This new edition describes current best practices in requirements engineering with a focus primarily on software systems but also on systems that may contain other elements such as hardware or people. The text consists of original papers, written by experts in the fields, plus reprints of survey articles on many aspects of requirements engineering....

Robert Thayer brings the concepts and promises of the growing bioregional movement to a wide audience in a book that passionately urges us to discover \"where we are\" as an antidote to our rootless, stressful modern lives....

This set of four of the most popular IEEE Computer Society software engineering titles edited by Richard Thayer, Merlin Dorfman, and Robin Hunter is offered at a special discount price of $215.00 for Computer Society members....

This first edition of the popular tutorial, Software Engineering , describes the current state of the practice of software engineering. This book begins with an overview of current issues and in particular the engineering of large complex systems....

Since the earliest days of the computer industry, managing a software project has been a complex and demanding activity. While the technical content of software products and the technical methods used to build them have changed over time, the fundamentalissues that determine the success or failure of software projects have remain fairly constant....

Newly revised for 2001, this second edition of Richard Thayer\'s popular, bestselling book presents a top-down, practical view of managing a successful software engineering project. The book builds a framework for project management activities based on the planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling model....

This second volume on software engineering processes includes reprinted and newly authored papers that describe the supporting life cycle processes in a manner that can prepare individuals to take the IEEE Computer Society Certified Software Development Professional examination....