Reading Notes: Professional Software Development (Part 5)

The author and his company (i.e. Construx) defined the following Knowledge Areas:

• Requirements
• Design
• Construction
• Testing (specifically, activities to detect defects)
• Maintenance (includes deployment and operation)
• Configuration Management (similar to Release Management)
• Quality (activities to ensure that the artifacts meet the technical requirements)
• Engineering Management (all aspects of management)
• Engineering Tools and Methods
• Process (activities related to measuring and improving all aspects of software development)