The group education and training: IT's basic courses in Philips

doi:10.1016/S0950-5849(98)00041-X

Information and Software Technology

Volume 40, Issue 4, 15 July 1998, Pages 211-219

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Abstract

Education and Training (E & T) is one of the groups of the Information and Software Technology sector within Philips Research. The IST sector is located in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. E & T provides for education and training of the professional software developers within Philips.

The two most important courses in the area of basic education are the CSO (Course on Software Development) and CSE (Course on Software Engineering). The CSO covers advanced programming methodology (computing science; programming-in-the-small) and shows the application of this methodology in larger systems. The basic knowledge as presented by the CSO should be supplemented by knowledge of and skills in `programming-in-the-large'. This is taught in the CSE.

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Rationale

People are the single most important factor in software quality and productivity. Because of the strategic importance of software, Philips needs excellent software engineers with a high level of professionalism. One of the important aspects of professionalism in any engineering discipline is the embedding of inventiveness and creativity in an understanding of some basis of fundamental knowledge. And all engineers are expected to be knowledgeable with the research results in their discipline.

Epilogue

The importance of embedded software is still increasing. The functionality of all kinds of products is more and more dependent on the software contained in these products, and this software content is growing fast. The software content of Philips consumer products doubles approximately every two years. So, Philips needs a lot of software developers who have had an education in software engineering. Universities do not provide us with a sufficient number of these people. This means that in

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