ISO/IEC 24773-2:2024
(Main)Software and systems engineering — Certification of software and systems engineering professionals — Part 2: Guidance regarding description of knowledge, skills, and competencies contained in schemes
Software and systems engineering — Certification of software and systems engineering professionals — Part 2: Guidance regarding description of knowledge, skills, and competencies contained in schemes
This document contains guidance for certification that can be used by certification or qualification bodies regarding the description of knowledge, skill and competence within their particular schemes based on ISO/IEC 24773-1.
Ingénierie du logiciel et des systèmes — Certification des professionnels de l'ingénierie du logiciel et des systèmes — Partie 2: Recommandations relatives à la description des connaissances, aptitudes et compétences contenues dans les programmes
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International
Standard
ISO/IEC 24773-2
First edition
Software and systems
2024-05
engineering — Certification of
software and systems engineering
professionals —
Part 2:
Guidance regarding description of
knowledge, skills, and competencies
contained in schemes
Ingénierie du logiciel et des systèmes — Certification des
professionnels de l'ingénierie du logiciel et des systèmes —
Partie 2: Recommandations relatives à la description des
connaissances, aptitudes et compétences contenues dans les
programmes
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Major elements of certification and qualification scheme . 1
5 Recommendations — Body of knowledge (BOK) . 3
5.1 General .3
5.2 Scope and depth of a BOK .3
5.3 Construction or assembly of BOK: content hierarchy and guides to BOK .4
5.4 Professional orientation and style .5
5.5 Separation of topics and orthogonality .6
5.6 Treatment of knowledge and references to other disciplines and other basic knowledge
domains . .6
5.7 Objectivity and verifiability.6
5.8 Presentation of practical knowledge versus pure theory .7
5.9 Bibliography and referenced source materials .7
5.10 Validation of BOK .7
5.11 Maintenance of BOK .7
6 Recommendations — Description of skills . 8
6.1 Skills are related both to knowledge and competency .8
6.2 Skills are acquired and developed .9
6.3 Skills differ from individual (personal) attributes .9
6.4 Skills have performance levels .9
6.5 Groups of skills and highly specific skills .9
6.6 Maintenance of skills definitions and performance levels .10
7 Recommendations — Description of competencies . 10
7.1 General .10
7.2 General objectives in describing competencies .11
7.3 Separation of competencies from titles or roles within organizations . 12
7.4 Lower-level competencies and work products . 12
7.5 Use of external competency definitions . . 13
7.6 Generic competencies . . 13
7.7 Other professional competencies .14
7.8 Proficiency Levels .14
7.9 Maintenance of competency definitions and proficiency levels . 15
8 Other general recommendations .16
8.1 Individual attributes .16
8.2 Assessment and validation of assessment .17
8.2.1 Assessment of knowledge and cognitive skills .17
8.2.2 Assessment of competencies .17
8.2.3 Assessment of experience relative to competencies .17
8.3 Guidance regarding code of ethics, code of conduct and ethical behaviour .17
Annex A (informative) Professional licensure in systems and software engineering . 19
Bibliography .20
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Foreword
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Subcommittee SC 7, Software and systems engineering.
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Introduction
The ISO/IEC 24773 series replaces and expands upon ISO/IEC 24773:2008.
The ISO/IEC 24773 series consists of the following parts.
— ISO/IEC 24773-1 serves as the basis for the ISO/IEC 24773 series. It contains terminology, concepts, and
requirements which are common to the remaining parts.
— This document contains guidance which can be used by certification bodies regarding the definition
of knowledge, skills and competencies that are to be incorporated into a certification scheme for
professionals in software and systems engineering.
— ISO/IEC 24773-3 provides specific requirements for certification schemes for professionals in systems
engineering.
— ISO/IEC 24773-4 provides specific requirements for certification schemes for professionals in software
engineering.
The ISO/IEC 24773 series is applicable across all organizations and for conducting assessments using a
variety of methods, techniques and tools.
This document also contains additional discussion and guidance concerning the requirements for
certification schemes defined in ISO/IEC 24773-1. It contains general guidance concerning the elements of a
certification scheme, particularly as they apply within the domain of software and systems engineering. It
contains guidance for the description of several key elements of certification schemes which are generated
or referenced by the certification body:
— body of knowledge (BOK);
— skills;
— competency.
In addition to addressing technical skills, knowledge and competence, ISO/IEC 24773-1:2019, 6.3.1 requires
that a conformant certification scheme address other aspects of professionalism, such as professional skills/
attributes and a code of ethics. This document provides additional descriptions and guidance regarding
these other aspects of professionalism to be addressed by a conformant scheme.
This document is useful to certification bodies offering schemes for the certification of professionals in the
domain of systems or software engineering. It offers guidance for certification bodies when defining or
designing the various elements of their respective certification schemes, as well as guidance for description
of these scheme elements.
Annex A contains further explanation about the distinction between certification and professional licensure.
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