Client-Centered Software Development

<p><strong><em>Client-Centered Software Development: The CO-FOSS Approach</em></strong> introduces a method to creating a customized software product for a single client either from scratch or by reusing open source components. The clients are typically non-profit humanitarian educational or public service organizations. This approach has been used in undergraduate courses where students learn the principles of software development while implementing a real-world software product. This book provides instructors students clients and professional software developers with detailed guidance for developing a new CO-FOSS product from conceptualization to completion.</p><p>Features</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>Provides instructors students clients and professional software developers with a roadmap for the development of a new CO-FOSS product from conceptualization to completion </li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Motivates students with real-world projects and community service experiences </li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Teaches all elements of the software process including requirements gathering design collaboration coding testing client communication refactoring and writing developer and user documentation</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Uses source code that can be reused and refitted to suit the needs of future projects since each CO-FOSS product is free and open source software</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Provides links to a rich variety of resources for instructors and students to freely use in their own courses that develop new CO-FOSS products for other non-profits.</li> <br><br> </ul>