Cleanroom Software Engineering: Technology and Process
by Stacy J. Prowell, Carmen J. Trammell, Richard C. Linger, Jesse H. Poore
Introduction
Our Software Society
From its modest beginnings some 50 years ago, computer software has become a critical element of modern society, with global reach and impact on virtually every aspect of human endeavor. Software technology is a principal enabling agent in business, industry, government, and defense, and permeates products and services of all kinds. Every day, trillions of tasks are performed by software, ranging from personal computer applications to large-scale, worldwide networked systems of astonishing complexity. Economic sectors such as manufacturing, banking and financial services, communications, health care, energy, transportation, and education, as well as national defense and government, rely on software for the conduct ...
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