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J. Software Engineering Applications, 2010, 3, 972-982 doi:10.4236/jsea.2010.310114 Published Online October 2010 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/jsea) Software Engineering Principles: Do They Meet Engineering Criteria? Kenza Meridji, Alain Abran École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)—University of Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Email: kenza.meridji.1@ens.etsmtl.ca, alain.abran@etsmtl.ca st th st Received July 31 , 2010; revised August 25 , 2010; accepted August 31 , 2010. ABSTRACT As a discipline , software engineering is not as mature as other engineering disciplines, and it still lacks consensus on a well-recognized set of fundamental principles. A 2006 analysis surveyed and analyzed 308 separate proposals for prin- ciples of software engineering, of which only thirty-four met the criteria to be recognized as such. This paper reports on a further analysis of these thirty-four candidate principles using two sets of engineering criteria derived from: A) the engineering categories of knowledge defined by Vincenti in his analysis of engineering foundations; and B) the joint IEEE and ACM software engineering curriculum. The outcome of this analysis is a proposed set of nine software engi- neering principles that conform to engineering criteria. Keywords : Engineering Criteria, Software Engineering Principles, Vincenti, Engineering Verification Criteria 1. Introduction traditional engineering disciplines such as mechanical and electrical engineering. Much of the research con- Software engineering is defined by the IEEE as: ducted to date in software engineering has focused on “1) The application of a systematic, disciplined, quan- developing