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USING THIS BOOK

he fifth edition of Software Engineering: A Practitioner’s Approach (SEPA) has been
Tredesigned to enhance your reading experience and to provide integrated links to the
SEPA Web site, http://www.mhhe.com/pressman/. SepaWeb contains a wealth of useful
supplementary information for readers of the book and a broad array of resources (e.g.,
an Instructor’s Guide, classroom slides, and video supplements) for instructors who have
adopted SEPA for classroom use.
A comprehensive video curriculum, Essential Software Engineering, is available to com-
plement this book. The video curriculum has been designed for industry training and has
been modularized to enable individual software engineering topics to be presented on an
as-needed, when-needed basis. Further information on the video can be obtained by mail-
ing the request card at the back of this book. 1
Throughout the book, you will encounter marginal icons that should be interpreted in
the following manner:

The keypoint icon will help you The WebRef icon provides
Used to emphasize an WebRef
important point in the to find important points quickly. direct pointers to important
body of the text. For pointers that will take software engineering related
you directly to Web Web sites.
resources
The advice icon provides prag-
matic guidance that can help
The SepaWeb pointer indicates
Practical advice from you make the right decision or
the real world of avoid common problems while that further information about
software engineering. building software. the noted topic is available at
the SEPA Web site.
A selected topic
? Where can I The question mark icon asks
common questions that are
find the
answer? answered in the body of the The SepaWeb.checklists icon
points you to detailed checklists
text.
that will help you to assess the
software engineering work
XRef The xref icon will point you to
you’re doing and the work
Provides an important another part of the book where
cross reference within information relevant to the cur- products you produce.
the book. rent discussion can be found.
The SepaWeb.documents
The quote icon presents inter-
icon points you to detailed doc-
esting quotes that have rele-
“Important words” ument outlines, descriptions
vance to the topic at hand.
and examples contained within
the SEPA Web site.
1 If the card is missing, please visit the R.S. Pressman & Associates, Inc. Web site at
xxviii http://www.rspa.com/ese, or e-mail to info@rspa.com.