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The term “software engineering” is somewhat synonymous with “methodology.” Yet, methodology should not play a major role in professional education, because a methodology is a tool, which will become obsolete: it should be taught, but it should be treated as a tool, not as the central topic of the discipline.
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Wulf, W.A. (1987). Some Observations on the Nature of the Software Engineering “Problem” and Their Implications for Software Engineering Education. In: Gibbs, N.E., Fairley, R.E. (eds) Software Engineering Education. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4720-3_13
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