A Long and Winding Road (Progress on the Road to a Software Engineering Profession)

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25th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'01)

Chicago, Illinois

October 08-October 12

ISBN: 0-7695-1372-7

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	J. Barrie Thompson, "A Long and Winding Road (Progress on the Road to a Software Engineering Profession)," Computer Software and Applications Conference, Annual International, pp. 39, 25th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'01), 2001.

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	@article{ 10.1109/CMPSAC.2001.960596, author = {J. Barrie Thompson}, title = {A Long and Winding Road (Progress on the Road to a Software Engineering Profession)}, journal ={Computer Software and Applications Conference, Annual International}, volume = {0}, year = {2001}, issn = {0730-3157}, pages = {39}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CMPSAC.2001.960596}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - CONF JO - Computer Software and Applications Conference, Annual International TI - A Long and Winding Road (Progress on the Road to a Software Engineering Profession) SN - 0730-3157 SP EP A1 - J. Barrie Thompson, PY - 2001 KW - Professionalism KW - Software Engineering KW - Professional Standards KW - Code of Ethics KW - Body of Knowledge KW - Harmonisation KW - Globalisation. VL - 0 JA - Computer Software and Applications Conference, Annual International ER -

J. Barrie Thompson, University of Sunderland

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CMPSAC.2001.960596

An evaluation of the current state of developments in the field of Software Engineering (SE) Professionalism is presented including the effect of ACM withdrawing from the IEEE-CS/ACM Software Engineering Coordinating Committee (SWECC). An examination is made of two of the projects initiated by SWECC: that defining the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice and that providing a Guide to a Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. The successes and problems associated with each are highlighted. Details are presented of a project supported by the International Federation of Information Processing, concerned with the harmonisation of professional standards, which could now be very relevant to re-establishing progress on the road to a SE profession. Efforts undertaken to promote this work to the SE community are also reported. Finally overall conclusions and recommendations are given that could improve the situation in the future.

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Professionalism, Software Engineering, Professional Standards, Code of Ethics, Body of Knowledge, Harmonisation, Globalisation.

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J. Barrie Thompson, "A Long and Winding Road (Progress on the Road to a Software Engineering Profession)," compsac, pp.39, 25th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'01), 2001

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