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1. A Multidimensional Software Engineering Course.

Author

Barzilay, Ohad, Hazzan, Orit, and Yehudai, Amiram

Subjects
*CURRICULUM, *SOFTWARE engineering education
Abstract

Software engineering (SE) is a multidimensional field that involves activities in various areas and disciplines, such as computer science, project management, and system engineering. Though modern SE curricula include designated courses that address these various subjects, an advanced summary course that synthesizes them is still missing. Such a course would enable young practitioners to get a comprehensive description of SE, to experience a genuine software development process, and to appreciate the relations and tradeoffs between the various domains of SE. This paper proposes a multidimensional SE course framework aimed at giving SE students just such comprehensive, cross-paradigm, practical, and theoretical experience and background. The course is organized along four axes: a) fundamentals of SE; b) practices and tools; c) productization; and d) technology evolution. Each of these axes, in themselves multifaceted, enables an examination of SE on various scales and from different perspectives; together they create a holistic multidimensional description of SE. The course is evaluated according to accepted criteria highlighting the course scope, pedagogic decisions, and relevance. The authors also describe their experience of teaching the course three times in the Tel Aviv University and the academic college of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo, Israel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2009
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2. Career Watch.

Subjects
*INFORMATION technology, *CAREER development, *VOCATIONAL guidance, *CAREER changes, *EDUCATION, *SOFTWARE engineering, *BIOTECHNOLOGY, *EXECUTIVES
Abstract

This article presents the answers of Roy E. Lawrence, chief technology officer of Capital One Financial Corp., McLean, Virginia, to questions regarding the IT career. One question is from a junior in college who is focused on networking. His problem is that his school is not very strong in that field. He asks what he can do on his own to develop skills that will make him competitive with students from other schools. Another question asks how one can exploit one's in-depth knowledge of both software engineering and biotechnology while hedging bets against job outsourcing. The third and last question asks whether one should plan to leverage the portfolio of white papers, audits, analyses and case studies in one's career when interviewing for a director or CIO position.

Published
2004

3. MAIL: Readers Sound Off.

Author

Archibald, John, Ashliman, Robert M., Holsen, John H., Manka, Walter, and Wyatt, John

Subjects
*LETTERS to the editor, *COMPUTER engineers, *SOFTWARE engineering, *PROBLEM solving, *PENCILS
Abstract

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues including one on the level of knowledge some engineers have about the nature of their profession, another on the problems in software engineering, and last, on the use of the traditional pencil instead of software.

Published
2006