Building software : a practitioner's guide /: a practitioner's guide. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nikhilesh Krishnamurthy, Amitabh Saran.
• Other Names: Krishnamurthy, Nikhilesh; Saran, Amitabh
• Contents: FAILURE; A Formal Definition of Failure; Failure Patterns; The Dependability of a Software System; Known but Not Followed: Preventing Failure; Monitoring Systems; Reliability in Software; Accountability for Failure; Getting Out of Failures; Product and Project Failures; Summary; ; SYSTEMS; Application of Systems Thinking in Software; The Law of Requisite Variety; Most See, Very Few Observe; System Dynamics; Going Beyond the Analytical Approach; Management by Exception; Types of Systems; Complexity of Systems; Summary; ; STRATEGIES; The True System; Aligning Information Strategy with Business Strategy; Everything Important Is Not Strategic; A Few Common Internal Strategic Decisions; Using Strategies; Failed Strategies; Summary; ; REQUIREMENTS; Requirements for Products and Projects; Stakeholders; Stand-Ins; The Nature of Requirements; Types of Requirements; Classifying Requirements; A Hierarchy of Requirements; Requirements and Process; Design and Architecture; Changes in Requirements; Requirements and QA; Summary; ; ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN; Background; Architecture versus Design; The Importance of Architecture; Software Architecture Document; Types of Architecture; System Design; Design Document; The Process of Designing; A Note on Design Patterns ; Zachman Framework; What It Takes To Be a Good Architect and Designer; Occam's Razor; Summary; ; DATA AND INFORMATION; Nature of the Data; Determining Information Needs; Systems of Record; Summary; ; LIFE CYCLES; Everything Sequential Is Not a Life Cycle; Coarse-Grained Process Models; Standard Software Life Cycles; Using life Cycle As a Model; Choosing the Right Life Cycle; Prototypes Are Important; Life-Cycle Phases; Some Places in the Life Cycle Are Better Suited to; Terminate a Project; Software Shelf Life; Data Shelf Life; Movies versus Software; Summary; ; THE SEMANTICS OF PROCESSES; Process and Entropy; Developing Good Processes; Take Care of the Basics; Benefits of Processes; Resistance to Processes; Processes Degenerate into Bureaucracies; Do Processes Help?; Introducing New Processes; Summary; ; OFF-THE-SHELF SOFTWARE; The Involved Parties; Buying Off-the-Shelf Software ; Preparing to Buy; Reducing Risk of Failure; The Dependency Factor; Summary; ; CUSTOMIZATION; Customization versus Enhancements; Customization and Configuration; Customization and Ground-Up Creation; Customization Requirements; Customization Facilities; Handling Upgrades to Customization; Why Customization Projects Fail; Dominance of the Customization Model; Need for a Customization Framework; Pros and Cons of Customization; Customization and Management; Summary; ; MIGRATION; What Triggers a Migration?; The Strategy of Migration; The Use of Tools; Risks of Migration; Resistance to Migration; Scoping Migration Projects; Migration in Design; Migrating Data; The Right Staff; Summary; ; QUALITY AND TESTING; The Definition of Quality; Quality as Feedback; Products and Processes; Quality Under Constraints; QA Effort Sizing; Dealing with Poor Specifications ; Test Plans and Cases; Types of Testing; Scope of Testing; Automation in Testing; Test Environments; Quality Improvements Over Time; Bugs; Classification of Bugs; Push and Pull: The Equation Between Development and QA; Multiple Views of Quality; Quality Assurance (QA) and Testing Skills; Summary: Quality Matters; ; COMMUNICATION; The Objectives of Communication; Communication Models; The Problem of Miscommunication; Information Dynamics; Modes of Communication; Communication Tools; Channels; Demos; Other Aspects of Communications; Communicating Across Fault Lines; Escalation; Communication Techniques; Content; Status; The Three Popular Vectors; Summary; ; REPORTS; The History of Reporting; Reporting Hierarchy; What Is a Good Report?; Types of Reports; Report Design; Quality; Queries; Queries versus Reports; OTS Reports; Report: Other Aspects ; Summary; ; DOCUMENTATION; Types of Documentation; Problems with Documentation; Summary; ; SECURITY; The Demand for Security; Security Crosses Conventional Application Boundaries; The Weaker Links; Security Is Linked to Value and Ownership; Identifying the Correct Entities to Protect; The Business Perspective; The Technical Perspective; Learning from the Human Security System; A Counter-Intuitive Approach from Field Sports; The Human Perspective; Processes and Procedures; Summary; ; CONCLUSION; ; APPENDIX: Discussion of Terms; ; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ; INDEX
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Auerbach Publications
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxix, 348 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.3; Computer software -- Development; Computer software -- Quality control; REFERENCE -- General; Computer software -- Development; Computer software -- Quality control; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420013511; 1420013513; 9781420013511
• Related ISBNs: 9780849373039; 0849373034
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-341) and index.
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