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Describes the scope, roles, uses, and development trends of the most widely used software engineering standards. The book concentrates on important software engineering activitiesâ??quality and project management, system engineering, dependability, and safety.
List of contents
Introduction.
Software Engineering.
Software Engineering Standards.
Using This Book.
Ways to View Relationships of Standards.
US Standards Organizations.
International Standards Organizations.
Context of Software Engineering: Computer Science.
Context of Software Engineering: Quality Management.
Context of Software Engineering: Project Management.
Context of Software Engineering: Systems Engineering.
Context of Software Engineering: Dependability.
Context of Software Engineering: Safety.
Objects of Software Engineering: Resources.
Objects of Software Engineering: Products.
Context of Software Engineering: Processes.
Context of Software Engineering: Customers.
Important Alternatives.
Catalog of Software Engineering Standards.
Where to Purchase Standards.
Glossary.
References.
Index.
About the author
JAMES W. MOORE is a thirty-five-year veteran of software engineering and a fifteen-year veteran of software engineering standardization. With degrees from the University of North Carolina and Syracuse, he has worked in both the commercial and defense sectors for IBM and, now, The MITRE Corporation. Currently he serves as the Vice President for Electronic Products and Services of the IEEE Computer Society and as the liaison between ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7 and the IEEE Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee, the world's two largest providers of software and systems engineering standards. He is an Executive Editor of the IEEE Computer Society's Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge and a member of the Editorial Board of the recent revision of the Encyclopedia of Software Engineering.
