Benefits of certification

Author

Tripp, Leonard L.

Volume

35

Issue

6

fYear

2002

fDate

6/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

33

Abstract

To inform readers about the IEEE Computer Society´s new Certified Software Development Professional credential program, Computer´s board invited Leonard Tripp to describe the program and outline its benefits to professional software developers. Likewise, it invited Adam Kolawa to set forth his concerns about the efficacy of certification. Tripp asserts that certification will help in establishing professional standards and raising the benchmark for individual performance in achieving software quality and productivity. Kolawa counters that we should first determine - if possible - what makes computer science a science and enforce this understanding through accreditation at the educational level, not through certification after the fact

Keywords

accreditation; certification; professional aspects; software engineering; software quality; IEEE Computer Society; accreditation; certification; professional standards; software engineering; software quality; Benchmark testing; Certification; Code standards; Ethics; Programming; Software engineering; Software quality; Software standards; Software testing; Standards development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2002.1009164

Filename

1009164