Software Engineering Design Knowledge Areas: Volume 2: The Engineering of Software Projects (TThe Engineering of Software Projects)

This book serves four separate but connected audiences: (1) This book expands on the software engineering outline expressed in SWEBOK, Version 3.0, i.e., to provide the “meat-on-the bones” where SWEBOK is the “bones. (2) When used as a software engineering tutorial, it can be used to provide a detailed software engineering education to university-level software engineering students. (3) When used as a software engineering study guide, this document can impart software engineering knowledge to assist practicing software engineers to take and pass the new IEEE Professional Software Engineering Master (PSEM) Certification exams. (4) When used as a software engineering overview, this book can be referenced by journeyman programmers to improve their background and understanding of software engineering fundamentals. This book will provide a comprehensive overview of software engineering knowledge and skills necessary for a well-qualified programmer to become an entry level “software engineer.”

Richard Hall Thayer, PhD, CSDP, has managed, lectured, researched, and taught software for many years. He was a frequent traveler and provided software engineering seminars on five of the world continents. Dr. Thayer received a BSEE degree and an MS degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara in Electrical Engineering. He is an Emeritus Professor of Software Engineering at Sacramento State University and was a senior officer in the U.S. Air Force. He spent four years directing the U.S. Air Force R&D program in computer science. Dr. Thayer is a Fellow of the IEEE, a member of the IEEE Computer Society Golden Core, a certified Software Development Professional (CSDP), and a member of the IEEE SWE Standards Committee. He has authored or coauthored 20 technical books on software engineering.