• DocumentCode
    1270087
  • Title

    Software engineering grows up

  • Author

    Frailey, Dennis J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Southern Methodist Univ., Dallas, TX
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1999
  • Abstract
    The author discusses licensing in the software engineering profession. If software professionals do not participate in defining licensing and other regulation mechanisms, they could find themselves at the mercy of laws designed to protect segments of industry or to increase the reach of professional organizations that do not represent them
  • Keywords
    legislation; professional aspects; software engineering; laws; licensing; professional organizations; regulation mechanisms; software engineering profession; software professionals; Application software; Certification; Computer industry; History; Licenses; Postal services; Productivity; Remuneration; Software engineering; Software safety;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/52.805475
  • Filename
    805475