Sunday, April 29, 2007

Myths about Software Engineering

I was browsing around Tweako today saw a decent article on the Top Ten Myths about Software Engineering, its a decent read, I can't say I agree with the article entirely but it brings up some good points. Check out the who article here.

For those of you who just want to see the list:

  1. Software Engineering is the same as Software Development
  2. Software Engineering has no formal basis - It is an art rather than a science
  3. Software Engineering is a well-established field
  4. Software Engineering involves more testing, requirements analysis, and documentation
  5. Practicing UML, MDA, Aspect Oriented Programming, eXtreme Programming etc. makes one a Software Engineer
  6. A Software Engineer is he who handles both technical and managerial issues in software development
  7. Software Engineers are much too different from Computer Scientists
  8. SWEBOK represents the state-of-the-art in Software Engineering
  9. Software Engineering is "engineering"
  10. Software Engineering is not "engineering"

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