ISO, IEC Issue Standard to Certify Software Engineering Professionals - ISO/IEC 24773:2008
December 4, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) released a standard that seeks to increase the cross-border acceptance of certifications for software engineering professionals.
ISO/IEC 24773:2008 - Software engineering - Certification of software engineering professionals - Comparison framework will aid software engineers by facilitating the portability of their professional certifications between different countries or organizations.
Currently, divergent approaches to software engineer certification are practiced. ISO/IEC 24773:2008 aims to provide a framework for expressing these approaches in a common scheme that can lead to understanding and international acceptance of credentials, according to the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).
ISO/IEC 24773:2008 establishes a framework for the comparison of certification schemes for software engineering professional credentials.
The standard specifies the items that a scheme is required to contain and indicates what should be defined for each item.
The standard refines and supplements the processes for certification of individuals included in ISO/IEC 17024:2003, Conformity assessment - General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons.
Certification bodies for software engineering professionals seeking accreditation must adhere to both ISO/IEC 24773:2008 and to ISO/IEC 17024:2003, said ANSI.
The implementation of the standard will benefit industry and professional organizations, educators, examining bodies and government entities in helping to shape education and training, evaluation and maintenance and policy development, said ANSI.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), an organizational member of ANSI, serves as the U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) administrator for Joint Technical Committee 1, Subcommittee 7 (JTC 1/SC 7), Information Technology, Software and System Engineering, which developed ISO/IEC 24773:2008.
Source: American National Standards Institute (ANSI).