Prof. Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and an Associate Lecturer (Research) at the University of Derby, UK. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa. Among his many publications are the Springer titles Requirements Engineering for Service and Cloud Computing, Connectivity Frameworks for Smart Devices, Data Science and Big Data Computing, Cloud Computing: Challenges, Limitations and R&D Solutions, Continued Rise of the Cloud, Cloud Computing: Methods and Practical Approaches, Software Engineering Frameworks for the Cloud Computing Paradigm, and Cloud Computing for Enterprise Architectures.

Part I: Characteristics and Estimation of Software Projects for Distributed Computing

Modelling of Reusability Estimation in Software Design with External Constraints
R. Selvarani and P. Mangayarkarasi

Estimation of Costs and Time for the Development of Distributed Software
Manal El Bajta, Ali Idri, Joaquín Nicolas Ros, José Luis Fernandez-Aleman, and Ambrosio Toval

Using COSMIC for the Functional Size Measurement of Distributed Applications in Cloud Environments
Filomena Ferrucci, Carmine Gravino, and Pasquale Salza

Characteristics of Large-Scale Defense Projects and the Dominance of Software and Software Project Management
Kadir Alpaslan Demir

Software Project Management as a Service (SPMaaS): Perspectives and Benefits
Muthu Ramachandran and Vikrant Chaugule

Part II: Approached and Frameworks for Software Development and Software Project Management

Component-Based Hybrid Reference Architecture for Managing Adaptable Embedded Software Development
Bo Xing

3PR Framework for Software Project Management: People, Processes, Products and Risks
Kadir Alpaslan Demir

CrowdSWD: A Novel Framework for Crowdsourcing Software Development Inspired by the Concept of Biological Metaphor
Tarek A. Ali, Eman S. Nasr, and Mervat H. Gheith

An Approach to Migrate and Manage Software: Cloud Based Requirements Management
Areeg Samir

A Novel Approach to Modelling Distributed Systems - Using Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems
Bogdan OkreSa Ðuric

Part III: Advances in Software Project Management and Distributed Software Development

Optimizing Software Error Proneness Prediction using Bird Mating AlgorithmAmrit Pal, Harsh Jain, and Manish Kumar

i(mproved)Agile: A Customized Scrum Process for Project Management in Defense & Security
Luigi Benedicenti, Paolo Ciancarini, Franco Cotugno, Angelo Messina, Alberto Sillitti, and Giancarlo Succi

Ontology Annotation for Software Engineering Project Management in Multi-site Distributed Software Development Environments
Pornpit Wongthongtham, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong, and Syed Hassan Marzooq

Investigating the Scope for Agile Project Management to be Adopted by Higher Education Institutions
Simon P Philbin

Software Project Management for Combined Software and Data Engineering
Seyyed M. Shah, James Welch, Jim Davies, and Jeremy Gibbons

This unique volume explores cutting-edge management approaches to developing complex software that is efficient, scalable, sustainable, and suitable for distributed environments. Practical insights are offered by an international selection of pre-eminent authorities, including case studies, best practices, and balanced corporate analyses. Emphasis is placed on the use of the latest software technologies and frameworks for life-cycle methods, including the design, implementation and testing stages of software development.

Topics and features:

· Reviews approaches for reusability, cost and time estimation, and for functional size measurement of distributed software applications

· Discusses the core characteristics of a large-scale defense system, and the design of software project management (SPM) as a service

· Introduces the 3PR framework, research on crowdsourcing software development, and an innovative approach to modeling large-scale multi-agent software systems

· Examines a system architecture for ambient assisted living, and an approach to cloud migration and management assessment

· Investigates the benefits of agile project management for higher education institutions, and SPM that combines software and data engineering

This important text/reference is essential reading for project managers and software engineers involved in developing software for distributed computing environments. Students and researchers interested in SPM technologies and frameworks will also find the work to be an invaluable resource.

Prof. Zaigham Mahmood is a Senior Technology Consultant at Debesis Education UK and an Associate Lecturer (Research) at the University of Derby, UK. He also holds positions as Foreign Professor at NUST and IIU in Islamabad, Pakistan, and Professor Extraordinaire at the North West University Potchefstroom, South Africa.