Automated Defect Prevention: Best Practices in Software Management (Hardcover)

Description

This book describes an approach to software management based on establishing an infrastructure that serves as the foundation for the project. This infrastructure defines people roles, necessary technology, and interactions between people and technology. This infrastructure automates repetitive tasks, organizes project activities, tracks project status, and seamlessly collects project data to provide measures necessary for decision making. Most importantly, this infrastructure sustains and facilitates the improvement of human-defined processes.

The methodology described in the book, which is called Automated Defect Prevention (ADP) stands out from the current software landscape as a result of two unique features: its comprehensive approach to defect prevention, and its far-reaching emphasis on automation. ADP is a practical and thorough guide to implementing and managing software projects and processes. It is a set of best practices for software management through process improvement, which is achieved by the gradual automation of repetitive tasks supported and sustained by this flexible and adaptable infrastructure, an infrastructure that essentially forms a software production line.

In defining the technology infrastructure, ADP describes necessary features rather than specific tools, thus remaining vendor neutral. Only a basic subset of features that are essential for building an effective infrastructure has been selected. Many existing commercial and non-commercial tools support these, as well as more advanced features. Appendix E contains such a list.

From the Back Cover

Improve Productivity by Integrating Automation and Defect Prevention into Your Software Development Process

This book presents an approach to software management based on a new methodology called Automated Defect Prevention (ADP). The authors describe how to establish an infrastructure that functions as a software "production line" that automates repetitive tasks, organizes project activities, tracks project status, seamlessly collects project data, and sustains and facilitates the improvement of human-defined processes. Well-grounded in software engineering research and in industry best practices, this book helps organizations gain dramatic improvement in both product quality and operational effectiveness.

Ideal for industry professionals and project managers, as well as upper-level undergraduates and graduate-level students in software engineering, Automated Defect Prevention is complete with figures that illustrate how to structure projects and contains real-world examples, developers' testimonies, and tips on how to implement defect prevention strategies across a project group.

描述
本書描述了一種基於建立基礎設施的軟體管理方法。這個基礎設施定義了人員角色、必要的技術以及人與技術之間的互動。這個基礎設施自動化重複性任務，組織項目活動，追蹤項目狀態，並無縫地收集項目數據，以提供決策所需的指標。最重要的是，這個基礎設施維護並促進人定義的流程改進。

本書描述的方法論被稱為自動化缺陷預防（ADP），它在當前軟體領域中具有兩個獨特的特點：全面的缺陷預防方法和廣泛的自動化強調。ADP是實施和管理軟體項目和流程的實用和全面指南。它是通過逐步自動化重複性任務並由靈活適應性基礎設施支持和維護的軟體管理的最佳實踐。這個基礎設施本質上形成了一條軟體生產線。

在定義技術基礎設施時，ADP描述了必要的功能而不是具體的工具，因此保持了供應商中立。只選擇了構建有效基礎設施所必需的基本功能的子集。許多現有的商業和非商業工具支持這些功能，以及更高級的功能。附錄E包含了這樣一個清單。

從封底
通過將自動化和缺陷預防整合到軟體開發流程中，提高生產力
本書介紹了一種基於名為自動化缺陷預防（ADP）的新方法的軟體管理方法。作者描述了如何建立一個作為軟體“生產線”的基礎設施，該基礎設施自動化重複性任務，組織項目活動，追蹤項目狀態，無縫地收集項目數據，並維護和促進人定義的流程改進。這本書以軟體工程研究和行業最佳實踐為基礎，幫助組織在產品質量和運營效率方面取得顯著改進。

適合業界專業人士和項目經理，以及軟體工程的高年級本科生和研究生。《自動化缺陷預防》配有圖示，說明如何結構化項目，並包含實際案例、開發者的證詞以及在項目組中實施缺陷預防策略的提示。