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
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