CSDP (disambiguation)

CSDP stands for Certified Software Development Professional Program.

After more than three years of extensive research in the field among professionals, employers and their customers, the leaders of the IEEE Computer Society realized that the time had come to develop and offer the Certified Software Development Professional designation

Professional certification has three critical components:

• Exam-based testing demonstrating mastery of a Body of Knowledge (BOK);
• Extensive experience base in the performance of the work or profession being certified; and
• Continuing professional education, measured and relevant to the BOK.

The IEEE Computer_Society certification is the only software development professional certification that has all of these critical support components and carries the mark of the IEEE Computer_Society, which has been active in developing software engineering standards for more than 20 years. Collectively, the IEEE standards make up the practice standards for software engineers. This certification program is part of the society's larger effort to provide education and certification services to the software engineering community.