KNOWLEDGE AREA EDITORS OF PREVIOUS SWEBOK VERSIONS The following persons served as Associate Editors for either the Trial version published in 2001 or for the 2004 version. Software Requirements Peter Sawyer,Computing Department,Lancaster University,UK Gerald Kotonya,Computing Department,Lancaster University,UK Software Design Guy Tremblay,Departement d'informatique,UQAM,Canada Software Construction Steve McConnell,Construx Software,USA Terry Bollinger,the MITRE Corporation,USA Philippe Gabrini,Departement d'informatique,UQAM,Canada Louis Martin,Departement d'informatique,UQAM,Canada Software Testing Antonia Bertolino,ISTI-CNR,Italy Eda Marchetti,ISTI-CNR,Italy Software Maintenance Thomas M.Pigoski,Techsoft Inc.,USA Alain April,Ecole de technologie superieure,Canada Software Configuration Management John A.Scott,Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,USA David Nisse,USA Software Engineering Management Dennis Frailey,Raytheon Company,USA Stephen G.MacDonell,Auckland University of Technology,New Zealand Andrew R.Gray,University of Otago,New Zealand Software Engineering Process Khaled El Emam,served while at the Canadian National Research Council,Canada Software Engineering Tools and Methods David Carrington,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland,Australia XXV
xxv KNOWLEDGE AREA EDITORS OF PREVIOUS SWEBOK VERSIONS The following persons served as Associate Editors for either the Trial version published in 2001 or for the 2004 version. Software Requirements Peter Sawyer, Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK Gerald Kotonya, Computing Department, Lancaster University, UK Software Design Guy Tremblay, Département d’informatique, UQAM, Canada Software Construction Steve McConnell, Construx Software, USA Terry Bollinger, the MITRE Corporation, USA Philippe Gabrini, Département d’informatique, UQAM, Canada Louis Martin, Département d’informatique, UQAM, Canada Software Testing Antonia Bertolino, ISTI-CNR, Italy Eda Marchetti, ISTI-CNR, Italy Software Maintenance Thomas M. Pigoski, Techsoft Inc., USA Alain April, École de technologie supérieure, Canada Software Configuration Management John A. Scott, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA David Nisse, USA Software Engineering Management Dennis Frailey, Raytheon Company, USA Stephen G. MacDonell, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Andrew R. Gray, University of Otago, New Zealand Software Engineering Process Khaled El Emam, served while at the Canadian National Research Council, Canada Software Engineering Tools and Methods David Carrington, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Australia
xxvi SWEBOK®Guide V.3.0 Software Quality Alain April,Ecole de technologie superieure,Canada Dolores Wallace,retired from the National Institute of Standards and Technology,USA Larry Reeker,NIST,USA References Editor Marc Bouisset,Departement d'informatique,UQAM
xxvi SWEBOK® Guide V3.0 Software Quality Alain April, École de technologie supérieure, Canada Dolores Wallace, retired from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA Larry Reeker, NIST, USA References Editor Marc Bouisset, Département d’informatique, UQAM
REVIEW TEAM The people listed below participated in the public review process of SWEBOK Guide V3.Member- ship of the IEEE Computer Society was not a requirement to participate in this review process,and membership information was not requested from reviewers.Over 1500 individual comments were collected and duly adjudicated. Carlos C.Amaro,USA Istvan Fay,Hungary Mark Ardis.USA Jose L.Fernandez-Sanchez,Spain Mora-Soto Arturo,Spain Dennis J.Frailey,USA Ohad Barzilay,Israel Tihana Galinac Grbac.Croatia Gianni Basaglia,Italy Colin Garlick.New Zealand Denis J.Bergquist,USA Garth J.G.Glynn,UK Alexander Bogush,UK Jill Gostin,USA Christopher Bohn,USA Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim,Brazil Steve Bollweg,USA Thomas Gust.USA Reto Bonderer.Switzerland H.N.Mok,Singapore Alexei Botchkarev,Canada Jon D.Hagar,USA Pieter Botman,Canada Anees Ahmed Haidary,India Robert Bragner,USA Duncan Hall.New Zealand Kevin Brune,USA James Hart,USA Ogihara Bryan,USA Jens H.J.Heidrich,Germany Luigi Buglione,Italy Rich Hilliard,USA Rick Cagle,USA Bob Hillier.Canada Barbara Canody,USA Norman M.Hines,USA Rogerio A.Carvalho,Brazil Dave Hirst.USA Daniel Cerys,USA Theresa L.Hunt,USA Philippe Cohard,France Kenneth Ingham,USA Ricardo Colomo-Palacios,Spain Masahiko Ishikawa,Japan Mauricio Coria,Argentina Michael A.Jablonski.USA Marek Cruz.UK G.Jagadeesh,India Stephen Danckert,USA Sebastian Justicia,Spain Bipul K.Das,Canada Umut Kahramankaptan,Belgium James D.Davidson,USA Pankaj Kamthan,Canada Jon Dehn.USA Perry Kapadia,USA Lincoln P.Djang,USA Tarig A.Khalid,Sudan Andreas Doblander.Austria Michael K.A.Klaes,Germany Yi-Ben Doo,USA Maged Koshty,Egypt Scott J.Dougherty,UK Claude C.Laporte,Canada Regina DuBord,USA Dong Li,China Fedor Dzerzhinskiy,Russia Ben Linders.Netherlands Ann M.Eblen.Australia Claire Lohr,USA David M.Endres,USA Vladimir Mandic,Serbia Marilyn Escue,USA Matt Mansell,New Zealand Varuna Eswer,India John Marien,USA xxvii
xxvii REVIEW TEAM The people listed below participated in the public review process of SWEBOK Guide V3. Membership of the IEEE Computer Society was not a requirement to participate in this review process, and membership information was not requested from reviewers. Over 1500 individual comments were collected and duly adjudicated. Carlos C. Amaro, USA Mark Ardis, USA Mora-Soto Arturo, Spain Ohad Barzilay, Israel Gianni Basaglia, Italy Denis J. Bergquist, USA Alexander Bogush, UK Christopher Bohn, USA Steve Bollweg, USA Reto Bonderer, Switzerland Alexei Botchkarev, Canada Pieter Botman, Canada Robert Bragner, USA Kevin Brune, USA Ogihara Bryan, USA Luigi Buglione, Italy Rick Cagle, USA Barbara Canody, USA Rogerio A. Carvalho, Brazil Daniel Cerys, USA Philippe Cohard, France Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Spain Mauricio Coria, Argentina Marek Cruz, UK Stephen Danckert, USA Bipul K. Das, Canada James D. Davidson, USA Jon Dehn, USA Lincoln P. Djang, USA Andreas Doblander, Austria Yi-Ben Doo, USA Scott J. Dougherty, UK Regina DuBord, USA Fedor Dzerzhinskiy, Russia Ann M. Eblen, Australia David M. Endres, USA Marilyn Escue, USA Varuna Eswer, India Istvan Fay, Hungary Jose L. Fernandez-Sanchez, Spain Dennis J. Frailey, USA Tihana Galinac Grbac, Croatia Colin Garlick, New Zealand Garth J.G. Glynn, UK Jill Gostin, USA Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim, Brazil Thomas Gust, USA H.N. Mok, Singapore Jon D. Hagar, USA Anees Ahmed Haidary, India Duncan Hall, New Zealand James Hart, USA Jens H.J. Heidrich, Germany Rich Hilliard, USA Bob Hillier, Canada Norman M. Hines, USA Dave Hirst, USA Theresa L. Hunt, USA Kenneth Ingham, USA Masahiko Ishikawa, Japan Michael A. Jablonski, USA G. Jagadeesh, India Sebastian Justicia, Spain Umut Kahramankaptan, Belgium Pankaj Kamthan, Canada Perry Kapadia, USA Tarig A. Khalid, Sudan Michael K.A. Klaes, Germany Maged Koshty, Egypt Claude C. Laporte, Canada Dong Li, China Ben Linders, Netherlands Claire Lohr, USA Vladimir Mandic, Serbia Matt Mansell, New Zealand John Marien, USA
xxviii SWEBOK Guide V3.0 Stephen P.Masticola,USA Thom Schoeffling,USA Nancy Mead,USA Reinhard Schrage,Germany Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez,Spain Neetu Sethia,India Silvia Judith Meles,Argentina Cindy C.Shelton,USA Oscar A.Mondragon.Mexico Alan Shepherd,Germany David W.Mutschler,USA Katsutoshi Shintani,Japan Maria Nelson,Brazil Erik Shreve,USA John Noblin,USA Jaguaraci Silva,Brazil Bryan G.Ogihara,USA M.Somasundaram,India Takehisa Okazaki,Japan Peraphon Sophatsathit,Thailand Hanna Oktaba,Mexico John Standen,UK Chin Hwee Ong,Hong Kong Joyce Statz,USA Venkateswar Oruganti,India Perdita P.Stevens,UK Birgit Penzenstadler,Germany David Struble,USA Larry Peters,USA Ohno Susumu,Japan S.K.Pillai,India Urcun Tanik,USA Vaclav Rajlich,USA Talin Tasciyan,USA Kiron Rao,India J.Barrie Thompson,UK Luis Reyes,USA Steve Tockey,USA Hassan Reza.USA Miguel Eduardo Torres Moreno,Colombia Steve Roach.USA Dawid Trawczynski,USA Teresa L.Roberts,USA Adam Trendowicz,Germany Dennis Robi,USA Norio Ueno,Japan Warren E.Robinson,USA Cenk Uyan,Turkey Jorge L.Rodriguez,USA Chandra Sekar Veerappan,Singapore Alberto C.Sampaio,Portugal Oruganti Venkateswar,India Ed Samuels,USA Jochen Vogt,Germany Maria-Isabel Sanchez-Segura,Spain Hironori Washizaki,Japan Vineet Sawant,USA Ulf Westermann,Germany R.Schaaf,USA Don Wilson,USA James C.Schatzman,USA Aharon Yadin,Israel Oscar A.Schivo,Argentina Hong Zhou,UK Florian Schneider,Germany
xxviii SWEBOK® Guide V3.0 Stephen P. Masticola, USA Nancy Mead, USA Fuensanta Medina-Dominguez, Spain Silvia Judith Meles, Argentina Oscar A. Mondragon, Mexico David W. Mutschler, USA Maria Nelson, Brazil John Noblin, USA Bryan G. Ogihara, USA Takehisa Okazaki, Japan Hanna Oktaba, Mexico Chin Hwee Ong, Hong Kong Venkateswar Oruganti, India Birgit Penzenstadler, Germany Larry Peters, USA S.K. Pillai, India Vaclav Rajlich, USA Kiron Rao, India Luis Reyes, USA Hassan Reza, USA Steve Roach, USA Teresa L. Roberts, USA Dennis Robi, USA Warren E. Robinson, USA Jorge L. Rodriguez, USA Alberto C. Sampaio, Portugal Ed Samuels, USA Maria-Isabel Sanchez-Segura, Spain Vineet Sawant, USA R. Schaaf, USA James C. Schatzman, USA Oscar A. Schivo, Argentina Florian Schneider, Germany Thom Schoeffling, USA Reinhard Schrage, Germany Neetu Sethia, India Cindy C. Shelton, USA Alan Shepherd, Germany Katsutoshi Shintani, Japan Erik Shreve, USA Jaguaraci Silva, Brazil M. Somasundaram, India Peraphon Sophatsathit, Thailand John Standen, UK Joyce Statz, USA Perdita P. Stevens, UK David Struble, USA Ohno Susumu, Japan Urcun Tanik, USA Talin Tasciyan, USA J. Barrie Thompson, UK Steve Tockey, USA Miguel Eduardo Torres Moreno, Colombia Dawid Trawczynski, USA Adam Trendowicz, Germany Norio Ueno, Japan Cenk Uyan, Turkey Chandra Sekar Veerappan, Singapore Oruganti Venkateswar, India Jochen Vogt, Germany Hironori Washizaki, Japan Ulf Westermann, Germany Don Wilson, USA Aharon Yadin, Israel Hong Zhou, UK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding for the development of SWEBOK Guide various ways:Pieter Botman,Evan Butterfield, V3 has been provided by the IEEE Computer Carine Chauny,Pierce Gibbs,Diane Girard,John Society.The editors and coeditors appreciate the Keppler,Dorian McClenahan,Kenza Meridji,Sam- important work performed by the KA editors and uel Redwine,Annette Reilly,and Pam Thompson. the contributing editors as well as by the the mem- Finally,there are surely other people who have bers of the Change Control Board.The editorial contributed to this Guide,either directly or indi- team must also acknowledge the indispensable rectly,whose names we have inadvertently omit- contribution of reviewers. ted.To those people,we offer our tacit appre- The editorial team also wishes to thank the fol-ciation and apologize for having omitted explicit lowing people who contributed to the project in recognition IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY PRESIDENTS Dejan Milojicic,2014 President David Alan Grier,2013 President Thomas Conte,2015 President PROFESSIONALACTIVITIES BOARD, 2013 MEMBERSHIP Donald F.Shafer,Chair Pieter Botman,CSDP Pierre Bourque Richard Fairley,CSDP Dennis Frailey S.Michael Gayle Phillip Laplante,CSDP Jim Moore,CSDP Linda Shafer,CSDP Steve Tockey,CSDP Charlene "Chuck"Walrad xxix
xxix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Funding for the development of SWEBOK Guide V3 has been provided by the IEEE Computer Society. The editors and coeditors appreciate the important work performed by the KA editors and the contributing editors as well as by the the members of the Change Control Board. The editorial team must also acknowledge the indispensable contribution of reviewers. The editorial team also wishes to thank the following people who contributed to the project in various ways: Pieter Botman, Evan Butterfield, Carine Chauny, Pierce Gibbs, Diane Girard, John Keppler, Dorian McClenahan, Kenza Meridji, Samuel Redwine, Annette Reilly, and Pam Thompson. Finally, there are surely other people who have contributed to this Guide, either directly or indirectly, whose names we have inadvertently omitted. To those people, we offer our tacit appreciation and apologize for having omitted explicit recognition. IEEE COMPUTER SOCIETY PRESIDENTS Dejan Milojicic, 2014 President David Alan Grier, 2013 President Thomas Conte, 2015 President PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES BOARD, 2013 MEMBERSHIP Donald F. Shafer, Chair Pieter Botman, CSDP Pierre Bourque Richard Fairley, CSDP Dennis Frailey S. Michael Gayle Phillip Laplante, CSDP Jim Moore, CSDP Linda Shafer, CSDP Steve Tockey, CSDP Charlene “Chuck” Walrad