The sixth edition of this book, published in 2004, was vastly different to the fifth edition. More than half of the sixth edition consisted of new material, much of it on the Unified Process, and the topics that were retained from the fifth edition were rewritten from a more modern viewpoint.
Many instructors were kind enough to provide feedback on the sixth edition. They approved of the drastic changes I had made in the sixth edition, but suggested that the aim of the seventh edition should be to update the sixth edition, rather than once again make widespread changes. In addition, a number of instructors have asked for a new running case study in Part 2 of the book.
Accordingly, there are two types of changes in the seventh edition:
- The book has been updated throughout. In particular, I have considerably expanded the material on agile processes and open-source software development in Chapter 2 and 4. The references have been updated, and there are new problems in every chapter.
- I have replaced the Osbert Oglesby case study, used to illustrate the techniques of software development in Chapters 10 through 15, with MSG Foundation case study.
Part One Introduction to Software Engineering
Part Two The Workflows of the Software Life Cycle