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A Comparative Analysis of Software Engineering with Mature Engineering Disciplines using a Problem-Solving Perspective

A Comparative Analysis of Software Engineering with Mature Engineering Disciplines using a Problem-Solving Perspective
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Author(s): Bedir Tekinerdogan (Bilkent University, Turkey)and Mehmet Aksit (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 18
Source title: Modern Software Engineering Concepts and Practices: Advanced Approaches
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ali H. Dogru (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)and Veli Biçer (FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-215-4.ch001

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Abstract

Software engineering is compared with traditional engineering disciplines using a domain specific problem-solving model called Problem-Solving for Engineering Model (PSEM). The comparative analysis is performed both from a historical and contemporary view. The historical view provides lessons on the evolution of problem-solving and the maturity of an engineering discipline. The contemporary view provides the current state of engineering disciplines and shows to what extent software development can actually be categorized as an engineering discipline. The results from the comparative analysis show that like mature engineering, software engineering also seems to follow the same path of evolution of problem-solving concepts, but despite promising advances it has not reached yet the level of mature engineering yet. The comparative analysis offers the necessary guidelines for improving software engineering to become a professional mature engineering discipline.

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