Software Engineering and IT Ops Stuff

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This web page contains miscellaneous documents related to software engineering and IT operations management. More files on Mike's site, Linda's page, Service and Application Delivery Artifacts and Software Change and Impact Analysis Page. Additional files available upon request.

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Analysis and Design

File size=1.41MB. Contents: Collection of PowerPoint presentations on analysis and design.


Contract Management

File size=1.1MB. Contents: Training presentations on fixed-price contracting and deliverables management, including a sample WBS, project management forms and estimation spreadsheet (all by Mike Tarrani).


Software Engineering Cost and Metrics

File size=446KB. Contents: PowerPoint presentations on Team Software Process, Personal Software Process, and cost estimation basics.


eXtreme Programming

File size=943KB. Contents: PowerPoint presentations on XP, including tutorial, testing and other facets.


IEEE/EIA 12207

File size=149KB. Contents: Overview of IEEE/EIA 12207 Standard for Information Technology in MS Word format.


Software Engineering Models

File size=325KB. Contents: PowerPoint presentations on various software engineering process models.


Use Case Article

File size=106KB. Contents: Interesting article on use cases titled Use Cases are Not Requirements.


Web and E-Commerce Test Artifacts

File size=309KB. Contents: Test plans, templates and spreadsheets for E-commerce and web testing in MS Word and Excel formats.


Test Techniques

File size=308KB. Contents: MS Word document describing test techniques.


Test Design Models

File size=562KB. Contents: Adobe Acrobat document on testing models.


Rapid Deployment of Defect Analysis

File size=198KB. Contents: Adobe Acrobat format of a presentation of Lockheed-Martin's experience in rapidly deploying defect analysis.


Software Engineering Reliability Model

File size=81KB. Contents: Adobe Acrobat presentation by John D. Musa on software engineering reliability models. This presentation is consistent with the author's Software Reliability Engineered Testing (SRET) approach set forth in his book Software Reliability Engineered Testing


Software Error Analysis

File size=638KB. Contents: Adobe Acrobat document of NIST Special Publication 500-209 (Software Error Analysis), which is a thorough discussion of techniques and 32 appendices that cover each major technique in detail.


Software Effort and Schedule Measurement

File size=476KB. Contents: Adobe Acrobat document of CMU/SEI-92-TR-21, which provides a framework for counting staff hours and reporting schedule information.


Software Management Guidebook

File size=456KB. Contents: Adobe Acrobat document - NASA's internal guidebook for software process management (129 pages).


Service Level Management Whitepaper

File size=121KB. Contents: Successful Deployment of IT Service Management in the Distributed Enterprise by Doug McBride (Hewlett-Packard). MS Word format.


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