The Responsible Software Engineer: Selected Readings in It Professionalism

ISBN-13: 9783540760412 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 360 str.

Colin Myers; Colin Myers; Tracy Hall

Opis

This volume provides workers in the software industry with an overview of different approaches to professionalism. It focuses specifically on software engineering as a profession, covering issues such as the role of professional bodies, project management, user awareness and standards recognition.

Spis treści

1 Introduction.- Professional Bodies.- 2 Software Engineering: A New Professionalism.- 3 Attributes and Goals for a Mature Profession.- 4 Establishing Standards of Professional Practice.- 5 Professional Activities of the British Computer Society.- 6 Software Engineering Education, Personal Development and Hong Kong.- 7 The Road to Professionalism in Medical Informatics.- 8 Who should License Software Engineers?.- Accountability.- 9 Is an Ethical Code Feasible?.- 10 Can a Software Engineer Afford to be Ethical?.- 11 Software Project Management Ethics.- 12 Obligations for IT Ethics Education.- 13 Legal Aspects of Safety Critical Systems.- 14 Do Software Engineers Help or Hinder the Protection of Data?.- 15 Is it Reasonable to Apply the Term Responsible to Non-Human Entities?.- Equal Opportunities.- 16 Technology and Citizenship for the Disabled, and Why it Matters to You.- 17 Problem-Solving Tools for the Disabled.- 18 Who Holds the Key to the Glass Door?.- 19 The Contribution Women Could Make to IT Professionalism.- 20 But isn’t Computing Boring?.- Working Practices.- 21 Professional Responsibilities and Information Systems Failure.- 22 Problems in Requirements Communication.- 23 Responsibilities under the Capability Maturity Model.- 24 Revenge of the Methodology Anarchist.- 25 Software Engineering Practices in the UK.- 26 Escaping the Mythology that Plagues Software Technology.- 27 Is the Rush to Quality a Move to Inequality?.- 28 Pressures to Behave Unprofessionally.- Education and Training.- 29 Selling, Marketing and Procuring Software.- 30 Curriculum Support for Professionalism.- 31 Academic Perspectives of Professionalism.- 32 Student Projects and Professionalism.- 33 Converting Computer Science Graduates into Professionals.- 34 Stereotypes, Young People and Computing.