SWEBOK Guide is developed by the IEEE Computer Society with leaders from industry and academia. It is ratified by ISO-IEC 24773 standard as the BOK for software engineering certifications internationally. The CSDA and CSDP are the first 2 certifications to conform to the ISO-IEC standard.
Here are the SWEBOK knowledge areas, its sub areas, and it’s references and suggested books.
1. Business Practices and Engineering Economics (3-4% questions in CSDP)
No book-length references are recommended for this topic.
The following books are suggested as supplemental reading in this area:
- Morality and Machines: Perspectives on Computer Ethics, Edgar, S. L., Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones and Bartlett, 1997. ISBN 0763717673
- Computer Ethics, 2d Ed., Johnson, Deborah G, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1994. ISBN 0130836990
- Smith and Roberson's Business Law, 11th ed., Mann, Richard A., & Barry S. Roberts, Cincinnati, OH: West Thomson Learning, 2000. ISBN 0324121849
- Engineering Economy, Thusen, G.J., Prentice-Hall, 2000. ISBN 013028128X
2. Software Requirements (13-15% questions in CSDP)
- Requirements Engineering Process
- Requirements Elicitation
- Requirements Analysis
- Software Requirements Specification
- Requirements Validation
- Requirements Management
- Software Requirements: Objects, Functions, & States, Davis, Alan. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1993. ISBN 013805763X
- Practical Software Requirements: A Manual of Content and Style, Kovitz, Benjamin L., Manning Publications Company, 1998. ISBN 1884777597
- Mastering the Requirements Process, Robertson, James and Suzanne Robertson, New York: Dorset House, 2000. ISBN 0201360462
- Requirements Engineering: A Good Practice Guide, Sommerville, Ian, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997. ISBN 0471974447
- Software Requirements, Wiegers, Karl. Microsoft Press, 1999. ISBN 0735606315
3. Software Design (22-24% questions in CSDP)
- Software Design Concepts
- Software Architecture
- Software Design Quality Analysis and Evaluation
- Software Design Notations and Documentation
- Software Design Strategies and Methods
- Human Factors in Software Design
- Software and System Safety
- Software Architecture in Practice, Bass, Len, Paul Clements and Rick Kazman. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1998. ISBN 0201199300
- Pattern Oriented Software Architecture: A System of Patterns, Buschmann, Frank, et al, John Wiley & Sons, 1996. ISBN 0471958697
- Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML, Page-Jones, Meilir, Addison-Wesley, 1999. ISBN 0201699946X
The following books are suggested as supplemental reading in this area:
- Fundamentals of Database Systems, Elmasri, Ramez and Shamkant Navathe, 3d Ed., Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0805317554
- Software Reuse: Architecture, Process and Optimization for Business Success, Jacobsen, Ivar, Martin Griss, and Patrik Jonson, Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1997. ISBN 0201924765
4. Software Construction (10-12% questions in CSDP)
- Construction planning
- Code design
- Data design and management
- Error processing
- Source code organization
- Code documentation
- Construction QA
- System integration and deployment
- Code tuning
- Construction tools
- Code Complete, McConnell, Steve, Microsoft Press, 1993. ISBN 1-5561-5484-4
The following books are suggested as supplemental reading in this area:
- The Practice of Programming, Kernighan, Brian W. and Rob Pike, Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1999. ISBN 020161586X
- The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master, Hunt, Andrew, David Thomas, and Ward Cunningham, Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1999. ISBN020161622X
5. Software Testing (15-17% questions in CSDP)
- Types of Tests
- Test Levels
- Testing Strategies
- Test Design
- Test Coverage of Code
- Test Coverage of Specifications
- Test Execution
- Test Documentation
- Test Management
- Testing Object-Oriented Systems, Binder, Robert V. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 2000. ISBN 0201809389
- Complete Guide to Software Testing, 2nd Ed., Hetzel, Bill, New York, New York: John Wiley & Son, 1993. ISBN 0471565679
- Software Testing : A Craftsman's Approach, Jorgensen, Paul C. CRC Press, 1995. ISBN 0849308097
- Testing Computer Software, 2nd Ed., Kaner, Clem, Jack Falk, and Hung Quoc Nguyen, New York, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1999. ISBN 0471358460
- Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Lewis, William. CRC Press 2000. ISBN 0849398339
- The Craft of Software Testing: Subsystems Testing Including Object-Based and Object-Oriented Testing, Marick, Brian. Prentice Hall, 1997. ISBN 0131774115
6. Software Maintenance (3-5% questions in CSDP)
- Software Maintainability
- Software Maintenance Process
- Software Maintenance Measurement
- Software Maintenance Planning
- Software Maintenance Management
- Software Maintenance Documentation
- Practical Software Maintenance, Pigoski, Thomas M. New York, Wiley Computer Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0471170011
7. Software Configuration Management (3-4% questions in CSDP)
- Management of SCM Process
- Software Configuration Identification
- Software Configuration Control
- Software Configuration Status Accounting
- Software Configuration Auditing
- Software Release Management and Delivery
8. Software Engineering Management (10-12% questions in CSDP)
- Measurement
- Organizational Management and Coordination
- Initiation and Scope Definition
- Planning
- Software Acquisition
- Enactment
- Risk Management
- Review and Evaluation
- Project Close Out
- Post-closure Activities
- Principles of Software Engineering Management, Gilb, Tom, Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1988. ISBN 0-2011-9246-2
- Rapid Development, McConnell, Steve, Microsoft Press, 1996. ISBN 1556159005
- Software Engineering Project Management, 2d ed, Thayer, Richard H., IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA 1997. ISBN 0-8186-8000-8
- Quality Software Management, Vol. 1, Systems Thinking, Weinberg, Gerald M.. New York: Dorset House, 1992. ISBN 0932633226
The following book is suggested as supplemental reading in this area:
- Developing Managerial Skills in Engineers and Scientists, Badawy, Michael K. Van Hostrand, NY, 1995. ISBN 0471286346
9. Software Engineering Process (2-4% questions in CSDP)
- Process Infrastructure
- Process Measurement
- Process Definition
- Qualitative Process Analysis
- Process Implementation and Change
- The Capability Maturity Model: Guidelines for Improving the Software Process, Paulk, Mark, et al (Carnegie Mellon University / Software Engineering Institute). Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1995. ISBN 0201546647
- Managing the Software Process, Humphrey, Watts S. Reading, Massachusetts, Addison-Wesley, 1989. ISBN 0201180952
10. Software Engineering Tools and Methods (2-4% questions in CSDP)
- Management Tools and Methods
- Development Tools and Methods
- Maintenance Tools and Methods
- Support Tools and Methods
11. Software Quality (6-8% questions in CSDP)
- Software Quality Concepts
- Planning for SQA and V&V
- Methods for SQA and V&V
- Measurement Applied to SQA and V&V
No book-length references are recommended for this topic:
The following books are suggested as supplemental reading in this area:
- Software Engineering, Dorfman, M. & Thayer, R., eds. Los Alamitos, California: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8186-7609-4
- Software Inspection, Gilb, Tom., and Dorothy Graham, Reading, MA, Addison-Wesley, 1994. ISBN 0-2016-3181-4
- Practical Guide to Software Quality Management, Horch, John, Artech House, 1996. ISBN 0890068658
- A Discipline for Software Engineering, Humphrey, Watts S. Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, 1995. ISBN 0201546108
- Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering, Kan, Stephen H. Addison Wesley, 1995. ISBN 0201729156
