Component-Based Software Engineering: Selected Papers from the Software Engineering Institute (Practitioners, Band 47) - Softcover

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Alan W. Brown is a Distinguished Engineer at IBM Rational software. Alan's current role is IBM Rational Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Europe where he works with customers across Europe consulting on software engineering strategy as it pertains to enterprise solutions, process improvement, and the transition to agile practices. In this role, Alan engages in strategic discussions in areas such as enterprise solution delivery, software delivery economics, and distributed software and systems delivery. Alan has worked in many strategic roles in the software industry in Europe and the United States, including Vice President of Research and Development at Sterling Software, Research Manager at Texas Instruments Software, and as a senior technical staff member at the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University. Alan has published more than fifty papers, authored four books, and edited three books. Alan holds a Ph.D. in computing science from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK.

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Component-Based Software Engineering addresses the substantial research efforts taking place at SEI that focus on the development, deployment, operation, and evolution of component-based systems. The book explores many issues critical to component-based software engineering. It provides the reader with a foundation on which this approach to software development can be better understood, applied, and improved.

The text focuses on a number of vital themes that run throughout the work being carried out by the SEI. These themes identify the primary considerations in moving from a traditional development approach to a component-based approach; evaluating software components, assembling components within an appropriate software architecture, and introducing and evolving a component-based system.