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In this article I reflect on the legacy of Frederick P.

This article asks the question whether it is possible to take advantage of infrastructure as code to improve the structure and behavior of the software…

When IEEE Software published its Software Engineering SE Radio podcast on 23 February 2022featuring Sergey Gorbunov on blockchain interoperabilityit was…

During the fall semester of 2005, I was working hastily on the finishing touches of my Ph.D.

Mobile computing is becoming a key aspect of our lives.

A Software Engineer applies the principles of engineering to the design, development, maintenance, testing, and evaluation of a softwareenabled system.

How information is shared has changed signifi cantly due to technology and will continue to change.

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To celebrate the 200th issue of IEEE Software, Voice of Evidence uses data to examine whether it has helped bridge the gap between research and practice by…

This special issue offers a range of perspectives on software engineering's future from professionals working around the world in diverse areas of software.

An architect whose skills and capabilities match a project's needs will more likely be successful.

Agile teams strive to balance short-term feature development with longer-term quality concerns.

Big data applications are pushing the limits of software engineering on multiple horizons.

IEEE Software editor in chief Forrest Shull talks with author and consultant Linda Rising about the power of retrospectives for software teams.

IEEE Software Editor-in-Chief Forrest Shull discusses his tenure and looks at the initiatives during this time.

IEEE Software Editor-in-Chief Forrest Shull discusses privacy implications for mobile and cloud computing with the John Howie, chief operating officer of the…

Interconnected systems of systems provide capabilities that aren't available in any single system.

We mostly see two strategic pitfalls across the board: failure to recognize that a SPL approach is both a business and a technical strategy, and failure to…

Situated software, a type of opportunistic software, is created by a small subset of users to fulfill a specific purpose.

Computational science is increasingly supporting advances in scientific and engineering knowledge.

Quality attribute requirements are important both for customer and end-user satisfaction and for driving software system design.

The agile software development paradigm and plan-driven approaches each have their strengths and shortcomings.

Standards affect the adoption of project management practices in three areas: deployment of practices in an organization, customer-supplier relationships, and…

In traditional software engineering project management, managers provide focused guidance to a team responsible for producing a specific result in a specified…

Software product lines are emerging as a viable, important software development paradigm.

Extreme programming has been advocated recently as an appropriate programming method for the high-speed, volatile world of Internet and Web software…

Although commercial off-the-shelf COTS products are becoming increasingly popular, little information is available on how they affect existing software…

Demand for increased software process efficiency and effectiveness places measurement demands on the software engineering community beyond those traditionally…

The use of the COTS acronym can be a convenience, but it can also lead to confusion.

Businesses of all sizes use the Internet for sales, purchasing, and collaborations.

Software engineers are accustomed to having systems engineers furnish them with allocated requirements and changes to those requirements.

Presents the guest editorial for this issue of the publication.

The authors use an SEI designed road map as a guide to discussing effective and ineffective risk management methods based on six years' experience with…

Many software development organizations struggle to make informed decisions when investing in new software technologies.

Improved software processes lead to improved product quality.

The personal software process PSP is a structured set of process descriptions, measurements and methods that can help engineers improve their personal…

Organizations concerned with ISO 9001 certification often question its overlap with the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model CMM.

The capability maturity model CMM, developed to present sets of recommended practices in a number of key process areas that have been shown to enhance…

The static structure is the physical organization of a system's functional modules in terms of their structural relations.

The authors argue that current work on integrated project support environments IPSEs is based on an inappropriate view of integration, and that IPSE…

In 1987 and 1990, the Software Engineering Institute conducted process assessments of the Software Engineering Division SED of Hughes Aircraft in Fullerton,…

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A description is given of a software-process maturity framework that has been developed to provide the US Department of Defense with a means to characterize…