CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering. Volume 21, Number 1

Abstract

CONTENTS: 1) The Critical Need for Software Engineering Education by Dr. Lyle N. Long: Long describes the need for more dedicated software engineering educational programs and professional software engineering certification programs in the United States. 2) Using Inspections to Teach Requirements Validation by Lulu He, Dr. Jeffrey C. Carver, and Dr. Rayford B. Vaughn: This article describes an experiment conducted in a graduate-level requirements engineering course to provide students a real world experience in requirements validation. 3) Integrating Software Assurance Knowledge Into Conventional Curricula by Dr. Nancy R. Mead, Dr. Dan Shoemaker, and Jeffrey A. Ingalsbe: This article discusses the results of a comparison of the Common Body of Knowledge for Secure Software Assurance with traditional computing disciplines. 4) Software Engineering Continuing Education at a Price You Can Afford by Maj Christopher Bohn, Ph.D.: Maj. Bohn gives detailed information about the Air Force Institute of Technology's Software Professional Development Program. 5) How to Avoid Software Inspection Failure and Achieve Ongoing Benefits by Roger Stewart and Lew Priven: This article describes the proven benefits of inspections and signifies that they are too significant to let them fall by the wayside. 6) Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? by Dr. Robert B.K. Dewar and Dr. Edmond Schonberg: This article briefly examines the set of programming skills that should be part of every software professional's repertoire.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA487064

Entities

People

  • Christopher Bohn
  • Dan Shoemaker
  • Edmond Schonberg
  • Jeffrey A. Ingalsbe
  • Jeffrey C. Carver
  • Lew Priven
  • Lulu He
  • Lyle N. Long
  • Nancy R. Mead
  • Rayford B. Vaughn
  • Robert B. Dewar
  • Roger Stewart

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Civil Engineering
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Engineers
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Information Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Students
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Military History
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Software Engineering.