ISO/IEC 24773-2:2024

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24773-2
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engineering — Certification of
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Ingénierie du logiciel et des systèmes — Certification des
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FINAL DRAFT
ISO/IEC FDIS 24773-2:2024(en)
International
Standard
ISO/IEC
FDIS
24773-2
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7
Software and systems
Secretariat: BIS
engineering — Certification of
Voting begins on:
software and systems engineering
professionals —
Voting terminates on:
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
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ISO/IEC FDIS 24773-2:2024(en)
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 .
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Date: 2023-11-14
ISO/IEC FDIS 24773-2:2023(E)
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 7/WG 20
Secretariat: BIS
Date: 2024-02-08
Software and systems engineering – — Certification of software and
systems engineering professionals – —
Part 2:
Guidance regarding description of knowledge, skills, and
competencies contained in schemes

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ISO/IEC FDIS 24773-2:2023(E2024(en)
Contents Page
Foreword .vi i
Introduction . viii
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) . 4
5.1 General . 4
5.2 Scope and depth of a BOK . 4
5.3 Construction or assembly of BOK: content hierarchy and guides to BOK . 5
5.4 Professional orientation and style . 6
5.5 Separation of topics and orthogonality. 7
5.6 Treatment of knowledge and references to other disciplines and other basic knowledge domains . 7
5.7 Objectivity and verifiability .
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