Title :
Continuing Prospects for an Engineering Discipline of Software
Author_Institution :
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
In her 1990 IEEE Software article "Prospects for an Engineering Discipline of Software" (Nov./Dec, pp. 15-24), Mary Shaw identified the key areas that the software development profession must address to become a true engineering discipline. That classic article made the magazine\´s 25th anniversary top picks list (Jan./Feb. 2009, pp. 9-11). Here, Mary reflects on the evolution of her thinking since the publication of "Prospects". The paper dealt with the topics of: programming progress; beyond programming; management of the software production; and progress toward an engineering discipline.
Keywords :
social aspects of automation; software engineering; IEEE software article; programming progress; prospects publication; software development profession; software engineering discipline; software production management; commercial practice; critical applications; development techniques; economic force; engineering discipline; expertise; information processing; professional specializations; routine practice; science; scientific basis; software engineering; software technology;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2009.172
