Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach, 5th edition, 2000-12

he book does little explaining and does a lot of quoting of other sources (this person says this way, that person thinks it should be done that way....) Every attempt at an explanation is really just another list. The book is list upon list, and doesn't connect the dots in any meaningful way! Hardly a way to get to know the subject. The overwhelming use of abbreviations (BAA, BPE, SCI, CAA, SCM, etc., etc.) makes understanding even worse because you have to try to remember what the initials stand for, sometimes chapters later. Probably Ok if you have already done software engineering for years.