Front Cover; Advances in Computers, Volume 41; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. Directions in Software Process Research; 1. Motivation; 2. Product Engineering Processes; 3. Process Engineering Processes; 4. A Framework for Integrated Product and Process Engineering; 5. Software Engineering Process Representation Languages; 6. Support for Software Engineering Processes; 7. Future Directions in Software Process Research; 8. Summary; References; Chapter 2. The Experience Factory and Its Relationship to Other Quality Approaches; 1. Introduction.

2. Experience Factory/Quality Improvement Paradigm3. A Comparison with Other Improvement Paradigms; 4. Conclusion; References; Chapter 3. CASE Adoption: A Process, Not an Event; 1. Introduction; 2. The Keys to Successful CASE Adoption; 3. Planning and Preparing for CASE Adoption; 4. CASE Adoption Case Study; 5. Awareness: The First Phase; 6. Evaluation and Selection; 7. Supporting First Operational Use; 8. Expansion and Evolution: Second Victim and Beyond; 9. CASE Adoption Summary; References.

Chapter 4. On the Necessary Conditions for the Composition of Integrated Software Engineering Environments1. Introduction; 2. A Three-Level Model of Software Engineering Environments; 3. The Mechanisms and Semantics of Integration; 4. Integration in Practice: Process Aspects of Integration; 5. The Conditions Necessary for Integration; 6. Toward Engineered Environments; 7. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Software Quality, Software Process, and Software Testing; 1. Introduction; 2. Testing Background and Terminology; 3. Testing to Detect Failures; 4. Testing for Reliability.

5. Comparing Test Methods6. Dependability; 7. Conclusions; References; Chapter 6. Advances in Benchmarking Techniques: New Standards and Quantitative Metrics; 1. Introduction; 2. Summary of Popular Benchmark Suites; 3. Benchmark Characterizations; 4. Final Remarks; References; Chapter 7. An Evolutionary Path for Transaction Processing Systems; 1. Introduction; 2. Classification Model and Terminology; 3. Taxonomy Instantiations; 4. Systems Evolution; 5. Beyond Traditional TP; References; Author Index; Subject Index; Contents of Volumes in This Serles.