SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STANDARDS: REVIEW AND PERSPECTIVES
Standardization in software engineering plays an important role for integrating, regulating, and optimizing existing best practices and fundamental theories in software development and organization. An idiom says that one can “gain new knowledge by reviewing the past”. This chapter reviews current software engineering and software quality related standards and the history of their development. Usability and open issues in applications of the major software engineering standards are discussed. Future trends and research topics considered significant and worthy of being explored are suggested in this chapter.