An Introduction to Software Engineering

This book is an introduction to software engineering and practice addresses bothagile and plan-driven software engineering. The book is particularly intended foran introduction to software engineering undergraduate course. The title indicates it is a partial introduction because only one chapter, an appendix on UML, deals with design. Other areas of introductory software engineering are covered quite extensively, including software reviews, pair programming, testing, static analysis, requirements engineering, maintenance, and risk management.

Laurie Williams is a professor at North Carolina State University. Her research focuses on software security particularly in relation to healthcare IT; agile software development practices and processes; software reliability, software testing and analysis; open source software development; and broadening participation and increasing retention in computer science. Laurie received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Utah, her MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business, and her BS in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University. She worked for IBM Corporation for nine years in Raleigh, NC and Research Triangle Park, NC before returning to academia.