Bücher der Reihe Chapman & Hall/CRC Innovations in Software Engineering and Software Development Series

This book provides proven techniques and strategies for developing dependable software. It gives a concise overview of how to develop and implement dependable software while examining key issues and usable techniques. The author addresses why dependability matters, what it means for a system to be dependable, how to build a dependable system, and how to assess whether a system is adequately dependable. He helps software engineers understand why the software is being asked to do what it is being asked to do as well as why the software is made to operate on the particular platform specified.

Adding material on open source and agile development models, this second edition equips students with the fundamentals to prepare them for satisfying careers as software engineers. The text helps students understand software development techniques and processes at a reasonably sophisticated level. It covers each major phase of the software devel