This well structured book discusses lifecycle optimization of software projects for crisis management by means of software engineering methods and tools. Its outcomes are based on lessons learned from the software engineering crisis which started in the 1960s. The book presents a systematic approach to overcome the crisis in software engineering depends which not only depends on technology-related but also on human-related factors. It proposes an adaptive methodology for software product development, which optimizes the software product lifecycle in order to avoid local crises of software production. The general lifecycle pattern and its stages are discussed, and their impact on the time and budget of the software product development is analyzed. The book identifies key advantages and disadvantages for various models selected and concludes that there is no silver bullet, or universal model, which suits all software products equally well. It approaches software architecture in terms of process, data and system perspectives and proposes an incremental methodology for crisis-agile development of large-scale, distributed heterogeneous applications. The book introduces a number of specialized approaches which are widely used in industry but are often ignored in general writings because of their vendor-specificity. In doing so, the book builds a helpful bridge from academic conceptions of software engineering to the world of software engineering practice. With its systematic coverage of different software engineering methodologies and the presented rich systems engineering examples the book will be beneficial for a broader audience.

Outlines ways toward system-based and efficient software-related project lifecycles, and provides troubleshooting advice Focuses on the intelligent optimization of research project lifecycles, based on software engineering methods and tools Presents the impact of crisis upon the knowledge transfer processes in research projects Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext

Dr. Sergey V. Zykov completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute in the year 1994 and 2000, respectively. Presently, Dr. Zykov is working as Professor in National Research University, Higher School of Economics, Russia. He is a member of many professional organisations like IWA, IIIS and KES Intl. He is a member of many reputed journal boards - International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering System and Intelligent Decision Technologies. He has published three books - "Managing Software Crisis: A Smart Way to Enterprise Agility" , "Agile Enterprise Engineering: Smart Application of Human Factors" and "Crisis Management for Software Development and Knowledge Transfer" by Springer, and "Software Engineering for Enterprise System Agility" with IGI Global.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Software Engineering: the End of the Crisis?.- Software Lifecycles: How Can we Optimize them?.- Software Methodologies: Are our Processes Crisis-Agile?.- Software Patterns: Ready for Crisis Development?.- Knowledge Transfer: Manageable in Crisis?.- Conclusion.