Software Engineering [electronic resource] : International Summer Schools, ISSSE 2006-2008, Salerno, Italy, Revised Tutorial Lectures /

Software Requirements and Design -- The Future of Software: Adaptation and Dependability -- Autonomic Computing Now You See It, Now You Don’t -- Impact of Usability on Software Requirements and Design -- Software Testing and Reverse Engineering -- Service-Oriented Architectures Testing: A Survey -- The PLASTIC Framework and Tools for Testing Service-Oriented Applications -- Architecture Reconstruction -- Management -- Collaboration in Distributed Software Development -- Web Cost Estimation and Productivity Benchmarking -- Knowledge Base and Experience Factory for Empowering Competitiveness.

Software engineering is widely recognized as one of the most exciting, stimulating, and profitable research areas, with a significant practical impact on the software industry. Thus, training future generations of software engineering researchers and bridging the gap between academia and industry are vital to the field. The International Summer School on Software Engineering (ISSSE), which started in 2003, aims to contribute both to training future researchers and to facilitating the exchange of knowledge between academia and industry. This volume constitutes a collection of articles originating from tutorial lectures given during the last three ISSSE summer schools, as well as a number of contributions on some of the latest findings in the field of software engineering. The book is organized in three parts on software requirements and design; software testing and reverse engineering; and management.