Software Quality Professional back issues from September 2004:
Overview
Sep 01, 2004; ... This issue offers an additional insight on the application to software development of what are known as "Six Sigma" principles. Thanks to Jeannine Siviy of the Software Engineering Institute for inviting the various contributors and providing sidehar material on this increasingly widespread ...
From the Editor
Sep 01, 2004; ... A few times in the past I expressed a concern that the production of this journal might be too much of a "level one" process, that is, I was worried that it was overly dependent on an editor who carried its history and procedures around only in his head. However, as I conclude six years ...
Use Cases: Requirements in Context, Second Edition
Sep 01, 2004; ... SOFTWARE QUALITY MANAGEMENT Use cases: Requirements in Context, second Edition Daryl Kulak and Eamonn Guiney. 2004. Pearson Education, Inc. (http://www.pearsoned.com) 243 pages. ISBN: 0-321-15498-3. CSQE Body of Knowledge areas: Software Quality Management, Software Engineering ...
FDA Regulations and Auditing Practices for Software Suppliers at a Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
Sep 01, 2004; ... This article investigates the software-supplier auditing practices in the pharmaceutical manufacturing environment by reviewing 17 quality audit reports performed between 1992 and 2003 by a major international pharmaceutical company. From this analysis three novel time frames of audit maturity ...
Agile and Iterative Development-A Manager's Guide
Sep 01, 2004; ... Agile and Iterative Development-A Manager's Guide Craie Larman. 2003. Addison-Wesley (http://wwvv.awprofessional.com) 368 pages. ISBN: 0-131-11155-8. GSQE Body of Knowledge area: Software Engineering Proeesses Now that the initial wave of books on "agile methods" has passed, ...
UML and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis & Design
Sep 01, 2004; ... UML and the Unified Process: Practical Object-Oriented Analysis & Design Jim Arlow and Ua Neustadt. 2002. Addison-Wesley (http://www.awprofessional.com) 395 pages. ISBN: 0 201 77060 1. GSQE Body of Knowledge areas: Engineering Process; Quality Management The Unified Modeling ...
Refactoring Workbook
Sep 01, 2004; ... Refactoring Workbook William C. Wake. 2004. Addison-Wesley (http://www.awprofcssional.com) 239 pages. ISBN: 0-321-10929-5. CSQE Body of Knowledge area: Software Engineering Processes This book provides practice in "the art of improving the design of existing code." It refers the ...
Beyond Chaos
Sep 01, 2004; ... SOFTWARE METRICS, MEASUREMENT, AND ANALYTICAL METHODS Beyond Chaos Larry (Konstantine, cd. 2001. Addison-Wesley (http://www.awprofcssional.com) 397 pages. ISBN: 0-201-71960-6. GSQIi Body of Knowledge areas: aspects of all areas This book is a compilation of 45 different columns ...
Testing Applications on the Web: Test Planning for Mobile and Internet-Based Systems, 2nd Edition
Sep 01, 2004; ... Testing Applications on the Web: Test Planning for Mobile and Internet-Based Systems, 2nd Edition Hung Q. Nguyen, Bob Johnson and Michael IIackett. 2003. John Wiley and Sons (http://www.wiley.com) 644 pages. ISBN:0471201006. GSQE Body of Knowledge areas: Software Verification and Validation, ...
Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plug-Ins
Sep 01, 2004; ... APPLICATION OF CSQE Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plug-Ins Erich Gamma and Kent Beck. 2004. Addison-Wesley (http://wvvw.avvprofessional.com) 403 pages. ISBN: 0-321-20575-8. This book is about learning how to be a "tool writer" of "plug-ins" for the Eclipse ...
Toward an Inclusive Model for the Costs of Software Quality
Sep 01, 2004; ... This article shows that the classical cost of quality (CoQ) model, which is applicable to the manufacturing industry, fails to serve the software industry by not differentiating between costs of software quality (CoSQ) generated by the software development team and those created by the ...
Integrating PSP, TSP, and Six Sigma
Sep 01, 2004; ... The Personal Software Process (PSP) is a low-overhead, high-maturity software development targeting tasks done by a single developer. The Team Software Process (TSP) adds high-maturity project planning and management processes and, when used with the PSP, provides a high-maturity development ...
The Laws of Software Process
Sep 01, 2004; ... SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS The Laws of Software Process Philip G. Armour. 2004. Auerbach (http://www.auerbach-publieations. com/home.asp) 255 pages. ISBN: 0-8493-1489-5. GSQE Body of Knowledge area: Software Engineering Processes This book nicely consolidates and expands on the ...
Pattern-Oriented Analysis and Design: Composing Patterns to Design Software Systems
Sep 01, 2004; ... Pattern-Oriented Analysis and Design: Composing Patterns to Design Software Systems Sherif M. Yacoub and IIany II. Ammar. 2004. Addison-Wesley (http://www.awprofessional.cora) 185 pages. ISBN: 0-201-77640-5. GSQlD Body of Knowledge areas: Software Engineering Processes, Analysis, Design, ...
UML Bible/UML 2 Toolkit
Sep 01, 2004; ... UML Bible Tom Fender. 2003. John Wiley and Sons (http://www.wiley.com) 951 pages. ISBN: 0-7645-2604-9. UML 2 Toolkit Hans-Erik Eriksson, Magnus Penker, Brian Lyons, and David Fado. 2004. John Wiley and Sons (http://www.wilcy.com) 517 pages. ISBN: 0-471-46361-2. GSQE Body of ...
Agile Management for Software Engineering
Sep 01, 2004; ... PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT Agile Management for Software Engineering David J. Anderson. 2004. Prentice Hall (http://www.prenticehall.conV) 348 pages. ISBN: 0-13-142460-2. GSQB Body of Knowledge area: Project and Program Management, Software Engineering Processes Anderson ...
Critical Testing Processes
Sep 01, 2004; ... SOFTWARE VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION (V&V) Critical Testing Processes Rex Black. 2004. AddisonWesley (http://www.awprofessional.com) 544 pages. ISBN: 0-201-74868-1. GSQE Body of Knowledge area: Verification and Validation The advance reviews, primarily from other authors of ...
Implementing and Integrating Product Data Management and Software Configuration Management
Sep 01, 2004; ... SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT Implementing and Integrating Product Data Management and Software Configuration Management Ivica Grnkovic, UIf Asklund, and Annita Persson Dahlqvust. 2003. Artech House (http://www.arteehhouse.com) 338 pages. ISBN: 1-58053-498-8. GSQE Body of Knowledge Areas: ...
Practical Software Engineering: Analysis and Design for the .NET Platform
Sep 01, 2004; ... Practical Software Engineering: Analysis and Design for the .NET Platform Enricos Manassis. 2004. Addison-Wesley (http://www.awprofessional.com) 383 pages. ISBN: 0-321-13619-5. The author says this book is about presenting "a holistic view of software development for distributed ...