Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge

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November 2, 2006

This is the 2004 version of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, or SWEBOK. This is a project of the IEEE Computer Society Professional Practices Committee. This guide establishes for the first time a baseline for the body of knowledge for the field of software engineering. It does not purport to define the body of knowledge, but rather to serve as a compendium and guide to the body of knowledge that has been developing and evolving over the past four decades. The official purpose of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge is to provide a consensually validated characterization of the bounds of the software engineering discipline and to provide a topical access to the Body of Knowledge. This body is broken down into ten software engineering Knowledge Areas (KA) that call out the various important concepts and allow readers to drill down into their topics of interest. The authors hope that readers will find this book useful in guiding them towards the knowledge and resources they need in their career development as software engineering professionals. Swebok.org offers two essentially similar downloads of the 2004 version of the SWEBOK.

Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, 2004 version
(pdf, 204 pages, 2,001kb)

Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, 2004 version
(pdf, 202 pages, 3,456kb)

Table of Contents:

Preface to the SWEBOK Guide
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Guide
Chapter 2 - Software Requirements
Chapter 3 - Software Design
Chapter 4 - Software Construction
Chapter 5 - Software Testing
Chapter 6 - Software Maintenance
Chapter 7 - Software Configuration Management
Chapter 8 - Software Engineering Management
Chapter 9 - Software Engineering Process
Chapter 10 - Software Engineering Tools and Methods
Chapter 11 - Software Quality
Chapter 12 - Knowledge Areas of the Related Disciplines
Appendix A - Knowledge Area Description Specifications for the 2004 Version of the Guide to the SWEBOK
Appendix B - Evolution of the Guide
Appendix C - Allocation of IEEE and ISO Software Engineering Standards to SWEBOK Knowledge Areas
Appendix D - Classification of Topics According to Bloom's Taxonomy