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PART ONE THE PRODUCT AND THE PROCESS CHAPTER 1 THE PRODUCT 1.1 The Evolving Role of Software 1.2 Software 1.3 Software: A Crisis on the Horizon 1.4 Software Myths 1.5 Summary REFERENCES PROBLEMS AND POINTS TO PONDER FURTHER READINGS AND INFORMATION SHEETS CHAPTER 2 THE PROCESS 2.1 Software Engineering - A Layered Technology 2.2 The Software Process 2.3 Software Process Models 2.4 The Linear Sequential Model 2.5 The Prototyping Model 2.6 The RAD Model 2.7 Evolutionary Software Process Models 2.8 Component-Based Development 2.9 The Formal Methods Model 2.10 Fourth Generation techniques 2.11 Process Technology 2.12 Product and Process 2.13 Summary REFERENCES PROBLEMS AND POINTS TO PONDER FURTHER READINGS AND INFORMATION RESOURCES PART TWO MANAGING SOFTWARE PROJECTS CHAPTER 3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS 3.1 The Management Spectrum 3.2 People 3.3 The Product 3.4 The Process 3.5 The Project 3.6 The W5HH Principle 3.7 Critical Practices 3.8 Summary REFERENCES PROBLEMS AND POINTS TO PONDER FURTHER READINGS AND INFORMATION SOURCES CHAPTER 4 SOFTWARE PROCESS AND PROJECT METRICS 4.1 Measures, Metrics and Indicators 4.2 Metrics in the Process and Project Domains 4.3 Software Measurement 4.4 Reconciling Different Metric Approaches 4.5 Metrics for Software Quality 4.6 Integrating Metrics Within the Software Engineering Process 4.7 The Development of Metrics and GQM 4.8 Managing Variation - Statistical Process Control 4.9 Metrics for Small Organisations 4.10 Establishing a Software Metrics Program 4.11 Summary REFERENCES PROBLEMS AND POINTS TO PONDER FURTHER READING AND INFORMATION SOURCES CHAPTER 5 SOFTWARE PROJECT PLANNING 5.1 Observations on Estimating 5.2 Project Planning Objectives 5.3 Software Scope 5.4 Resources 5.5 Software Project Estimation 5.6 Decomposition Techniques 5.7 Empirical Estimation Models 5.8 The Make-Buy Decision 5.9 Automated Estimation Tools 5.10 Summary SUMMARY PROBLEMS AND POINTS TO PONDER FURTHER READINGS AND INFORMATION SOURCES CHAPTER 6 RISK ANALYSIS

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