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Chapter 16
Related Topics
Objectives
Software engineers, in their education and in their software projects, frequently
deal with topics that are a part of other academic disciplines. After you have read
this chapter, you will know the roles of these related topics:
◾ Other computing disciplines
◾ Professional ethics, with a particular emphasis on confidentiality and privacy
◾ Software management
◾ Ergonomics (human factors)
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is book presents a core part of the knowledge that software engineers need to be
successful in their projects and their careers. ere are additional related fields and
overlapping disciplines whose knowledge they also