The complete guide to certification for computing professionals
The complete guide to certification for computing professionals
Current accreditation, certification, and licensure activities related to software engineering
Annals of Software Engineering - Special issue on software engineering education
Knowledge, Professionalism and Free Movement of Labor (Visions of the Software Engineering Future)
COMPSAC '00 24th International Computer Software and Applications Conference
COMPSAC '00 24th International Computer Software and Applications Conference
Reviewing the professionalization of software engineering: can small colleges remain viable?
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Software engineering education: How far we've come and how far we have to go
Journal of Systems and Software
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The issues associated with licensing and certification of software engineers are difficult. At present, there is no agreed-to body of knowledge on which to base certification. Some state legislatures are attempting to regulate the practice of software engineering without adequate understanding of the field. As a result of safety-critical software disasters, some professionals believe that licensing or certification is inevitable, so the software community had better figure out how to do it before someone else does it for them. In this paper, we survey the state of the practice of licensing and certification in other professions, identify the issues that might be encountered in attempting to license and certify software engineers, and suggest possible actions that could be taken by the profession. We discuss the implications of licensing or certification for education.