Software Engineering

This is the most authoritative archive of Barry Boehm's contributions to software engineering. Featuring 42 reprinted articles, along with an introduction and chapter summaries to provide context, it serves as a "how-to" reference manual for software engineering best practices. It provides convenient access to Boehm's landmark work on product development and management processes. The book concludes with an insightful look to the future by Dr. Boehm.

Introduction xi
Richard W. Selby

Acknowledgements xiii

Chapter 1. Software Architecture and Quality 1

Introduction 1
Lawrence Bernstein

Article 1–1. Software Design and Structuring (1975) 5
Barry W. Boehm

Article 1–2. Quantitative Evaluation of Software Quality (1976) 21
Barry W. Boehm, J. R. Brown, and M. Lipow

Article 1–3. An Early Application Generator and Other Recollections (1997) 47
Barry W. Boehm

Article 1–4. COTS Integration: Plug and Pray? (1999) 69
Barry W. Boehm and Chris Abts

Article 1–5. Software Defect Reduction Top 10 List (2001) 75
Barry W. Boehm and Victor R. Basili

Article 1–6. COTS-Based Systems Top 10 List (2001) 81
Victor R. Basili and Barry W. Boehm

Chapter 2. Software Economics 87

Introduction 87
Richard W. Selby

Article 2–1. Software and Its Impact: A Quantitative Assessment (1973) 91
Barry W. Boehm

Article 2–2. Software Engineering Economics (1984) 117
Barry W. Boehm

Article 2–3. Improving Software Productivity (1987) 151
Barry W. Boehm

Article 2–4. Managing Software Productivity and Reuse (1999) 179
Barry W. Boehm

Article 2–5. Software Economics: A Roadmap (2000) 185
Barry W. Boehm and Kevin J. Sullivan

Article 2–6. Early Experiences in Software Economics (2002) 219
Barry W. Boehm

Chapter 3. Software Tools 227

Introduction 227
Arthur B. Pyster

Article 3–1. Some Experience with Automated Aids to the Design of Large-Scale Reliable Software (1975) 231
Barry W. Boehm, Robert K. McClean, and D. B. Urfrig

Article 3–2. A Software Development Environment for Improving Productivity (1984) 245
Barry W. Boehm, Maria H. Penedo, E. Don Stuckle, Robert D. Williams, and Arthur B. Pyster

Article 3–3. Cost Models for Future Software Life Cycle Processes: Cocomo 2.0 (1995) 269
Barry W. Boehm, Bradford Clark, Ellis Horowitz, Chris Westland, Ray Madachy, and Richard W. Selby

Article 3–4. Developing Groupware for Requirements Negotiation: Lessons Learned (2001) 301
Barry W. Boehm, Paul Grünbacher, and Robert O. Briggs

Chapter 4. Software Process: Early Spiral Model 315

Introduction 315
Walker Royce

Article 4–1. Prototyping Versus Specifying: A Multiproject Experiment (1984) 319
Barry W. Boehm, Terence E. Gray, and Thomas Seewaldt

Article 4–2. A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement (1988) 345
Barry W. Boehm

Article 4–3. Anchoring the Software Process (1996) 367
Barry W. Boehm

Chapter 5. Software Risk Management 383

Introduction 383
Tom DeMarco

Article 5–1. Software Risk Management: Principles and Practices (1991) 387
Barry W. Boehm

Article 5–2. Section 1. Software Risk Management: Introduction and Overview (1989) 403
Barry W. Boehm

Article 5–3. Section 2. Risk-Management Practices: The Six Basic Steps (1989) 427
Barry W. Boehm

Article 5–4. Section 3. Risk-Resolution Techniques (1989) 471
Barry W. Boehm

Article 5–5. Section 4. Implementing Risk Management (1989) 481
Barry W. Boehm

Chapter 6. Software Process: Emerging Extensions 499

Introduction 499
Leon J. Osterweil

Article 6–1. Using the WinWin Spiral Model: A Case Study (1998) 503
Barry W. Boehm, Alexander Egyed, Julie Kwan, Daniel N. Port, Archita Shah, and Ray Madachy

Article 6–2. Making RAD Work for Your Project (1999) 523
Barry W. Boehm

Article 6–3. Requirements that Handle IKIWISI, COTS, and Rapid Change (2000) 529
Barry W. Boehm

Article 6–4. Get Ready for Agile Methods, with Care (2002) 535
Barry W. Boehm

Article 6–5. Some Future Trends and Implications for Systems and Software Engineering Processes (2006) 545
Barry W. Boehm

Chapter 7. Software and Systems Management 573

Introduction 573
Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

Article 7–1. Theory-W Software Project Management: Principles and Examples (1989) 579
Barry W. Boehm and Rony Ross

Article 7–2. The Art of Expectations Management (2000) 607
Barry W. Boehm

Article 7–3. Unifying Software Engineering and Systems Engineering (2000) 611
Barry W. Boehm

Article 7–4. Spiral Acquisition of Software-Intensive Systems of Systems (2004) 615
Barry W. Boehm, A. Winsor Brown, Victor R. Basili, and Richard Turner

Chapter 8. Software Engineering State of the Art and Practice 627

Introduction 627
Victor R. Basili

Article 8–1. Software Engineering (1976) 633
Barry W. Boehm

Article 8–2. Software Engineering—As It Is (1979) 663
Barry W. Boehm

Article 8–3. Gaining Intellectual Control of Software Development (2000) 687
Barry W. Boehm and Victor R. Basili

Article 8–4. A View of 20th and 21st Century Software Engineering (2006) 697
Barry W. Boehm

Chapter 9. Value-Based Software Engineering 731
Introduction 731
Kevin J. Sullivan

Article 9–1. Project Termination Doesn’t Equal Project Failure (2000) 737
Barry W. Boehm

Article 9–2. Avoiding the Software-Model-Clash Spiderweb (2000) 743
Barry W. Boehm, Daniel N. Port, and Mohammed Al-Said

Article 9–3. Value-Based Software Engineering: A Case Study (2003) 749
Barry W. Boehm and Li Guo Huang

Article 9–4. Value-Based Processes for COTS-Based Applications (2005) 763
Ye Yang, Jesal Bhuta, Barry W. Boehm, and Daniel N. Port

Article 9–5. An Initial Theory of Value-Based Software Engineering (2005) 777
Barry W. Boehm and Apurva Jain

Chapter 10. Being a Software Engineer in the Software Century 797
Barry W. Boehm

Index 807

About the Editor 817

"The fact that we still face basically the same problems in the areas of software architecture, reuse, and development with modern approaches (such as reliability and performance, as well as the software development process in service-oriented architectures) makes this book continue to be highly relevant. This, and the sheer pleasure of reading it, makes the book a remarkable and extraordinary contribution to an otherwise buzzword-driven book market." (Computing Reviews, March 25, 2008) Richard W. Selby, PhD, is the Head of Software Products at Northrop Grumman Space Technology and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southern California. He cowrote the international bestselling book Microsoft Secrets: How the World's Most Powerful Software Company Creates Technology, Shapes Markets, and Manages People.

Landmark findings and best practices from software engineering pioneer Barry W. Boehm based on forty years of research and experience

This book presents forty-two of Barry W. Boehm's best articles on software engineering, organizes them into nine chapters with newly written summaries by nine of his colleagues, and concludes with a new chapter on Barry's "thoughts for the future." The book chapters address:

• Software Architecture and Quality

• Software Economics

• Software Tools

• Software Process: Early Spiral Model

• Software Risk Management

• Software Process: Emerging Extensions

• Software and Systems Management

• Software Engineering State of the Art and Practice

• Value-Based Software Engineering

• A Software Engineer in the Software Century

This book is recommended as a guide and resource for software engineers, project managers, and technology executives as well as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses.

"In my view, Barry Boehm is single-handedly responsible for turning software engineering from an anecdote-driven, opinion-laden art form into data-driven, fact-based engineering."

–Dr. William A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering

"This book is a must-read for all software engineers."

–Dr. Yannis C. Yortsos, Dean, Viterbi School of Engineering, University of Southern California

"Barry Boehm has led the effort to put a sound footing under software engineering. His Software Engineering Economics provided fact-grounded models that first enabled us to move beyond speculation in budgeting and scheduling. His spiral development model and risk-management strategies each constitute major advances in our thinking."

–Dr. Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., Kenan Professor of Computer Science, University of North Carolina

"This book makes clear Barry Boehm's enormous contributions to software engineering over several decades and provides a perspective no one else could have given."

–Dr. Victor R. Basili, Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland

"This collection of articles illuminates why Barry Boehm is one of the software industry's most trusted advisors."

–Walker E. Royce, Vice President, IBM Rational

"Barry Boehm has spent much of his adult life guiding us and our industry; I, for one, am full of gratitude."

–Tom DeMarco, Principal, The Atlantic Systems Guild

"Read Boehm's hints that will make your software shop tick."

–Dr. Lawrence Bernstein, Professor of Software Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology

"Barry Boehm's insights into software engineering are one of a kind. For more than twenty-five years, Barry has been the leading figure in software cost models and software process. This book is a must-read for all software engineers."

–Dr. Arthur B. Pyster, Vice President, SAIC

"Barry Boehm stands as a model engineering researcher for having developed novel theories, methods, and tools that infuse economic and human values into software engineering. This book provides a valuable starting point and guide to researchers and practitioners alike who need to better understand state-of-the-art thinking in this area."

–Dr. Kevin J. Sullivan, Professor of Computer Science, University of Virginia

"Anyone who wishes to understand where software engineering has been, and is going, needs to read this collection of articles. They represent the perspectives of the man who has made so much of this happen in decades past, and whose work will undoubtedly provide direction to the community for decades to come."

–Dr. Leon J. Osterweil, Professor of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts