Software Engineering Method and Theory: Call for Action Statement
Posted on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 8:12 AM by Malcolm
The Software
Engineering Method And Theory (SEMAT) Community Call for Action
Statement:
Software engineering is gravely hampered today by immature practices.
Specific problems include:
- The prevalence of fads more typical of fashion industry than of an engineering discipline.
- The lack of a sound, widely accepted theoretical basis.
- The huge number of methods and method variants, with differences little understood and artificially magnified.
- The lack of credible experimental evaluation and validation.
- The split between industry practice and academic research.
- Includes a kernel of widely-agreed elements, extensible for specific uses.
- Addresses both technology and people issues.
- Is supported by industry, academia, researchers and users.
- Supports extension in the face of changing requirements and technology.
You can become a supporter of the community by signing up at the site: www.semat.org.
Edited on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:01 AM
