The Framework For The Discipline Of Software Engineering in Connection to Information Technology Discipline

TL;DR

This paper explores the foundational links between Software Engineering and Information Technology, clarifying their distinctions and proposing a framework to strengthen Software Engineering as an academic discipline.

Contribution

It introduces a framework connecting Software Engineering and IT, clarifies their differences, and emphasizes using IT research to advance Software Engineering as a discipline.

Findings

Identified key links between Software Engineering and IT

Clarified distinctions between Software Engineering and Computer Science

Proposed a foundational framework for the discipline

Abstract

This paper represents preliminary work in identifying the foundation for the discipline of Software Engineering and discovering the links between the domains of Software Engineering and Information Technology (IT). Our research utilized IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (IEEE-TSE), ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (ACM-TOSEM), Automated Software Engineering (ASE), the International Conference on Software Engineering(ICSE), and other related journal publication in the software engineering domain to address our research questions. We explored existing frameworks and described the need for software engineering as an academic discipline. We went further to clarify the distinction difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science. Through this efforts we contribute to an understanding of how evidence from IT research can be used to improve Software Engineering as a discipline.