Mills, Harlan D., J. R. Newman, and C. B. Engle, Jr., "An Undergraduate Curriculum in Software Engineering," in Deimel, Lionel E. (1990年). Software Engineering Education: SEI Conference 1990, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, April 2-3,.... Springer. ISBN 0-387-97274-9, p. 26: "As a practical matter, we regard software engineering as the necessary preparation for the practicing, software development and maintenance professional. The Computer Scientist is preparing for further theoretical studies..."
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David Budgen, Pearl Brereton, Barbara Kitchenham, Stephen Linkman (2004年12月14日). “Realizing Evidence-based Software Engineering”. 2006年10月18日閲覧。: "We believe that software engineering can only advance as an engineering discipline by moving away from its current dependence upon advocacy and analysis...."
Akram I. Salah (2002年4月5日). “Engineering an Academic Program in Software Engineering”. 35th Annual Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium. 2006年9月13日閲覧。: "For some, software engineering is just a glorified name for programming. If you are a programmer, you might put 'software engineer' on your business card—never 'programmer' though."
Sommerville, Ian (2007年) [1982年]. “1.1.2 What is software engineering?”. Software Engineering (8th ed. ed.). Harlow, England: Pearson Education. pp. P. 7. ISBN0-321-31379-8. http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/HigherEducation/Booksby/Sommerville/. "Software engineeering is an engineering discipline that is concerned with all aspects of software production from the early stages of system specification to maintaining the system after it has gone into use. In this definition, there are two key phrases:
1. Engineeering discipline Engineers make things work. They apply theories, methods and tools where these are appropriate [. . .] Engineers also recognise that they must work to organisational and financial constraints. [. . .]
2. All aspects of software production Software engineering is not just concerned with the technical processes of software development but also with activities such as software project management and with the development of tools, methods and theories to support software production."
“IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology,” IEEE std 610.12-1990, 1990, quoted at the beginning of Chapter 1: Introduction to the guide “Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge” (2004年2月6日). 2008年2月21日閲覧。
Dijkstra, Edsger W; transcribed by Mario Béland (1993年12月3日; transcription last revised 2004年11月23日). “There is still a war going on (manuscript Austin, 3 December 1993)”. E. W. Dijkstra Archive. The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences. 2007年2月17日閲覧。 “When the term was coined in 1968 by F.L. Bauer of the Technological University of Munich, I welcomed it.”
Dijkstra, Edsger W; transcribed by Mario Béland (1993年12月3日; transcription last revised 2004年11月23日). “There is still a war going on (manuscript Austin, 3 December 1993)”. E. W. Dijkstra Archive. The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Computer Sciences. 2007年2月17日閲覧。 “When the term was coined in 1968 by F.L. Bauer of the Technological University of Munich, I welcomed it. [. . .] I interpreted the introduction of the term “software engineering” as an apt reflection of the fact that the design of software systems was an activity par excellence for the mathematical engineer. [. . .]. As soon the term arrived in the USA, it was relieved of all its technical content. It had to be so for in its original meaning it was totally unacceptable [. . .] In the mean time, software engineering has become an almost empty term, as was nicely demonstrated by Data General who overnight promoted all its programmers to the exalted rank of “software engineer”!”
