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Software Engineering needs to be seen as a professional discipline and for this to occur there needs to be both educational and professional infrastructures which reflect a true “engineering” ethos. A summary of recent movements in the fields of Software Engineering education and professionalism is given, followed by a more in-depth analysis of four particularly significant projects/activities: the project concerned with the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice, the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) project, the Production of the Software Engineering volume as part of the CC2001 effort, and the work associated with the International Federation for Information Processing’s proposals regarding the Harmonization of Professional Standards in information technology and how this relates to Software Engineering. Finally, conclusions are presented along with details of further work that needs to be undertaken.
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CCSE, Computing Curricula Software Engineering: the Software Engineering volume of CC2001, information is available from the project’s web site: http://sites.computer.org/ccse/
CSDP, IEEE Computer Society Certified Software Development Professional, Web Site: http://computer.org/certification. Support CD: Developing Software Engineering as a Profession, Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Inc, ISBN 0-7695-1899-0.
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FP6, Sixth Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities, The priority thematic areas of research in FP6 are detailed in Annex 1 of the documentation for Expressions of Interest and are held at: ftp://ftp.cordis.lu/pub/fp6/eoi-instruments/docs/eoi_annexl.pdf
IFIP International Federation for Information Processing information available from web site: http://www.ifip.or.at
SEEPP Project concerned with the Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice. Details of this are available at the following Web Sites: http://computer.org/tab/seprof/code.htm, and http://computer.org/tab/sweec/SWCEPP
SWEBOK, Software Engineering Body of Knowledge Project, Web Site is at: http://www.swebok.org
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Thompson, J.B. (2005). Developments in the fields of Software Engineering. In: van Weert, T.J. (eds) Education and the Knowledge Society. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, vol 161. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23120-X_10
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