From the Publisher: Encompasses the field of software development process--from design to
transpiration to testing and everything in between. Includes all functional disciplines …

Many would argue that future breakthroughs in software productivity will depend on our
ability to combine existing pieces of software to produce new applications. An important step …

As the design of software architectures emerges as a discipline within software engineering,
it will become increasingly important to support architectural description and analysis with …

Inconsistencies in design models should be detected immediately to save the engineer from
unnecessary rework. Yet, tools are not capable of kee** up with the engineers' rate of …

A software modification task often addresses several concerns. A concern is anything a
stakeholder may want to consider as a conceptual unit, including features, nonfunctional …

When you think about how far and fast computer science has progressed in recent years, it's
not hard to conclude that a seven-year old handbook may fall a little short of the kind of …

Software models typically contain many inconsistencies and consistency checkers help
engineers find them. Even if engineers are willing to tolerate inconsistencies, they are better …

xlinkit is a lightweight application service that provides rule-based link generation and
checks the consistency of distributed Web content. It leverages standard Internet …

Although structural testing techniques are among the weakest available with regard to
develo** confidence in sequential programs, they are not without merit. This paper …

1 Jean Claude Derniame Software process technology is an emerging and strategic area
that has already reached a reasonable degree of maturity, delivering products and …