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Hi Guys,

I don't know if its right to ask the question here.

I am in search for a book on Software Engineering and i don't know its name.

One of my friend have a well worn version of it without the covers and so I know the table of contents of that book.

Here's the table of contents in it.

Part One Software-the Process and Its Management

Chapter 1: Software and Software Engineering Chapter 2: Project Management: Software Metrics Chapter 3: Project Management: Estimation Chapter 4: Project Management: Planning

Part Two System and Software Requirements Analysis

Chapter 5: Computer System Engineering Chapter 6: Requirements Analysis Fundamentals Chapter 7: Structured Analysis and Its Extensions Chapter 8: Object-Oriented Analysis and Data Modeling Chapter 9: Alternative analysis Techniques and Formal Methods

Part Three The Design and Implementation of Software

Chapter 10: Software Design Fundamentals Chapter 11: Data Flow-Oriented Design Chapter 12: Object-Oriented Design Chapter 13: Data-Oriented Design Methods Chapter 14: User Interface Design Chapter 15: Real-time Design Chapter 16: Programming Languages and Coding

Part Four Ensuring, Verifying, and Maintaining Software Integrity

Chapter 18: Software Testing Techniques Chapter 19: Software Testing Strategies Chapter 20: Software Maintenance Chapter 21:Software Configuration Management

Part Five The Role of Automation

Chapter 22: Computer-Aided Software engineering Chapter 23: Integrated Case Environments Chapter 24: The Road Ahead

I have tried google which provided me a link Click Here To View

As you can see google provided me the same index without any name [:)]

I have also tried Yahoo Answers to no avail

Thats why I tried here as the last resort, since the way things go around here, even the author maybe here.

Once again I apologize if this post is inappropriate in stackoverflow

+3  A: 

it looks like this could be the book:

http://dewey.petra.ac.id/jiunkpe_lb_47186.html

here's a link to the cover, on the back it has some of the same text:

http://goods.ruten.com.tw/item/show?11071010329320

ISBN: 0071127798

John Boker
no its not pressman too..
naveen
how do you know it's not pressman?
John Boker
That's the book, if you see the second link it has the part 1 to part 5 headings, the same as the ones you posted.
John Boker
@naveen, have a look at the back of the book. Other than a miscount of chapters in part 2, the parts are an EXACT match. Mismatch could be simply due to later edition of the book.
paxdiablo
@naveen: it's pressman - note the "PRE 3rd ed" text in the scan - thats short for "Pressman, third edition"... and even if it's not pressman, pressman's book is highly recommended ;-)
Steven A. Lowe
Actually, @Steven, I thought that meant pre (before) the third edition. Duh! Your version makes much more sense.
paxdiablo
@Steven A. Lowe: thanks it really made a lot of sense...
naveen
@John Boker: Thanks a lot, i was sure because i was holding the 5th edition in my hands... but i now understood the book was edition 3
naveen
my answer not good enough to be marked as the accepted one...
John Boker
+2  A: 

Yes, this is "Software engineering : a practitioner's approach" 3rd edition by Roger Pressman for sure. I had used this for my masters degree. I still have the copy at home!

renegadeMind