ICSE2001 workshop to consider global aspects of software engineering professionalism

  • Authors:

  • J. Barrie Thompson

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Sunderland, Sunderland SR6 0DD, United Kingdom.

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

The prime aim of the workshop was to provide a forum to consider global aspects of a Software Engineering profession and determine the relevance and usefulness of an initiative concerning the harmonization of professional standards which had been produced under the auspices of the International Federation of Information Processing. In particular the workshop addressed: the current situation with regard to models of certification and/or licensing in different countries, the drivers and constraints regarding Software Engineering professionalism, the roles of: international bodies and organisations, professional bodies, and learned societies. Also open questions and actions for the future were identified. The planned and the actual operation of the workshop are described. The discussion sessions are outlined and the major issues resulting from these discussions are presented. Post workshop conclusions are reported, as are relevant international developments that have occurred in the three months following the workshop. Also included are two appendices: one providing background information to the workshop the other providing a copy of the IFIP harmonization document,