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Designing the Software Engineering PE Exam and Specifications

Designing the Software Engineering PE Exam and Specifications. Travis Dean Thesis Advisor: Clark Savage Turner Cal Poly, CSC Department. Overview. Background Scope My Current Work Validation Future Work. Overview. Background Scope My Current Work Validation Future Work. Background.

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Designing the Software Engineering PE Exam and Specifications

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  1. Designing the Software Engineering PE Exam and Specifications Travis Dean Thesis Advisor: Clark Savage Turner Cal Poly, CSC Department

  2. Overview • Background • Scope • My Current Work • Validation • Future Work

  3. Overview • Background • Scope • My Current Work • Validation • Future Work

  4. Background • Licensing process is • Graduate from ABET accredited program • Pass EIT/FE exam • Acquire 4 years experience • Pass discipline-specific PE exam

  5. Background • Why License? • Software is in safety-critical systems • Software Engineers not licensed • IEEE-USA developing PE exam

  6. Problem Statement • A Principles and Practices of Engineering (PE) Exam does not exist for Software Engineers

  7. Scope • I cover • PE Exam • I don’t cover • Licensing Process • FE Exam • CSC vs SE

  8. Overview • Background • Scope • My Current Work • Validation • Future Work

  9. My Work • Survey • ABET Accreditation • SWEBOK • CSDP • IEEE and ACM professional SE papers • Published Material

  10. CSDP • Certified Software Development Professional • Process of certification closely matches licensing • Exam Coverage

  11. My Ongoing Work • Finalizing proposed exam specifications • Developing a sample exam • Validation

  12. Overview • Background • Scope • My Current Work • Validation • Future Work

  13. Validation • Part 1 – Survey of Professional Work • Part 2 – Evaluation of my proposed criteria • Part 3 – Evaluation of my proposed sample exam

  14. Validation – Part 1 & 2 • Method • Likert scale • Surveyed • Licensed software engineers from Texas • Experienced industry representatives • Well-known and respected software engineers

  15. Validation – Part 3 Average Pass Rate = 74.32%

  16. Future Work • CORE BoK • FE Exam • CSC vs SE • Actual PE Exam

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