Are We Going to Fish or Cut Bait? Licensing and Certification of Software Professionals

Posted April 30, 1998 | Leadership |

Why Don't We Do It?

In his "Risks" column in Software Engineering Notes [8], Peter Neumann recites an ever-increasing litany of visible, embarrassing software problems that are causing financial loss, injury, and even death. In our litigious culture, it is amazing that there have not been more lawsuits on account of bad software. Why is this?

About The Author
Nancy Mead
Nancy Mead is senior member of the technical staff in the Networked Survivable Systems Program of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) and a faculty member in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Mead is currently involved in the study of survivable systems architectures and the development of professional infrastructure for software engineers. Her research interests are in the areas of software… Read More
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