| > | | | | software products that are built and created. |
| Management of security features and assurances via | | | | What type of data is collected in designing and |
| control of changes to hardware, software, firmware, | | | | implementing software? This is another critical feature |
| documentation, test, test fixtures and test | | | | of the software development process that has a |
| documentation of AIS, during the development and | | | | great deal of variety in the software engineering field. |
| life cycle of a system. | | | | Setting down some basic software engineering |
| Software engineering is a relatively new career field | | | | standards in this area enables both clients and |
| in technology today in comparison to other jobs. | | | | engineers to establish a better working relationship |
| There has been a recent change in this area of | | | | because everyone knows what the standards are |
| technology by the industry trying to establish some | | | | for different types of projects. You can also learn |
| consistent software engineer standards that | | | | more at |
| technicians should follow and adhere to for this field. | | | | There have been over-all industry complaints that |
| The integrity of software engineering is increased | | | | many software engineers are not engineers at all. |
| with software engineering standards. Today more | | | | They are simply people that are very computer |
| and more companies are requiring that their software | | | | literate and know how to write basic programs. |
| engineers have certification. It is no longer the norm | | | | These people are then assuming the title of a |
| to pick up a job in this field simply because you have | | | | software engineer to secure higher paying contracts |
| a vast amount of hands-on experience and training. | | | | for services that are not up to the industry |
| Companies want employees and self-contractors that | | | | standards or often times even to the client's |
| actually have taken the graduate-level courses and | | | | standards. This then costs companies a great deal of |
| obtained certification. | | | | money and time working with someone that is not |
| Even though software can run different applications | | | | qualified to handle the project. That is why many |
| and processes on various types of systems, there | | | | companies are requiring that anyone that does |
| are now sets of standards for each general | | | | software engineering work for them either in-house |
| category. There is a minimum acceptable level of | | | | or through outsourcing have software engineering |
| performance by the industry. For example, it is not | | | | certification. |
| enough to simply install a configuration management | | | | The current software engineering standards are being |
| system for a company but the software engineering | | | | molded and set in the industry. Many software |
| standards require that the system run a particular | | | | engineering teams and companies are providing clients |
| way, meet certain specifications and perform | | | | with a detailed list of their software engineering |
| minimum tasks. | | | | standards that they follow to provide company and |
| Having clearly defined software engineering standards | | | | individual integrity. You will find that industry wide |
| enables everyone to operate from the same base | | | | there are more and more standards being set forth |
| level. For example, how many internal software tests | | | | and followed the same way consistently from |
| will be run on a product before it is fully developed | | | | software engineer to software engineer. This is |
| and completed? Some engineers run extensive | | | | building the integrity of the this part of the |
| testing and others run minimal testing. Having a | | | | technological business industry as well as providing |
| standard that is required by everyone in the field | | | | clients that utilize this industry with consistency and |
| provides more consistency and better control of | | | | reliability. |