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Summary: This book stinks!
Review: This is the worst text boot I have ever read. The chapters have many overalpping sections which make it very confusing to read. Some topics are repeated many times in different places in the as if the author was trying to increase the page count. The book raises more questions than it answers. The book is also riddled with poor grammer, unclear sentences, and contains many errors. I rate it the worst textbook I have ever read.
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Summary: Somewhat academic, not groundbreaking
Review: Used this book in an undergraduate software engineering course (apparently it's big in the college scene). A number of my mates complained that the chapters were boring and long. I think its a good book, probably a slow reading, but still informative (a lot of stuff could definitely have been done without). It's not the best, and there's bound to be something better out there. For college kids, hopefully it'll grow on you. It talks on a broad range of SE activities - process models, design, analysis and modeling concepts, OOA & OOD, testing, metrics, management issues, systems engineering etc. Towards the end of the book when it talks on cleanroom SE, web engineering, formal methods, it's not very detailed and very obscure at best.You get a broad feel for what SE entails even if you eventually plan to later focus in one area. I think the authors goal is to make the reader understand the principles behind SE.
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Summary: Best of the Best
Review: Want to be a software manager?Want to prove your leader ability? Want to be serious in your software developement?Want to be responssible for the quality of your software?That book is your final choice.Dr.Pressman shows us a precise and understandable way.
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Summary: Touches on basic concepts of engineering
Review: While this book is acceptable and a fair resource for a software engineer, the price is absurdly high. There are many books out there that explain the same concepts in this book, without the unnecessary fluff, and for half the price. The fluff in this book itself should tell you that the author is not concerned with knowledge, but with greed.
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