Software Engineering: A Profession in Waiting.

Ongoing efforts to make software development an engineering discipline will fail until we have legislation requiring that creators of certain types of software be licensed, establishing a licensing authority, and detailing the capabilities that a licensed developer must possess.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Computer (00189162) Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 62 - 65
Main Author: Parnas, David Lorge
Format: Article
Published: IEEE May2021
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Summary:Ongoing efforts to make software development an engineering discipline will fail until we have legislation requiring that creators of certain types of software be licensed, establishing a licensing authority, and detailing the capabilities that a licensed developer must possess.