Software Project Management for Distributed Computing: Life-Cycle Methods for Developing Scalable and Reliable Tools

✍ Scribed by Zaigham Mahmood (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 399
• Series: Computer Communications and Networks
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This unique volume explores cutting-edge management approaches to developing complex software that is efficient, scalable, sustainable, and suitable for distributed environments. Practical insights are offered by an international selection of pre-eminent authorities, including case studies, best practices, and balanced corporate analyses. Emphasis is placed on the use of the latest software technologies and frameworks for life-cycle methods, including the design, implementation and testing stages of software development.

Topics and features:

· Reviews approaches for reusability, cost and time estimation, and for functional size measurement of distributed software applications

· Discusses the core characteristics of a large-scale defense system, and the design of software project management (SPM) as a service

· Introduces the 3PR framework, research on crowdsourcing software development, and an innovative approach to modeling large-scale multi-agent software systems

· Examines a system architecture for ambient assisted living, and an approach to cloud migration and management assessment

· Describes a software error proneness mechanism, a novel Scrum process for use in the defense domain, and an ontology annotation for SPM in distributed environments

· Investigates the benefits of agile project management for higher education institutions, and SPM that combines software and data engineering

This important text/reference is essential reading for project managers and software engineers involved in developing software for distributed computing environments. Students and researchers interested in SPM technologies and frameworks will also find the work to be an invaluable resource.

Prof. Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and an Associate Lecturer (Research) at the University of Derby, UK. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Modeling of Reusability Estimation in Software Design with External Constraints....Pages 3-23
Estimation of Costs and Time for the Development of Distributed Software....Pages 25-42
Using COSMIC for the Functional Size Measurement of Distributed Applications in Cloud Environments....Pages 43-58
Characteristics of Large-Scale Defense Projects and the Dominance of Software and Software Project Management....Pages 59-85
Software Project Management as a Service (SPMaaS): Perspectives and Benefits....Pages 87-115
Front Matter....Pages 117-117
Component-Based Hybrid Reference Architecture for Managing Adaptable Embedded Software Development....Pages 119-141
3PR Framework for Software Project Management: People, Process, Product, and Risk....Pages 143-170
CrowdSWD: A Novel Framework for Crowdsourcing Software Development Inspired by the Concept of Biological Metaphor....Pages 171-208
An Approach to Migrate and Manage Software: Cloud-Based Requirements Management....Pages 209-227
A Novel Approach to Modelling Distributed Systems: Using Large-Scale Multi-agent Systems....Pages 229-254
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Optimizing Software Error Proneness Prediction Using Bird Mating Algorithm....Pages 257-287
Improved Agile: A Customized Scrum Process for Project Management in Defense and Security....Pages 289-314
Ontology Annotation for Software Engineering Project Management in Multisite Distributed Software Development Environments....Pages 315-343
Investigating the Scope for Agile Project Management to Be Adopted by Higher Education Institutions....Pages 345-366
Software Project Management for Combined Software and Data Engineering....Pages 367-385
Back Matter....Pages 387-391

✦ Subjects

Computer Communication Networks;Software Engineering;Models and Principles;Management of Computing and Information Systems