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Pressman, Roger S. 2005. S<strong>of</strong>tware engineering: A practitioner’s approach. 6th edition.<br />
McGraw-Hill.<br />
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• Important: According to McGraw-Hill, the 7th edition will be available in March 2009.<br />
However, do not buy the 7th edition. At the time <strong>of</strong> setting this tutorial letter, we did not<br />
have access to the 7th edition and therefore cannot prescribe it for 2009! All the<br />
bookshops will be urged to buy the 6th edition, and we do not take responsibility if you buy<br />
the wrong one.<br />
• A hardcover and s<strong>of</strong>tcover copy are available. The s<strong>of</strong>tcover copy is much cheaper than<br />
the hardcover copy.<br />
• Please buy the book as soon as you register for the course. More than one university<br />
prescribes the book, and if you wait until May to buy it, you will probably not find a copy.<br />
• Note that Pressman will be cheaper if you buy it in South Africa at a local bookstore than<br />
from an online bookstore. At the time <strong>of</strong> writing this tutorial letter, the price at American<br />
online bookstores was between $110 and $120. We recommend that you first phone the<br />
list <strong>of</strong> bookstores in Services and procedures to get the local price for the book before<br />
using an online store.<br />
Please consult the list <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial booksellers and their addresses in Services and procedures.<br />
If you have any difficulty obtaining books from these bookshops, please ring the Contact<br />
Centre as soon as possible.<br />
5.2 Study guide<br />
We do not wish to burden you with much more reading material than is already accessible<br />
through the textbook. In Tutorial letter 501 you will find answers to selected questions at the<br />
end <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the chapters included in this course.<br />
6 Syllabus<br />
We use the textbook and additional material that we send out in the form <strong>of</strong> tutorial letters.<br />
The 6th edition <strong>of</strong> S<strong>of</strong>tware engineering: A practitioner’s approach contains 32 chapters<br />
organised into five parts. The book is approximately 900 pages in length. For this course, only<br />
the following will be covered:<br />
Chapter heading Comments Pages to<br />
study<br />
Chapter 1: S<strong>of</strong>tware and s<strong>of</strong>tware engineering Study 19<br />
Chapter 2: Process: A generic review Study 24<br />
Chapter 3: Prescriptive process models Study 25
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