25. This Is Not the End

The grand vision of SEMAT (as defined by the Call for Action in 2009) included a bold statement: “We support a process to refound software engineering . . . that includes a kernel of widely-agreed elements, extensible for specific uses . . . .” Refound was intentionally a very strong word, suggesting that we are making a fresh start, exactly what we felt was needed to get software engineering to where it should be as a discipline. The call for action statement has been signed by many leading experts around the world, by several large corporations and academic institutions and thousands of supporters. Given this wide support, the expectations of SEMAT are huge. Have we met them? Let’s see where we are.

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