ISO/IEC FDIS 24773-3

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INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
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STANDARD FDIS
24773-3
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7
Software and systems engineering —
Secretariat: BIS
Certification of software and systems
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2021-05-25 engineering professionals —
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Part 3:
2021-07-20
Systems engineering
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Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................iv

Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................v

1 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 1

2 Normative reference ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

3 Terms and definitions ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 1

4 Conformance ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2

5 Requirements for certification of systems engineering professionals ........................................................2

5.1 General ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

5.2 Fundamental components of a conformant scheme .............................................................................................. 2

5.3 Knowledge — Identification of a body of knowledge (BOK) .......................................................................... 2

5.3.1 General...................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

5.3.2 Reference body of knowledge .................. ............................................................................................................. 3

5.3.3 Alternate body of knowledge ................................................................................................................................ 3

5.3.4 Other technical knowledge ..................................................................................................................................... 3

5.3.5 Domain knowledge ........................................................................................................................................................ 3

5.3.6 Verification of knowledge ........................................................................................................................................ 3

5.4 Skills ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4

5.4.1 Identification of skills .................................................................................................................................................. 4

5.4.2 Assessment of skills ...................................................................................................................................................... 4

5.5 Competence ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 4

5.6 Professional attributes ..................................................................................................................................................................... 5

5.7 Certification renewal ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Annex A (informative) Elaboration of SE knowledge areas .......................................................................................................... 6

Annex B (informative) Elaboration of skills .................................................................................................................................................. 7

Annex C (informative) Elaboration of competency areas ............................................................................................................... 9

Annex D (informative) Exemplar mappings of competencies to skills and knowledge ...............................11

Bibliography .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................12

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The ISO/IEC 24773 series addresses the certification of professionals in software and systems

engineering. ISO/IEC 24773-1 contains general requirements for such certification schemes.

This document contains requirements specific to certification schemes for systems engineering

The concepts, and requirements for certification schemes contained in ISO/IEC 24773-1 and

This document elaborates requirements and recommendations for certifications schemes based on

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For

undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

ISO/IEC 17024, Conformity assessment — General requirements for bodies operating certification of

ISO/IEC 24773-1:2019, Software and systems engineering — Certification of software and systems

ISO/IEC TS 17027, Conformity assessment — Vocabulary related to competence of persons used for

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO/IEC 17024, ISO/IEC TS 17027,

ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:

combination of interacting elements organized to achieve one or more stated purposes

Note 1 to entry: A system is an integrated set of elements, subsystems, or assemblies that accomplish a defined

objective. These elements include products (hardware, software, firmware), processes, people, information,

techniques, facilities, services, and other support elements in combination organized to achieve one or more

[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015, 4.1.46, modified — The original notes 1, 2 and 3 to entry have

interdisciplinary approach governing the total technical and managerial effort required to transform

a set of stakeholder needs, expectations, and constraints into a solution and to support that solution

[SOURCE: ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288:2015, 4.1.49, modified — The abbreviate term "SE" has been added.]

This document contains requirements for conformant certification schemes which are specific to

systems engineering. General requirements for conformant schemes also apply; and these are defined

A certification scheme for professionals in systems engineering may claim conformance to this document

if it satisfies all requirements contained in this document, ISO/IEC 24773-1; and ISO/IEC 17024.

A conformant certification scheme may be created and owned by one body, and subsequently utilized

or applied by a separate certification body. For the purposes of this document, the requirements in

Clause 5 apply to the certification scheme itself, unless otherwise noted as specifically applying to a

This clause contains requirements and recommendations specific to the certification of systems

engineering professionals. The following requirements and associated criteria may also be used to

5.2.1 A list of skills that the professional to be certified in systems engineering is expected to exhibit

shall be mapped by the scheme to the knowledge areas of the reference body of knowledge (BOK), and to

5.2.2 For baseline education the recommended benchmark is for a formal engineering degree (in any

engineering field) recognized under the Washington Accord ; or an equivalent technical degree and/

or verifiable on-the-job professional training specifically in systems engineering. Equivalences to formal

engineering education shall be explicitly declared by the scheme with accompanying rationale.

The necessary knowledge areas required by the scheme shall be based on a BOK. The scheme shall

The reference BOK is the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook , which describes the following

knowledge areas (i.e., processes, methods and activities) in systems engineering: