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A Mature Profession of Software Engineering
- January 1996
- This 1996 report presents a model that allows the characterization of the maturity of a profession in terms of eight infrastructure components.
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Publisher: Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number: CMU/SEI-96-TR-004
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Abstract
A model is presented that allows the characterization of the maturity of a profession in terms of eight infrastructure components: initial professional education, accreditation, skills development, certification, licensing, professional development, a code of ethics, and a professional society. Several mature professions are examined to provide examples of the nature of these components. The current states of the components of software engineering are described, and predictions are made for the evolution of those components as the profession matures.
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SEI
Ford, Gary & Gibbs, Norman. A Mature Profession of Software Engineering. CMU/SEI-96-TR-004 . Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. 1996. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=12515
IEEE
Ford. Gary, and Gibbs. Norman, "A Mature Profession of Software Engineering," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Technical Report CMU/SEI-96-TR-004 , 1996. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=12515
APA
Ford, Gary., & Gibbs, Norman. (1996). A Mature Profession of Software Engineering (CMU/SEI-96-TR-004 ). Retrieved December 15, 2015, from the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University website: http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=12515
CHI
Gary Ford, & Norman Gibbs. A Mature Profession of Software Engineering (CMU/SEI-96-TR-004 ). Pittsburgh, PA: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, 1996. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=12515
MLA
Ford, Gary., & Gibbs, Norman. 1996. A Mature Profession of Software Engineering (Technical Report CMU/SEI-96-TR-004 ). Pittsburgh: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=12515
BibTex
@techreport{FordAMature1996,
title={A Mature Profession of Software Engineering},
author={Gary Ford and Norman Gibbs},
year={1996},
number={CMU/SEI-96-TR-004 },
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
address={Pittsburgh, PA},
url={http://resources.sei.cmu.edu/library/asset-view.cfm?AssetID=12515}
}
