• DocumentCode
    37429
  • Title

    Bringing the Human Factor to Software Engineering

  • Author

    Fernando Capretz, Luiz

  • Author_Institution
    Western Univ., London, ON, Canada
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Mar.-Apr. 2014
  • Firstpage
    104
  • Lastpage
    104
  • Abstract
    The human aspects involved in the software development process are vital to a successful completion of a software project. The author advocates for human factor topics to be part of mainstream software engineering education in order to elevate job satisfaction, improve performance, and increase productivity of software engineers. Emphasis should be on providing a practical overview of software engineering processes from a human perspective, offering alternative viewpoints within technically saturated curricula.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; human factors; software engineering; human factor; human perspective; job satisfaction; mainstream software engineering education; performance improvement; software development process; software engineers productivity; software project completion; Human factors; Software development; Software engineering; human factors; soft skills; software psychology;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Software, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0740-7459
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MS.2014.30
  • Filename
    6774355