IEEE軟件工程學報是一本每月出版一次的檔案期刊。我們感興趣的是定義良好的理論結果和經驗研究，它們對軟件的構建、分析或管理具有潛在的影響。該事務的范圍從開發原則的機制到將這些原則應用到特定環境。由于該期刊是歸檔的，所以假定所提出的思想是重要的，經過了很好的分析，并且/或者經過了經驗驗證，并且對軟件工程研究或者實踐者社區有價值。具體的主題領域包括：a)開發和維護方法和模型，例如，軟件系統規范、設計和實現的技術和原則，包括符號和過程模型；b)評估方法，如軟件測試和驗證、可靠性模型、測試和診斷程序、軟件冗余和錯誤控制設計，以及過程和產品各方面的測量和評估；c)軟件項目管理，如生產力因素、成本模型、進度和組織問題、標準；d)工具和環境，例如特定的工具、集成的工具環境，包括相關的體系結構、數據庫以及并行和分布式處理問題；e)系統問題，如軟硬件權衡；f)對某一特定興趣領域的歷史發展進行綜合和全面審查的最先進的調查。

The IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is an archival journal published monthly. We are interested in well-defined theoretical results and empirical studies that have potential impact on the construction, analysis, or management of software. The scope of this Transactions ranges from the mechanisms through the development of principles to the application of those principles to specific environments. Since the journal is archival, it is assumed that the ideas presented are important, have been well analyzed, and/or empirically validated and are of value to the software engineering research or practitioner community. Specific topic areas include: a) development and maintenance methods and models, e.g., techniques and principles for the specification, design, and implementation of software systems, including notations and process models; b) assessment methods, e.g., software tests and validation, reliability models, test and diagnosis procedures, software redundancy and design for error control, and the measurements and evaluation of various aspects of the process and product; c) software project management, e.g., productivity factors, cost models, schedule and organizational issues, standards; d) tools and environments, e.g., specific tools, integrated tool environments including the associated architectures, databases, and parallel and distributed processing issues; e) system issues, e.g., hardware-software trade-off; and f) state-of-the-art surveys that provide a synthesis and comprehensive review of the historical development of one particular area of interest.