ETIS Publication Reading Paths

The ETIS publication portfolio is designed as a connected body of work. These reading paths help readers enter the program through the sequence most relevant to their role, responsibilities, and goals.

New to ETIS

Recommended sequence: WP-001 → WP-002 → WP-003 → WP-011 → WP-012

Outcome: Understand the industry shift, repository-centered engineering, engineering evidence, trust, and the core ETIS doctrine.

1. WP-001 — Engineering Trustworthy Software in the AI Era
2. WP-002 — Repository-Centered Engineering
3. WP-003 — Engineering Evidence
4. WP-011 — Engineering Trust
5. WP-012 — The ETIS Manifesto

Technology Executive

Recommended sequence: EB-001 → EB-002 → EB-003 → EB-004 → EB-005

Outcome: Move from governance through organizational design, agentic readiness, platform strategy, and meaningful measurement.

1. EB-001 — Why AI Changes Software Governance
2. EB-002 — The Future Software Engineering Organization
3. EB-003 — Preparing Engineering Organizations for Agentic Development
4. EB-004 — Building an AI Engineering Platform
5. EB-005 — Measuring Engineering in the AI Era

Engineer or Architect

Recommended sequence: WP-001 → WP-002 → WP-003 → WP-006 → WP-007 → WP-008 → WP-009

Outcome: Build a lifecycle view of engineering, governance, review, operations, and context.

1. WP-001 — Engineering Trustworthy Software in the AI Era
2. WP-002 — Repository-Centered Engineering
3. WP-003 — Engineering Evidence
4. WP-006 — Engineering Governance
5. WP-007 — Engineering Review and Readiness
6. WP-008 — Operational Readiness
7. WP-009 — Context Engineering

Student or Instructor

Recommended sequence: COMP-WP-001 → COMP-WP-003 → COMP-WP-004 → WP-001 → WP-005

Outcome: Establish the profession, teamwork, responsible AI use, the state of practice, and the ETIS education model.

1. COMP-WP-001 — Why Software Engineering Matters More in the AI Era
2. COMP-WP-003 — Working Effectively on an Engineering Team
3. COMP-WP-004 — Using AI Professionally
4. WP-001 — Engineering Trustworthy Software in the AI Era
5. WP-005 — Engineering Education in the AI Era

Agentic-System Leader

Recommended sequence: WP-004 → WP-009 → WP-010 → EB-003 → EB-004

Outcome: Understand authority, context, human-agent teams, organizational readiness, and platform strategy.

1. WP-004 — Engineering Agentic Software Systems
2. WP-009 — Context Engineering
3. WP-010 — Engineering Digital Colleagues
4. EB-003 — Preparing Engineering Organizations for Agentic Development
5. EB-004 — Building an AI Engineering Platform

Governance or Risk Leader

Recommended sequence: WP-003 → WP-006 → WP-007 → WP-011 → EB-001

Outcome: Connect evidence, governance, review, trust, and executive control.

1. WP-003 — Engineering Evidence
2. WP-006 — Engineering Governance
3. WP-007 — Engineering Review and Readiness
4. WP-011 — Engineering Trust
5. EB-001 — Why AI Changes Software Governance

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