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Top Document: Comp.software-eng FAQ (Part 1): questions and answers Previous Document: Are lines-of-code (LOC) a useful productivity measure? Next Document: How do I get in touch with the SEI? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Date: 24 Feb 1998 This is a very controversial and political question. Generally, certification is something voluntary, while licencing is regulated by governments. Certification generally means some agency warrants you meet its standards; licencing generally means that to claim to practice a certain profession requires a government licence, often administered through a professional organization. In theory both are supposed to help judge if someone is capable of doing certain jobs. Licencing isn't currently required for computing professionals; some people would like to see some jobs require it, as with established branches of engineering. Others don't like government intervention, and/or believe many people who wouldn't get licenced are perfectly competent. Computing professionals in the USA have had a certification program for years, administered by the Institute for Certification of Computer Professionals (708-299-4227), a meta-organization with representatives from ACM, IEEE-CS, ADAPSO, ICCA, IACE, AIM, DPMA, AISP, COMMON, ASM, CIPS, and AWC. There are three certificates aimed at different broad types of practitioner, and many areas of specialization. To keep a certificate requires at least 40 hours of continuing education each year; credit can also be obtained for self-study, teaching, publication, etc. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: Comp.software-eng FAQ (Part 1): questions and answers Previous Document: Are lines-of-code (LOC) a useful productivity measure? Next Document: How do I get in touch with the SEI? Part0 - Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: dalamb@spamcop.net (David Alex Lamb)
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