Automated Defect Prevention
Best Practices in Software Management
Wiley - IEEE
1. Edition October 2007
454 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Short Description
Focusing on a new methodology called Automated Defect Prevention (ADP), Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management is a practical and thorough guide to implementing and managing software projects and processes. Through the use of ADP, the author team delivers a comprehensive guide to effective project management and to more reliable and higher quality products. The text provides details on how to implement defect prevention strategies across a group and ensure that group members are following the prescribed practices.
Improve Productivity by Integrating Automation and Defect Prevention into Your Software Development Process
This book presents an approach to software management based on a new methodology called Automated Defect Prevention (ADP). The authors describe how to establish an infrastructure that functions as a software "production line" that automates repetitive tasks, organizes project activities, tracks project status, seamlessly collects project data, and sustains and facilitates the improvement of human-defined processes. Well-grounded in software engineering research and in industry best practices, this book helps organizations gain dramatic improvement in both product quality and operational effectiveness.
Ideal for industry professionals and project managers, as well as upper-level undergraduates and graduate-level students in software engineering, Automated Defect Prevention is complete with figures that illustrate how to structure projects and contains real-world examples, developers' testimonies, and tips on how to implement defect prevention strategies across a project group.
Features and Organization.
Practice Descriptions.
Intended audience.
Acknowledgements.
Permissions.
Disclaimer.
1. The Case for Automated Defect Prevention.
2. Principles of Automated Defect Prevention.
3. Initial Planning and Infrastructure.
4. Requirements Specification and Management.
5. Extended Planning and Infrastructure.
6. Architectural and Detailed Design.
7. Construction.
8. Testing and Defect Prevention.
9. Trend Analysis and Deployment.
10. Managing External Factors.
11. Case Studies: Automation as an Agent of Change.
Appendix A: A Brief Survey of Modern Software Development Process Models.
Appendix B: Mars Polar Lander (MPL), Loss and Lessons.
Appendix C: Service-Oriented Architecture: Example of an Implementation with ADP Best Practices.
Appendix D: AJAX Best Practice: Continuous Testing.
Appendix E: Software Engineering Tools.
Glossary.
Index.
Adam Kolawa, PhD, is the cofounder and CEO of Parasoft, a leading provider of Automated Error Prevention software solutions. Dr. Kolawa is a coauthor of Bulletproofing Web Applications, has contributed to or written more than 100 commentary pieces and technical papers, and has authored numerous scientific papers.
