Title :
Is the software engineering state of the practice getting closer to the of the art?
Author :
Reifer, Donald J.
Abstract :
How do the state of the art and the state of the practice of software engineering differ? Having surveyed them using current frameworks, the author identifies missing research areas and good practices and identifies eight critical success factors that can help managers close the gap.
Keywords :
research and development management; software engineering; critical success factors; good practices; research areas; software engineering state of the practice; software managers; state of the art; Business; Certification; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Guidelines; Investments; Programming; Software engineering; Software quality; Taxonomy;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2003.1241370
