No large software system will ever be perfect, but decision-makers need better ways to evaluate software quality -- especially in software that is business-critical, mission-critical, or utilized in life-or-death environments. In this book, three leading software quality consultants present practical techniques for projecting software quality and robustness in any software system or software-intensive product. Unlike other books, this one provides a business context, helping decision-makers make intelligent, responsible tradeoffs. KEY TOPICS: The authors help decision-makers understand what levels of quality and robustness are reasonable to expect at every stage of the software lifecycle, including development, deployment, and maintenance. They present best-practices techniques for projecting software quality, and assessing systems in production. Solid Software presents many real-world examples based on the authors' extensive experience as software quality consultants, and shares the insights of key software decision-makers throughout the U.S. in Europe.MARKET: For all software designers, system engineers, regulators, project/program managers, and chief technology officers who must judge quality and make tradeoffs in critical software and software-intensive products.
Author Biography
SHARI LAWRENCE PFLEEGER is President of Systems/Software, Inc., a leading software engineering consultancy. She has been founder/director of Howard University's Center for Research in Evaluating Software Technology, visiting scientist at the City University (London) Centre for Software Reliability, principal scientist at MITRE Corporation's Software Engineering Center, and manager of the measurement program at Contel Technology Center.
LES HATTON is managing partner at Oakwood Consulting, advising clients such as Ford and Philips on software system safety.
CHARLES C. HOWELL, Chief Engineer at MITRE Corporation, has served as Director of Consulting Services at Reliable Software Technologies and as Java Technologist at Sun Microsystems.
