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The purpose of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge is to
provide a validated classification of the bounds of the software engineering
discipline and topical access that will support this discipline. The Body of
Knowledge is subdivided into ten software engineering Knowledge Areas (KA) that
differentiate among the various important concepts, allowing readers to find
their way quickly to subjects of interest. Upon finding a subject, readers are
referred to key papers or book chapters.
Emphases on engineering practice lead the Guide toward a strong relationship
with the normative literature. The normative literature is validated by
consensus formed among practitioners and is concentrated in standards and
related documents. The two major standards bodies for software engineering
(IEEE Computer Society Software and Systems Engineering Standards Committee and
ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7) are represented in the project.
The Guide is oriented toward a variety of audiences, all over the world. It
aims to serve public and private organizations in need of a consistent view of
software engineering for defining education and training requirements,
classifying jobs, developing performance evaluation policies or specifying
software development tasks. It also addresses practicing, or managing, software
engineers and the officials responsible for making public policy regarding
licensing and professional guidelines. In addition, professional societies and
educators defining the certification rules, accreditation policies for
university curricula, and guidelines for professional practice will benefit
from the SWEBOK Guide, as well as the students learning the software
engineering profession and educators and trainers engaged in defining curricula
and course content. It is hoped that readers will find this book useful in
guiding them toward the knowledge and resources they need in their lifelong
career development as software engineering professionals.
The current Guide marks the end of the Ironman period by providing a Guide
that has achieved consensus through broad review and trial application. The
overall goal of the current revision is to improve the readability,
consistency, and usability of the Guide. In several cases, the topical
breakdown of a KA was rearranged to make it more usable. The reference list is
updated so that it will be easier to obtain the references. Trial usage
resulted in the recommendation that three KAs should be rewritten. Finally,
some KAs were revised to remove material duplicating that of other KAs.
Executive Editors: Alain Abran and James W. Moore
Editors: Pierre Bourque and Robert Dupuis
Chair: Leonard L. Tripp
200 pages. 7" x 10" Softcover. April 2005
ISBN 0-7695-2330-7
Catalog # C2330, $55.00 Members / $65.00 List
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