Software Engineering

Chapter 1: Introduction to Software Engineering.
 This chapter provides an 
overview of software engineering concepts, principles, and practices that are 
necessary to cope with the challenges of designing and developing complex 
software products. Software engineering practices and tools are investigated and 
their relationships to project management mechanisms are identified.
Chapter 2: Generic Software Development Framework.
 This chapter dis-
cusses the progression of software development activities describing how the 
software product is defined, designed, and implemented. This chapter tracks 
a typical software development effort through a series of sequential stages 
of development separated by project milestones and reviews. The discussion 
addresses the relationship between the software technical and project manage-
ment realms of control.