Licensing software professionals: where are we?

Authors:
Laurie Honour Werth
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
Venue:
SIGCSE '99 The proceedings of the thirtieth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
1999

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Abstract

The two major professional organizations, IEEE-CS and ACM, have been working for some time to lay the foundation for improving professionalism in the discipline. When the Texas Society for Professional Engineering passed a resolution this summer to begin licensing software engineers in the second largest state in the Union, efforts intensified. Although it is still early in the process, academics need to understand the issues surrounding the licensing of software professionals.We begin with definitions of professionalism and licensing for software professionals. Major issues for industry, academic and professional organization stakeholders are briefly summarized and discussed. Information resources for educators are provided.