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Title Value-based software engineering / edited by S. Biffl . [and others]..
OCLC EBC259449x
ISBN 6610461619 (electronic bk.)
3540259937 (Cloth)
3540292632 (electronic bk.)
Publisher Berlin ; London : Springer, 2006.
Description 1 online resource (388 pages)
LC Subject heading/s Software engineering -- Costs.
Software engineering -- Evaluation -- Methodology.
Software engineering -- Management.
Other
Genre heading/s		 Electronic books.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part 1 Foundations and Frameworks -- 1 Value-Based Software Engineering: Overview and Agenda -- 1.1 Overview and Rationale -- 1.2 Background and Agenda -- 1.3 A Global Road Map for Realizing VBSE Benefits -- 1.4 Summary and Conclusions -- 2 An Initial Theory of Value-Based Software Engineering -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A "4+1" Theory of Value-Based Software Engineering -- 2.3 Using and Testing the VBSE Theory: Process Framework and Example -- 2.4 VBSE Theory Evaluation -- 2.5 Conclusions and Areas for Further Research -- 3 Valuation of Software Initiatives Under Uncertainty: Concepts, Issues, and Techniques -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Issues in Valuation -- 3.3 Valuation of Uncertain Projects with Decision Trees -- 3.4 Real Options Theory -- 3.5 Summary and Discussion -- 4 Preference-Based Decision Support in Software Engineering -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Decisions with Multiple Criteria and Software Engineering -- 4.3 Multicriteria Decision Methods -- 4.4 Incomplete Information and Sensitivity Analysis -- 4.5 Summary and Conclusions -- 5 Risk and the Economic Value of the Software Producer -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. The Value of the Firm -- 5.3. The Time Value of Money -- 5.4. Financial Risk -- 5.5. Prediction and the Value of the Firm -- 5.6. Multi-Project Firms and Economic Value -- 5.7. The Economic Cost of Extended Time-to-Market -- 5.8. Financial Risk and Software Projects -- 5.9 Predictability and Process Improvement -- 5.10 Arriving at a Risk Premium for Software Projects -- 5.11 Computing the Financial Value of Improved Predictability -- 5.12 An Illustrative Example -- 5.13 Conclusions -- Part 2 Practices -- 6 Value-Based Software Engineering: Seven Key Elements and Ethical Considerations -- 6.1 Benefits Realization Analysis -- 6.2 Stakeholder Value Proposition Elicitation and Reconciliation -- 6.3 Business Case Analysis -- 6.4 Continuous Risk and Opportunity Management -- 6.5 Concurrent System and Software Engineering -- 6.6 Value-Based Monitoring and Control -- 6.7 Change as Opportunity -- 6.8 Integrating Ethical Considerations into Software Engineering Practice -- 6.9 Getting Started Toward VBSE -- 7 Stakeholder Value Proposition Elicitation and Reconciliation -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Negotiation Challenges -- 7.3 The EasyWinWin Requirements Negotiation Support -- 7.4 Possible Extensions to the EasyWinWin Approach -- 7.5 Conclusions -- 8 Measurement and Decision Making -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Models of Measurement and Decision Making -- 8.3 Decision Making Behavior -- 8.4 Decision Making Behavior in Groups -- 8.5 Measurement and Analysis for Decision Making -- 8.6 Decision Support in a VBSE Framework -- 8.7 Conclusion -- 9 Criteria for Selecting Software Requirements to Create Product Value: An Industrial Empirical Study -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Background -- 9.3 Research Approach -- 9.4 Survey Results and Analysis -- 9.5 Conclusions and Further Work -- 10 Collaborative Usability Testing to Facilitate Stakeholder Involvement -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Usability Testing -- 10.3 Collaboration.
Reproduction note Electronic reproduction. UK : MyiLibrary, 2006 Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to MIL affiliated libraries.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
General note Title from e-book title screen (viewed November 1, 2006).
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