Software Engineering: Principles and Practice challenges the readerto appreciate the issues, design trade-offs and teamwork requiredfor successful software development. This new edition has beenbrought fully up to date, with complete coverage of all aspects ofthe software lifecycle and a strong focus on all the skills neededto carry out software projects on time and within budget. Highlights of the third edition include: Fully updated chapters on requirements engineering and softwarearchitecture. New chapters on component-based software engineering, serviceorientation and global software development. Extensive coverage of the human and social aspects of softwaredevelopment. Balanced coverage of both traditional, heavyweight developmentand agile, lightweight development approaches such as ExtremeProgramming (XP). Written to support both introductory and advanced softwareengineering courses, this book is invaluable for everyone insoftware development and maintenance who wants an accessibleaccount of the problems incurred in large-scale softwaredevelopment and the proposed solutions. A companion website with additional resources for students andinstructors can be found at www.wileyeurope.com/college/vanvliet Hans van Vliet has been Professor of Software Engineering at the VUUniversity in Amsterdam, the Netherlands since 1987.