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For almost three decades, Roger Pressman's Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach has been the world's leading textbook in software engineering. The new seventh edition represents a major restructuring and update of previous editions, solidifying the book's position as the most comprehensive guide to this important subject. The seventh edition of Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach has been designed to consolidate and restructure the content introduced over the past two editions of the book. The chapter structure will return to a more linear presentation of software engineering topics with a direct emphasis on the major activities that are part of a generic software process. Content will focus on widely used software engineering methods and will de-emphasize or completely eliminate discussion of secondary methods, tools and techniques. The intent is to provide a more targeted, prescriptive, and focused approach, while attempting to maintain SEPA's reputation as a comprehensive guide to software engineering. The book will be organized in five (5) parts-Process, Modeling, Quality Management, Project Management, and Advanced Topics. The chapter count will remain at 32, unchanged from the sixth edition. However, eight new chapters have been developed and another six chapters have undergone major or moderate revisions. The remaining chapters have undergone minor edits/updates. Table of contents1 Software and Software EngineeringPart One The Software Process2 Process Models3 Agile DevelopmentPart Two Modeling4 Principles that Guide Practice5 Understanding Requirements6 Requirements Modeling: Scenarios, Information, and Analysis Classes7 Requirements Modeling: Flow, Behavior, Patterns, and WebApps8 Design Concepts9 Architectural Design10 Component-Level Design11 User Interface Design12 Pattern-Based Design13 WebApp DesignPart Three Quality Management14 Quality Concepts15 Review Techniques16 Software Quality Assurance17 Software Testing Strategies18 Testing Conventional Applications19 Testing Object-Oriented Applications20 Testing Web Applications21 Formal Modeling and Verification22 Software Configuration Management23 Product MetricsPart Four Managing Software Projects24 Project Management Concepts25 Process and Project Metrics26 Estimation for Software Projects27 Project Scheduling28 Risk Management29 Maintenance and ReengineeringPart Five Advanced Topics 30 Software Process Improvement31 Emerging Trends in Software Engineering32 Concluding CommentsAppendix I-An Introduction to UML Appendix II-Object-Oriented Concepts