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1 - INTRODUCTION

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The PMBOK Guide also references and explains the purpose of the Project Management Institute Code of
Ethics and Professional Conduct [4] (see www.PMI.org). For information on software engineering ethics, consult 1
the IEEE Software Engineering Code of Ethics and Professional Practice [5], which was developed as a resource for
teaching and practicing software engineering and was adopted by the IEEE Computer Society and the Association
for Computing Machinery. In addition, the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) has developed
a code of ethics [6]. See also the American Society for Information Science and Technology (AIS&T) Professional
Guidelines [7].

1.1.1 Audience for the Software Extension to the PMBOK Guide
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The audience for this Software Extension includes, but is not limited to:

s Project managers;

s Software project managers;
s Functional managers;
s System analysts;

s System designers;
s Software architects;

s Software team leaders;
s Software systems engineers;
s System software developers;

s Application software developers;
s Test engineers;

s Verification and validation (V&V) personnel;
s Information systems and software security specialists;
s Project infrastructure personnel;

s IT infrastructure personnel;
s Web developers;

s IT project managers;
s Software process engineers;
s Business analysts, enterprise architects, business continuity planners, and those in related disciplines;

s IT CIOs, strategists, directors, analysts, solution designers, solution providers, IT security engineers, and
service personnel;
s Program managers;

s Portfolio managers;

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