• DocumentCode
    838675
  • Title

    The Biological Half-Life of Software Engineering Ideas

  • Author

    Kruchten, Philippe

  • Author_Institution
    University of British Columbia
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    10
  • Lastpage
    11
  • Abstract
    The first installment of this new column on professional development discusses how some software engineering ideas have a half-life. The author conjectures that this half-life is roughly five years, and outlines the need for software engineers to thus stay abreast of new technologies.
  • Keywords
    Accreditation; Biology computing; Books; Certification; Computer science education; Engineering profession; Programming; Software architecture; Software engineering; Software standards; professional development; software careers; software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2008.127
  • Filename
    4602666