本书包括面向对象生命周期模型、面向对象分析、面向对象设计，以及面向对象软件的测试和维护；讨论了文档、维护、复用、可移植性、测试和CASE工具等的重要性；包括了能力成熟度模型(CMM)和人员能力成熟度模型(P-CMM)的内容。本书与语言无关。实例代码对于C++和Java语言背景的读者同样清晰。

本书从面向对象范型出发对软件工程进行重新演绎。全面、系统、清晰地介绍了面向对象软件工程的基本概念、原理、方法和工具，通过实例说明了面向对象软件开发的整个过程。

本书分为两个部分：第一部分介绍了面向对象软件工程的基本理论；第二部分以工作流的形式介绍了软件生命周期。

PARTONE INTRODUCTION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTwARE ENGINEERING

 Chapter 1 The Scope of object-Oriented Software Engineering

 学习目标

1.1 Historical Aspects

1.2 Economic Aspects

1.3 Maintenance Aspects

 1.3.1 The Modern View of Maintenance

 1.3.2 The Importance of Post-delivery Maintenance

1.4 Requirements.Analysis.and Design Aspects

1.5 Team Development Aspects

1.6 Why There Is No Planning Phase

1.7 Why There Is No Testing Phase

1.8 Why There Is No Documentation Phase

1.9 The Obiect-Oriented Paradigm

1.10 Terminology

1.11 Ethical Issues

 Chapter Review

 For Further Reading

 Key Terms

 习题

 References

 Chapter 2 Software Life-Cycle Models

 Chapter 3 The Software Process

 Chapter 4 Teams

 Chapter 5 The Tools of The Trade

 Chapter 6 Testing

 Chapter 7 From Modules to Objeets

 Chapter 8 Reusability and Portability

 Chapter 9 Planning and Estimating

PART TWO THE WORKFLOWS OF THE SOFTWARE LIFE CYCLE

 Chapter 10 The Requirements Workflow

 Chapter 11 The Analysis Workflow

 Chapter 12 The Design Workflow

 Chapter 14 Postdelivery Maintenance

 Chapter 15 More on UML

Bibliography

Appendix