(Ebook) Effective Methods for Software Engineering by Boyd L. Summers ISBN 9780367458386, 9781000052671, 9781000052695, 9781000052718, 9781003025665, 0367458381, 1000052672, 1000052699, 1000052710

(Ebook) Effective Methods for Software Engineering by Boyd L. Summers ISBN 9780367458386, 9781000052671, 9781000052695, 9781000052718, 9781003025665, 0367458381, 1000052672, 1000052699, 1000052710

The role of software engineering is to introduce the notion of software as a product designed and built by software engineers using effective methods. Software is important because it is used by a great many people in companies and institutions. Software engineers as programmers should have a moral and ethical responsibility to ensure that the software and design they provide do not cause any seri-ous problems. Software engineers tend to be concerned with the technical elegance of their software products and tools, whereas customers tend to be concerned only with whether a software product meets their needs and is easy and ready to use.For two years, I was a software programmer for Hercules Missile Defense, where my responsibility was to make sure that the software that is available for implementation and use was programmed and performed according to requirements.