Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ( IEEE )
James W. Moore · Encyclopedia of Software Engineering · 2002
Abstract This article focuses on the development of software engineering standards in the Institute of Electrial and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). (Portions of this article are reprinted, with permission, from Software Engineering Standards: A User's Road Map , by James W. Moore, IEEE Computer Society Press, copyright 1997 IEEE). It briefly describes the overall IEEE, its Computer Society, and its Standards Association. It then goes on to describe the Software Engineering Standards Committee, where software engineering standards are developed. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is the world's largest technical professional society, with membership numbering more than 350,000 individuals in 150 countries. The organization claims to produce 30% of the world's published literature in electrical engineering, computing, and control technology. It conducts more than 300 major conferences per year and maintains more than 800 standards, with another 700 under development. The IEEE is organized into 36 Technical Societies. Software engineering is of interest to several societies, e.g., the Communications Society and the Power Engineering Society, but its primary focus is within the Computer Society.