6–1. Using the WinWin Spiral Model: A Case Study (1998) 503
Barry W. Boehm, Alexander Egyed, Julie Kwan, Daniel N. Port, Archita Shah, and Ray Madachy
Article 6–2. Making RAD Work for Your Project (1999) 523
Barry W. Boehm
Article 6–3. Requirements that Handle IKIWISI, COTS, and Rapid Change (2000) 529
Barry W. Boehm
Article 6–4. Get Ready for Agile Methods, with Care (2002) 535
Barry W. Boehm
Article 6–5. Some Future Trends and Implications for Systems and Software Engineering Processes (2006) 545
Barry W. Boehm
Chapter 7. Software and Systems Management 573
Introduction 573
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.
Article 7–1. Theory-W Software Project Management: Principles and Examples (1989) 579
Barry W. Boehm and Rony Ross
Article 7–2. The Art of Expectations Management (2000) 607
Barry W. Boehm
Article 7–3. Unifying Software Engineering and Systems Engineering (2000) 611
Barry W. Boehm
Article 7–4. Spiral Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems of Systems (2004) 615
Barry W. Boehm, A. Winsor Brown, Victor R. Basili, and Richard Turner
Chapter 8. Software Engineering State of the Art and Practice 627
Introduction 627
Victor R. Basili
Article 8–1. Software Engineering (1976) 633
Barry W. Boehm
Article 8–2. Software Engineering—As It Is (1979) 663
Barry W. Boehm
Article 8–3. Gaining Intellectual Control of Software Development (2000) 687
Barry W. Boehm and Victor R. Basili
Article 8–4. A View of 20th and 21st Century Software Engineering (2006) 697
Barry W. Boehm
Chapter 9. Value-Based Software Engineering 731
Introduction 731
Kevin J. Sullivan
Article 9–1. Project Termination Doesn’t Equal Project Failure (2000) 737
Barry W. Boehm
Article 9–2. Avoiding the Software-Model-Clash Spiderweb (2000) 743
Barry W. Boehm, Daniel N. Port, and Mohammed Al-Said
Article 9–3. Value-Based Software Engineering: A Case Study (2003) 749
Barry W. Boehm and Li Guo Huang
Article 9–4. Value-Based Processes for COTS-Based Applications (2005) 763
Ye Yang, Jesal Bhuta, Barry W. Boehm, and Daniel N. Port
Article 9–5. An Initial Theory of Value-Based Software Engineering (2005) 777
Barry W. Boehm and Apurva Jain
Chapter 10. Being a Software Engineer in the Software Century 797
Barry W. Boehm
Index 807
About the Editor 817
