Table of Contents
Foreword to the Second Edition (by Andrew Hunt)
Foreword to the First Edition (by Donald J. Reifer)
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
An Overview Of The Battleground
Which Comes First, Theory or Practice?
"Dangerous and Misleading"—A Look at Software Research via the Parnas Papers
"No Silver Bullet"—A Look at Software Research via Fred Brooks
A Report from the Best and Brightest
Retrospective
From The Technical Trenches
Some Thoughts on Software Errors
An Experimental View of Software Error Removal
The Many Flavors of Testing
The Link Between Software Quality and Software Maintenance
Software Maintenance Is a Solution, Not a Problem
Single-Point Control
User-Friendly—Buzzword or Breakthrough?
Retrospective
The Latest In Weaponry
Methodologies
Reuse: Software Parts—Nostalgia and Déjà vu
Automatic Programming—A Cocktail Party Myth?
Some Thoughts on Prototyping
Standards and Enforcers: Do They Really Help Achieve Software Quality?
Tools
Recommended: A Minimum Standard Software Toolset
Just in CASE: A Look at Software's Latest "Breakthrough"
Looking at the Numbers; CASE and 4GLs: What's the Payoff?
What's Wrong with Compiler Writing?
Languages
High-Order Language: How High Is Up?
Should We Prepare for a 4GL Future?
What's Really Wrong with COBOL?
Retrospective
From The Command Post
Achieving Greatness in the Software World
A New Way of Looking at Software Productivity
Productivity and Theory G
Barry Boehm's "Theory W" Principle of Software Project Management
Software Productivity Improvement: Who's Doing What?
Software metrics: Of Lightning Rods and Built-Up Tension
Quality Measurement: Less Masquerading as More
Can You MANAGE Quality into a Software Product?
The Legend of the Bad Software Project
Would You Buy a Used Car from King Ludwig?
The Real Secrets of Consulting, by Nicholas Zvegintzov
A Look into the Past of the Futurist
User Support: There's More Here than Meets the Eye
Retrospective
From The Laboratories
Research
Structured Research? (A Partly Tongue-in-Cheek Look)
The (Solved, Unsolved) Problem of Literature Searches
A Tiny Controversy: Some Pros and Cons on (of all things!) References
Technology Transfer
How About Next Year? A Look at a Study of Technology Maturation
Software Technology Transfer: A MultiFlawed Process (The Road to Productivity Is Full of Potholes)
A Mythology of Technology Transfer
Education
Software Learning: A New Source of Information
An Open Letter to Computer Science Professors
Retrospective
A Postmortem Of The Battleground
How Can Computer Science truly Become a Science, and Software Engineering Truly Become Engineering?
My Trivial/Brilliant Concept Called "Problem Solving"
Software Failure: Why Does It Happen?
The Importance of the Application Domain Cluster
Can You Help Me Find It?
An Ode to the Software Young at Heart
Retrospective
Backmatter
Epilog
Appendix
Index
About the Author
Contributors
Design Notes
About the Publisher
