How to master the business of software

By Staff -- Manufacturing Business Technology, 3/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Today's companies can reach across the globe to tap the world's best software engineering talent. For many, the emergence of a readily accessible, global pool of engineers competing for the same positions raises concerns about job security, stability, and sustainable competitive advantage. Meanwhile, enterprises face a shortage of software management leaders capable of overseeing distributed and remote teams working on offshore projects.

Such world-flattening advances are rocking the discipline of software engineering, prompting Carnegie Mellon West to offer a Master of Science program in Software Management. “The rise of the global economy shifts the emphasis of software engineering,” says Dean James Morris. “Our cross-training delivers the perspective and contextual understanding needed to seize opportunities in the global market.”

Learn more at http://west.cmu.edu/prospective_students/apply/.

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