Building Software: A Practioner’s Guide

Novel in its approach to software design, development, and management, Building Software: A Practitioner’s Guide shows you how to successfully build and manage a system. The approach the authors recommend is a simple, effective framework known as Solution Engineering Execution (SEE).

Through SEE, you create a successful solution by following a highly organized, well-planned process. This process makes you view the solution from a holistic, systematic perspective.

Developing a successful system requires that you are able to address technology matters related to architecture, design, selection, integration, and security. Building Software: A Practitioner’s Guide offers insight into how to make software reliable and how to ensure it meets customer and organizational needs.

Using the above approach you are able to:

• Find a good solution to the problem at hand
• Focus on engineering the solution well
• Address all aspects of delivery associated with the solution
  

The book provides insightful examples of cross-domain and legacy solutions that allow you to overcome common software concerns such as requirement issues, change control, quality and schedule management, and internal and external communication problems.

Nikhilesh Krishnamurthy has been managing software projects and consulting practices for over 25 years, working on MRP II, CRM, and other systems. He began his career with computer-aided design programs and then went on to the design and development of a comprehensive MRP II system. After many years of product development, he moved to the consulting field and managed consulting practices delivering custom applications. He is currently working with a large services company in the San Francisco Bay area, managing some of their business intelligence and information applications. He has a master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Illinois. Amitabh Saran is an ＂ideas＂ person. He has spent most of his 18 years of professional experience designing and creating successful software products for institutions such as TCS, Philips, NASA, HP, and TriVium. He has been exposed to diverse kinds of systems -- from compilers to networking, from utility billing to banking and finance, and from Web 2.0 to VoIP. Amitabh’s technical work has been published in conferences, journals, and books. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, with specialization in distributed systems.