Fundamental Principles Of Software Engineering

This workshop aims to bring together people interested in participating in an active debate on the fundamental principles that underlie software engineering standards. What exactly are the basis on which those standards are or should be built? What should be such principles? What lessons can we draw from experience? How can we demonstrate empirically the value of industry practices or concepts related to these fundamental principles? In the 50 year history of software development, various methodologies, methods and techniques have been proposed to facilitate the development of software responsive to needs. At this point in history, enough such examples of methodologies, methods and techniques have accumulated that we can begin to perceive underlying principles that may, in fact, be fundamental, hence enduring in applicability. This workshop has the objective of identifying some of these fundamental principles, and will build upon the results of a first workshop on this topic held during SES '96. Position papers and workshop report for this fist workshop can be found at : http://saturne.info.uqandLabo_RecherchdL.rgUses96/