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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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