Notes

1. Kaner, Cem, "Computer Malpractice," Software QA, vol. 3, no. 4, 1997, p. 23.

2. See www.computer.org/certification for details.

3. Ford, Gary, and Norman E. Gibbs, "A Mature Profession of Software Engineering," SEI, CMU, CMU/SEI-96-TR-004, January 1996.

4. Ford, Gary, and Norman E. Gibbs, "A Mature Profession of Software Engineering," SEI, CMU, CMU/SEI-96-TR-004, January 1996.

5. Ford and Gibbs make a similar point they estimate that fewer than 10 percent of software workers will receive licenses. Ford, Gary, and Norman E. Gibbs, "A Mature Profession of Software Engineering," SEI, CMU, CMU/SEI-96-TR-004, January 1996.

6. Knight, John C., and Nancy Leveson, "Should Software Engineers Be Licensed?" Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 87 90. White, John, and Barbara Simons, "ACM's Position on Licensing of Software Engineers," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, p. 91. Kennedy, Ken, and Moshe Y. Vardi, "A Rice University Perspective on Software Engineering Licensing," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 94 95. McCalla, Gord, "Software Engineering Requires Individual Professionalism," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 98 101. DeMarco, Tom, "Certification or Decertification," Communications of the ACM, July 1999, p. 11.

7. Knight, John C., and Nancy Leveson, "Should Software Engineers Be Licensed?" Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 87 90.

8. Knight, John C., and Nancy Leveson, "Should Software Engineers Be Licensed?" Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 87 90. McCalla, Gord, "Software Engineering Requires Individual Professionalism," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 98 101.

9. Knight, John C., and Nancy Leveson, "Should Software Engineers Be Licensed?" Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 87 90.

10. Knight, John C., and Nancy Leveson, "Should Software Engineers Be Licensed?" Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 87 90. McCalla, Gord, "Software Engineering Requires Individual Professionalism," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 98 101.

11. Knight, John C., and Nancy Leveson, "Should Software Engineers Be Licensed?" Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 87 90. White, John, and Barbara Simons, "ACM's Position on Licensing of Software Engineers," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, p. 91.

12. See www.computer.org/certification.

13. Kennedy, Ken, and Moshe Y. Vardi, "A Rice University Perspective on Software Engineering Licensing," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 94 95.

14. McCalla, Gord, "Software Engineering Requires Individual Professionalism," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 98 101.

15. Knight, John C., and Nancy Leveson, "Should Software Engineers Be Licensed?" Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 87 90.

16. www.tbpe.state.tx.us.

17. Parnas, David Lorge, "Licensing Software Engineers in Canada," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 96 98.

18. Kaner, Cem, "Computer Malpractice," Software QA, Volume 3, no. 4, 1997, p. 23.

19. Mills, Harlan D., Software Productivity, Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1983, pp. 71 81.

20. Parnas, David Lorge, "Licensing Software Engineers in Canada," Communications of the ACM, November 2002, pp. 96 98.