A vision by Paul Nielsen, Director and CEO of Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI), on Software Engineering Trends in: Process, Architecture, Cybersecurity., Workforce, Market.

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Trends In Software Engineering
Paul Nielsen
Director and CEO
Software Engineering Institute
Carnegie Mellon University

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Building the Software We Want Drives
Software Engineering Trends

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Process Trends
International standards
Data-driven decision-making
about practices to use
Continuous delivery/velocity
Blending development and
operations
Improving early lifecycle cost
estimation
Model-based engineering and
auto-code generation tools
Assurance planning

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Architecture Trends
Complexity
Cyber-physical systems
Interoperability
Strategies for technical debt
Socio-adaptive systems
Affordable sustainment/evolution
Modeling/virtual integration

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Cybersecurity Trends
Global supply chain security
Secure coding practices & tools
Automated software vulnerability
discovery
Network situational awareness
Insider threat mitigation
Malware analysis & databases
Cyber intel for risk management
Adaptive intrusion detection and
remediation
Active defense

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Workforce Trends
Globalization of software
development capability
Supply and demand issues
Talent management
Skills for managers and boards
Continuous education

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Internet of everything
Autonomy
Big data/analytics
Software-defined environments
Consumerization
Development velocity
Market Trends

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The software we want is
• supportive of increasingly complex functionality
• increasingly connected
• increasingly flexible and extensible
• secure in development and operation
Software engineering trends reflect the qualities we desire in how we
• plan, design, architect, build, test, and assure software
• address workforce and management issues
• satisfy market needs in a timely and profitable manner
• create the future

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Contact Information
Paul Nielsen
Director and CEO
Telephone: +1 412-268-5800
Email: nielsen@sei.cmu.edu
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Software Engineering Institute
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Customer Relations
Email: info@sei.cmu.edu
Telephone: +1 412-268-5800
SEI Phone: +1 412-268-5800
SEI Fax: +1 412-268-6257

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