"The software engineering community has advanced greatly in recent years and we currently have numerous defined items of knowledge, such as standards, methodologies, methods, metrics, techniques, languages, patterns, knowledge related to processes, concepts, etc.The main objective of this book...

"This book offers practical and useful guidelines, models, and techniques for improving software processes and products for small and medium enterprises, utilizing the authoritative, demonstrative tools of case studies and lessons learned to provide academics, scholars, and practitioners with an...

This book explores a global approach to methodical development in constructing safety architectures for online systems. Addressing security concerns during the full development lifecycle of Web services-based systems, this critical mass of the most sought after knowledge bridges the gap between...

A compilation of chapters from some of the best researchers and practitioners in the area of software maintenance, all of whom share the goal of exposing recent techniques and methods for helping in software maintenance. The chapters in this book are intended to be useful to a wide audience:...