From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: ff6c8,a7437b31a342396c,start X-Google-Attributes: gidff6c8,public X-Google-Thread: 10db24,a7437b31a342396c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10db24,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,a7437b31a342396c,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,a7437b31a342396c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,a7437b31a342396c,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: cseic@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (CFCSEIC) Subject: CFCSEIC News Briefs Week Ending May 15, 1998 Date: 1998/05/15 Message-ID: <6ji76j$2td@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us> X-Deja-AN: 353610311 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Organization: Center For Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.sw.components,comp.object,comp.software-eng,comp.edu Date: 1998-05-15T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: CONTENTS: TEXAS MAY BE FIRST STATE TO LICENSE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS DOMAIN ENGINEERING IN THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT TOOL SUITE MOVES MAINFRAME CODE TO DESKTOP ************************************************************************ TEXAS MAY BE FIRST STATE TO LICENSE SOFTWARE ENGINEERS Topic: Software Engineering According to an article in the May issue of Software Engineering Notes, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers recently voted to recognize software engineering as a separate engineering discipline that has a sufficient knowledge base to allow licensing for professional engineers (PEs) in this area. Pending a period of public comment and a final vote, this change could go into effect in June 1998. Several of the key issues involved in the licensing of software engineers pertain to the formalization of a body of knowledge, the development of curriculum models, the accreditation of software engineering degree programs, a standard of experience, and licensing examinations. The Texas Board would prefer that software engineers be educated through an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)-accredited engineering program, but there are no such programs available in software engineering at this time. The IEEE has developed software engineering accreditation criteria, which it has forwarded to ABET for review. These criteria will be voted on in July. There are currently no special exams for software engineers, but the Texas Board is planning on developing their own Principles and Practice of Engineering (P&P) exam until a National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) exam is available. It is the author's belief that if Texas gives final approval to the licensing of software engineers, other states that also regulate engineering will soon follow suit. Source: Donald J. Bagert, "Texas Poised to License Professional Engineers in Software Engineering", Software Engineering Notes, May 1998, v23, n3, p8 http://www.acm.org ************************************************************************** DOMAIN ENGINEERING IN THE SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT Topic: Software Engineering/Reuse The April 1998 edition of ARC (Army Reuse Center) News, published by the U.S. Army Information Systems Software Center, includes the first article in a three-part series on Domain Engineering (DE). According to the author of this article, domain engineering is a discipline that supports the identification and implementation of reuse opportunities across multiple systems, and its evolution reflects the changing system development environment. Domain Engineering provides a systematic approach, viewing individual systems as members of a domain, a group of related systems that share functionality and data requirements. It consists of three processes. Domain Analysis gathers and analyzes information about the systems in the domain, focuses on what the systems in the domain must do, and organizes and represents that information in a domain model that delineates the commonality and variability within the domain. Domain Design focuses on how that functionality must operate, and this information is added to the domain model to create a domain-specific architecture and detailed design specifications. In the Domain Implementation process, the information that was developed during the analysis and design phases is used to create new, reusable software products that can also be reintegrated into the domain's systems. The rest of the series, which will appear in future editions of ARC News, will explore these processes in more detail. Source: Deborah Laforme, "Domain Engineering: A Viable Approach for Defining and Constructing System Solutions", ARC News, v6, n5, p2 http://arc_www.belvoir.army.mil ************************************************************************ TOOL SUITE MOVES MAINFRAME CODE TO DESKTOP Topic: Y2k Micro Focus Group PTL has introduced a suite of products designed to make it easier to make Year 2000 fixes, and maintain old mainframe applications, by moving them to a desktop computer. The Mainframe Maintenance Solution allows programmers to download mainframe-based software code and data to a PC or workstation and provides a graphical user interface, project management functions, and other automated programming tools. Users can download portions of an application, make changes, and recompile the code quickly. The tool suite supports editing, debugging, and compiling of code written in COBOL, System/370 Assembler, Customer Information Control System, DB2, Job Control Language, Clist, and Information Management System. The suite will be available in June. Further information about The Mainframe Maintenance Solution can be found at Micro Focus's Web site, located at http://www.microfocus.com. Source: John Stein Monroe, Colleen O'Hara, and Elana Varon, "Tool suite moves mainframe code to the desktop", Federal Computer Week, May 11, 1998, v12, n14, p 40 http://www.fcw.com *********************************************************************** The DISA CFCSEIC welcomes suggestions for and pointers to software engineering-related articles. Contact the DISA CFCSEIC at: mailto:info@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us To subscribe to the "Center for Computer Systems Engineering News Brief" electronic mailing list, send a message to: mailto:listproc@sw-eng.falls-church.va.us In the body of the message, write: subscribe newslist To unsubscribe, write: unsubscribe newslist No signatures please. The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Center for Computer Systems Engineering Information Clearinghouse (CFCSEIC) "Center for Computer Systems Engineering News Briefs" is a compilation of summaries from software engineering-related articles in trade magazines, newsletters and press releases. 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