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Prospects for an engineering discipline of software
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Although software engineering is not yet a true engineering discipline, it has the potential to become one. Older engineering fields are examined to ascertain the character that software engineering might have. The current state of software technology is discussed, covering information processing as an economic force, the growing role of software in critical applications, the maturity of development techniques, and the scientific basis for software engineering practice. Five basic steps that the software engineering profession must take to become a true engineering discipline are described. They are: understanding the nature of expertise, recognizing different ways to get information, encouraging routine practice, expecting professional specializations, and improving the coupling between science and commercial practice.>
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- Authors
- Shaw, M.
- Affiliations
- Carnegie Mellon University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Shaw, M.
- ORCID
- Shaw, M.
- Venue
- IEEE Software
- Published
- 1990-11
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 15-24
- ISSN
- 0740-7459 (ISSN-L)
- 1937-4194
- OpenAlex
- W2122253789
- Cited by
- 346
- References
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- FWCI
- 39.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- figshare.com
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- IEEE Software (publishedVersion)
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- KiltHub Repository (submittedVersion)
- KiltHub Repository
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Defense
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- U.S. Air Force
- Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Software Engineering Techniques and Practices
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Software › Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy
- Keywords
- software engineering profession, software development maturity, professional specialization, software engineering practices
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