1. 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

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

9. Overview Background Scope My Current Work Validation Future Work

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

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

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

14. Overview Background Scope My Current Work Validation Future Work

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

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

17. Validation – Part 3 ItemABCDE 1.90.85.80.85 2.90.95 3.80.60.70 4.75.70.80.60 5.80.55.60.55.60 6.80.70.65.70 Rater Avg0.825.717.708.733 Average Pass Rate = 74.32%

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