Buy new:
$45.99
FREE delivery: Tuesday, April 30
Ships from: Amazon
Sold by: Nikki’s World
FREE Returns
FREE delivery Tuesday, April 30. Order within 4 hrs 28 mins
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
$$45.99 () Includes selected options. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. Details
Price
Subtotal
$$45.99
Subtotal
Initial payment breakdown
Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout.
Ships from
Amazon
Ships from
Amazon
Returns
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Returns
Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt
This item can be returned in its original condition for a full refund or replacement within 30 days of receipt.
Read full return policy
Payment
Secure transaction
Your transaction is secure
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
Payment
Secure transaction
We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Learn more
$3.98 delivery May 3 - 6. Details
Used: Good | Details
Sold by glenthebookseller
Condition: Used: Good
Comment: Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc...
Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.
Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach Hardcover – January 1, 1996

by Roger S. Pressman (Author)
3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
See all formats and editions
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"$45.99","priceAmount":45.99,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"45","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"99","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"LTV1sw6jiDkFaXjqCgzzCOSSRnNg97E4QSNv2pe6qVxq5MkdxEleuxFaMe%2B6fM3PplH5QB%2Fuyx7JgzN9azi%2FsdOO53NP4SMjFVu%2FTFjodTclUfalTHQ1U5su%2Bjx%2BMRJQNRi3Dm4WA%2F6r%2FT4kKLWDI6V%2BN4KYfgxUDChyWVZMVIYPrS9SWBF%2FIlaWE%2BngPDkG","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"$4.81","priceAmount":4.81,"currencySymbol":"$","integerValue":"4","decimalSeparator":".","fractionalValue":"81","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"LTV1sw6jiDkFaXjqCgzzCOSSRnNg97E4aiz%2B6dMZn%2FYf7ErsGajeQbNvCnlXIEile5dc%2BFe3m39Nl6oLIUBu3hCmB9MFeqBdZL91eIqV8ST0NfRXjfQbBYyzp7w3ivZZJCScENtEO0N3IT3i%2B3qJ6S7EEji%2B16dA3aZQF9JMiQFsKmOOKS2wf0sZODIG7LsM","locale":"en-US","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}

Purchase options and add-ons

Well-suited for both the student and the working professional, Software Engineering A Practitioner's Approach recognizes the dramatic growth in the field of software engineering and emphasizes new and important methods and tools used in the industry.
Previous page
  1. Print length
    852 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    McGraw-Hill Companies
  4. Publication date
    January 1, 1996
  5. ISBN-10
    0070521824
  6. ISBN-13
    978-0070521827
  7. See all details
Next page
The Amazon Book Review
The Amazon Book Review
Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McGraw-Hill Companies; Fourth Edition (January 1, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 852 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0070521824
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0070521827
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 pounds
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

Customer reviews

3.6 out of 5 stars
3.6 out of 5
8 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Daniel Mall
5.0 out of 5 stars comprehensive coverage of software engineering
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2001
The author achieves a commendable balance between breadth and depth. None of the topics are discussed at a superficial level. In addition, this text is written in a highly readable style. External sources are frequently referenced, quoted, and summarized. There is an emphasis on software metrics in chapter 5 and chapter 18. A section on structured methods is contained in chapters 11-14. A section on object-oriented methods is contained in chapters 19-23. Excellent introduction to advanced topics such as formal methods, reengineering, client/server, and computer-aided software engineering. Breaks CASE tools into 23 categories. Each chapter includes a set of problems and points to ponder.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Jennifer
1.0 out of 5 stars Old Book
Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2002
The fifth edition has been in stores for 2 years now, and you are selling the fourth edition which is from 1996 instead of 2000. You should lower your price, as the new edition sells for 114$ elsewhere.
Helpful
 Report
Mike Whalen
2.0 out of 5 stars No evaluation and analysis
Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2000
I'm a PhD candidate in Software Engineering, and I have tried to use this text in several occasions both as a student and as a teaching assistant. I have always been disappointed. My largest problem is that the text attempts to do too much, and ends up doing nothing well. There is no analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of different methods. Why/When should I use OO instead of structured methods?
Furthermore, since the book covers so many topics in a limited number of pages, there simply cannot be enough information in order to apply any of them. If you want to try to analyze, design, build and test even a toy problem, there are inevitably a raft of issues that this book does not address. This book does not provide a student a firm grasp of _any_ part of the software engineering process.
22 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Cindy
5.0 out of 5 stars An indispensable reference.
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 1998
An industry standard that no software professional can claim to be well-read without.
I was pleased to see (finally) the addition of two chapters on Formal Methods in Software Engineering. This was an unfortunate omission in the third edition that is now corrected.
The price is a bit overinflated, as with most texts on the subject.
Makes for an excellent companion, when compared and contrasted with other current industry texts.
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Owen
5.0 out of 5 stars complete reference for software staff.
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 1999
This book provide so many useful topic for software staff, project, manager, designer, programmer, test...
It is very good indeed.
3 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
john
2.0 out of 5 stars verbose
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 1999
i'm using this book for a graduate software engineering course. i don't feel that i've gotten my money's worth. i expected a book that was clear and concise; i found it tobe neither. i've been very disappointed
14 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
xwu622@aol.com
2.0 out of 5 stars Half empty or half full?
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 1998
This book teachs you how to write hundreds of pages of documentation before writing even a single line of code.
If you work for the government or a bureaucratic large company, you may get a promotion for the documentation. If you work for an effeciency oriented small company, you will get fired.
My prediction is: any company that fully implements the author's method of project management will lose in competition and have to lay off half of its programers within 5 years. This was what happened to IBM 5 years ago and may soon happen to Motorola.

As a consultant, the author knows very well how to make a simple problem very difficult to be understood: unnecessary classifications, unnecessary introduction of not well defined abstract new terminologies and so on.

Just look at a couple of examples:

A control is in fact just a binary (true of false) data. Seperating it from other data doubles the pages. A data transaction differs very little from a data transform, but seperating them doubles the pages again.

A good point is: if you don't know how to communicate to your customer, the author teachs you how:

You may send him a short memo, or a report, or a request, or a documentation, ...

You may have an informal chat with him, or you may have a formal meeting with him, ...

You may send him an e-mail, or you may fax him, or you may have a video-conference with him, or you may simply give him a phone call, ...

(you may leave him a message in case he's not in, this is all I can think of to append to the author's list.)

All these methods are well categorized in the book. Hope all readers can benifit from the instruction.

Xiaolong Wu

Loyola Univ. (Chicago)
9 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report