Professional Issues in Software Engineering

ISBN-13: 9780748409518 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 380 str.

Frank Bott; Allison Coleman

Opis

This text provides up-to-date coverage of an area that is now perceived as an essential element of a software engineer's education - the legal, professional and commercial context in which they must work. The 1990s have seen a rapidly growing appreciation of the importance to software engineers of issues beyond mere technical knowledge. These include: the commercial and financial framework; the effect of new technology on employment; the safety and reliability of computer systems; intellectual property rights in software; computer contracts; and computer misuse. The context in which professional software engineers operate changes as quickly as technology. This new edition has been comprehensively revised to reflect these changes. The major changes have been the development of the Internet, the new Data Protection Act, and recent developments in the legal status of software engineers in the USA. All these are covered and the first chapter has been substantially extended to cover ethical issues and codes of conduct.

Spis treści

1. The Engineering Profession 2. The Structure of Organisations 3. Finance and Accounting 4. Anatomy of a Software House 5. Computer Contracts 6. Intellectual Property Rights 7. The Framework of Employee Relations Law and Changing Management Practices 8. Human Resource Management and Software Engineering 9. Health and Safety at Work 10. Software Liability: Liability and Practice 11. Computer Misuse and the Criminal Law 12. Regulation and Control of Personal Information: Data Protection, Defamation and Related Issues Appendix: The British Computer Society Code of Conduct

O autorze

Frank Bott, Allison Coleman, Allison Coleman, Diane Rowland