Software Engineering

This text teaches students basic software engineering skills and helps practitioners refresh their knowledge and explore recent developments in the field. It covers the most common iterative processes: agile, directed, and centralized processes. The book also discusses the role of software change in these processes and the phases of software change, including concept location, impact analysis, refactoring, actualization, and verification. The text journeys through the software life span from the initial development of software from scratch to the final stages that lead toward software closedown.