Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge

All knowledge areas (KAs) have been updated to reflect changes in software engineering since publication of SWEBOK 2004. Four new foun- dation KAs and a Software Engineering Profes- sional Practices KA have been added. The Soft- ware Engineering Tools and Methods KA has been revised as Software Engineering Models and Methods. Software engineering tools is now a topic in each of the KAs. Three appendices pro- vide the specifications for the KA description, an annotated set of relevant standards for each KA, and a listing of the references cited in the Guide.
This Guide, written under the auspices of the Professional Activities Board of the IEEE Com- puter Society, represents a next step in the evolu- tion of the software engineering profession.