27. When the Vision Comes True

Assuming our vision comes true, you may ask yourself, “So what?” What value will this give us as a community? Let’s consider the impact SEMAT will have on three key stakeholders:1

1. This chapter is adapted from SEMAT’s Three-Year Vision paper.

• The software professional

• The industry

• The academic world

27.1. The Software Professional

When students leave university today and enter the industry, they can directly apply certain skills they have learned (such as Java or C++), but there is a great deal they still must learn. Some of this is unavoidable, such as terminology unique to a given industry, but today even the use of terms as fundamental as requirements and team can vary widely from one company to the next. ...

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