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

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Prof. Dr. Sergey V. Zykov holds a Ph.D. (2000) and Dr. Habil. (2017) in Computer Science. He has a 20-year experience in IT, including Vice-CIO of the ITERA International Oil & Gas Group. He also has over 20 years in teaching computer science and software engineering and holds instructor certificates from Carnegie Mellon University and London School of Economics. Currently, he is a Full Professor at the HSE University, National Nuclear Research University MEPhI, and Russian Technical University MIREA. He served as a Visiting Researcher at the Carnegie Mellon University (USA), the First Moscow State Medical University, and Innopolis University (Russia). He authored over 100 papers and 10 books, including 5 monographs by Springer, among which is IT Crisisology: Smart Crisis Management in Software Engineering (2020). He serves as an Associate Editor at the Intelligent Decision Technologies and International Journal of Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Engineering Systems. His researchfields include: crisis responsive software development, enterprise system lifecycles, and data modeling.

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.