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• Rumors of Software Engineering's Death are Greatly Exaggerated (aka Software Engineering Ignorance, Part II)

  A reader of my previous blog post on Software Engineering Ignorance pointed me to Eric Wise's blog post Rejecting Software Engineering . Eric seems like a bright guy, and he's a persuasive writer, but his post is another example of what I was referring to in my earlier post -- that is, people... Posted Jun 28 2007, 10:37 AM by Steve McConnell with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: software engineering

• Software Engineering Ignorance

  The February 2007 issue of IEEE Computer contained a column titled "Software Development: What Is the Problem?" (pp. 112, 110-111). The column author asserts, "Writing and maintaining software are not engineering activities. So it's not clear why we call software development software... Posted Jun 23 2007, 10:15 AM by Steve McConnell with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: software engineering