Software Engineering Best Practices: Lessons from Successful Projects in the Top Companies
By Capers Jones.
Description
Proven techniques for software engineering success This in-depth volume examines software engineering topics that are not covered elsewhere: the question of why software engineering has developed more than 2,500 programming languages; problems with traditional definitions of software quality; and problems with common metrics, "lines of code," and "cost per defect" that violate standard economic assumptions. The book notes that a majority of "new" projects are actually replacements for legacy applications, illustrating that data mining for lost requirements sho...
ISBN(s)
007162161X, 9780071621618
