Pearson eText for Software Engineering -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
Pearson eText for Software Engineering -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780137503148
Author: Ian Sommerville
Publisher: PEARSON+
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Chapter 9, Problem 9.10E

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Software engineer’s professional responsibility:

Software engineers do have a professional responsibility to produce code that can bemaintained and changed as this is general software quality requirements which all software engineers should follow, unless it is specifically un-requested by the employer with good reason such as rapid development or prototyping.

  • Without the explicit request software engineer has a responsibility to produce maintainable code, but an employer may not need for...

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