Successful Software Reengineering

by Salvatore Valenti (Editor)

Overview

Software process reengineering has become highly visible since the late 1990s. Efforts are being undertaken by organizations of all types and sizes as they attempt to deal with the challenges of quality, complexity and competitiveness. As an emerging technology, the effectiveness and potential impact of process improvement efforts have been debated, but not fully tested or validated. At the very core of this technological evolution is the idea that the quality of a software product is highly dependent on the quality of the process used for its development. This text examines contemporary theories, model, approaches and processes involved with the concept of software improvement and reengineering

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781931777124
Publisher:	IGI Global
Publication date:	07/01/2001
Pages:	334
Product dimensions:	6.86(w) x 10.02(h) x 0.81(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	i
	Preface	iii
Chapter 1.	Computer Aided Method Engineering	1
Chapter 2.	Architecture and Implementation Issues	16
Chapter 3.	Future Directions in CASE Repositories	58
Chapter 4.	Audit of a CASE Environment	69
Chapter 5.	Process Model for Round-trip Engineering with Relational Database	76
Chapter 6.	Achieving Effective Software Reuse for Business Systems	92
Chapter 7.	The Future of Software Development	99
Chapter 8.	Understanding the Role of Use Cases in UML: A Review and Research Agenda	111
Chapter 9.	Enhancing a Rigorous Reuse Process with Natural Language Requirement Specifications	129
Chapter 10.	Extended Spatiotemporal UML: Motivations, Requirements and Constructs	143
Chapter 11.	A Design Method for Real-Time Object-Oriented Systems Using Communicating Real-Time State Machines	171
Chapter 12.	Java Integrated Development Environments' Support for Reuse-Oriented Software Development	186
Chapter 13.	Information Modeling and Method Engineering: A Psychological Perspective	193
Chapter 14.	Load-Testing of Web Site Applications: Analysis and Recommendations	209
Chapter 15.	Component-based ERP Design in a Distributed Object Environment	214
Chapter 16.	Knowledge and Object-Oriented Approach for Interoperability of Heterogeneous Information Management Systems	220
Chapter 17.	A Recursive Approach to Software Development	247
Chapter 18.	Adding Alternative Access Paths to Abstract Data Types	256
Chapter 19.	Relational Data Modeling for Geographic Information Systems	268
Chapter 20.	Software Process Models are Software Too: A Domain Class Model for Software Process Models	284
Chapter 21.	A Process Model for Certification of Product and Process	293
	About the Editor	309
	Index	310

Editorial Reviews

The efficient use of software packages is becoming more important for saving money and improving business practices. Valenti (U. of Ancona, Italy) presents 21 contributions that address topics of auditing software engineering processes, enterprise resource planning, software reuse, and other applications and technologies. Specific topics include computer aided method engineering, architecture and implementation issues, round trip engineering with relational databases, design methods for real-time object-oriented systems, Java integrated development environments, information modeling and method engineering, and load-testing of Web site applications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)