• DocumentCode
    847171
  • Title

    Professional licensing and the social transformation of software engineers

  • Author

    Laplante, Phillip A.

  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    40
  • Lastpage
    45
  • Abstract
    There are numerous published debates on the pros and cons of software licensing and it has already been suggested that software engineering as a profession can be compared to the medical profession. This paper is to provide a comparative analysis of the evolution of the medical profession to that of software engineering. This analysis supports the contention that licensing will occur but that we must wait longer, perhaps much longer before the professional societies finally agree on the criteria for licensing.
  • Keywords
    contracts; professional aspects; societies; software engineering; medical profession; professional societies; software engineering; software licensing; Banking; Biomedical engineering; Certification; Costs; History; Licenses; Process control; Professional societies; Protection; Software engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0278-0097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MTAS.2005.1442380
  • Filename
    1442380
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=847171