1. Introduction: Software Within the Information Society. PART I: THE SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT. 2. Organization and Business Context. 3. Economic and Social Context. 4. Ethics, Codes and Standards. 5. Software and the Law. PART II: PROCESSES FOR ACQUIRING AND EVOLVING SOFTWARE. 6. Software Acquisition. 7. Software Activities. 8. Software Processes. 9. Maintaining and Evolving Software. PART III: MANAGING SOFTWARE PROCESSES. 10. Managing Resources. 11. Managing Work-Products and Digital Assets. 12. Managing Quality. 13. Managing Uncertainty and Risk. 14. Conclusion: The Way Forward. Appendix A: Modelling Notations. Appendix B: Measurement Theory. Glossary. Index.

This book provides a fresh, contemporary perspective on how best to equip enterprises with appropriate IT infrastructures and products. Readers will learn how to strategically manage the relationship between software and organisations using enduring principles. In addition, this book provides a unique insight into managing and developing personnel who work on and with software. Procurement and marshalling of software and the skills required to sustain software in the face of a changing world and requirements are also covered. This book will be invaluable for Computing and Information Systems senior undergraduate and masters students whose subject of study requires strategic consideration of software development and project management.
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Provides a contemporary perspective on how best to equip enterprises with appropriate IT infrastructures and products. This title shows how to strategically manage the relationship between software and organisations using enduring principles. It provides insight into managing and developing personnel who work on and with software.
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1. Introduction: Software Within the Information Society. PART I: THE SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT. 2. Organization and Business Context. 3. Economic and Social Context. 4. Ethics, Codes and Standards. 5. Software and the Law. PART II: PROCESSES FOR ACQUIRING AND EVOLVING SOFTWARE. 6. Software Acquisition. 7. Software Activities. 8. Software Processes. 9. Maintaining and Evolving Software. PART III: MANAGING SOFTWARE PROCESSES. 10. Managing Resources. 11. Managing Work-Products and Digital Assets. 12. Managing Quality. 13. Managing Uncertainty and Risk. 14. Conclusion: The Way Forward. Appendix A: Modelling Notations. Appendix B: Measurement Theory. Glossary. Index.
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1. Introduction: Software Within the Information Society. PART I: THE SOCIAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT. 2. Organization and Business Context. 3. Economic and Social Context. 4. Ethics, Codes and Standards. 5. Software and the Law. PART II: PROCESSES FOR ACQUIRING AND EVOLVING SOFTWARE. 6. Software Acquisition. 7. Software Activities. 8. Software Processes. 9. Maintaining and Evolving Software. PART III: MANAGING SOFTWARE PROCESSES. 10. Managing Resources. 11. Managing Work-Products and Digital Assets. 12. Managing Quality. 13. Managing Uncertainty and Risk. 14. Conclusion: The Way Forward. Appendix A: Modelling Notations. Appendix B: Measurement Theory. Glossary. Index.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781844803545
Publisert
2007-01-16
Utgiver
Vendor
Cengage Learning EMEA
Vekt
860 gr
Høyde
24 mm
Bredde
187 mm
Dybde
244 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
456

Biographical note

Professor Pat Hall has held chairs at Brunel and the Open University and teaches software engineering as well as conducting research into software testing, components and architecture, as well as in the social aspects of computing and software localisation and internationalisation. He has extensive experience working in industry on database component development, quality assurance and engineering standards. Juan Fernandez-Ramil has been a lecturer at the Department of Computing at the Open University and previously was a researcher at Imperial College. For seven years he worked as a project engineer in the oil industry in Venezuela.