Jalote Pankaj. A Concise Introduction to Software Engineering

Springer, 2008. — 272 p.An introductory course on Software Engineering remains one of the hardest subjects to teach largely because of the wide range of topics the area encompasses. I have believed for some time that we often tend to teach too many concepts and topics in an introductory course resulting in shallow knowledge and little insight on application of these concepts. And Software Engineering is finally about application of concepts to efficiently engineer good software solutions.Goals of this bookI believe that an introductory course on Software Engineering should focus on imparting to students the knowledge and skills that are needed to successfully execute a commercial project of a few person-months effort while employing proper practices and techniques. It is worth pointing out that a vast majority of the projects executed in the industry today fall in this scopeexecuted by a small team over a few months. I also believe that by carefully selecting the concepts and topics, we can, in the course of a semester, achieve this. This is the motivation of this book.
The goal of this book is to introduce to the students a limited number of concepts and practices which will achieve the following two objectives:
Teach the student the skills needed to execute a smallish commercial project.
Provide the students necessary conceptual background for undertaking advanced studies in software engineering, through courses or on their own.Target AudienceThe book is primarily intented for an introductory course on Software Engineering in any undergraduate or graduate program. It is targeted for students who know programming but have not had a formal exposure to software engineering.
The book can also be used by professionals who are in a similar state — know some programming but want to be introduced to the systematic approach of software engineering.The Software Problem
Software Process
Software Requirements Analysis and Specification
Planning a Software Project
Software Architecture
Design
Coding and Unit Testing
Testing