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DS/ISO/IEC 24773:2008
Software engineering - Certification of software engineering professionals - Comparison framework
1.1 Purpose*This International Standard establishes a framework for comparison of schemes for certifying software*engineering professionals. A certification scheme is a set of certification requirements for software engineering professionals. This International Standard specifies the items that a scheme is required to contain and indicates what should be defined for each item.*1.2 Field of application*This International Standard has a number of intended users, as follows:*- Educators, academics and course developers: will use Clauses 4.1 to 4.6, 5 and 6 of this*International Standard to map their course structure and design against another course or educational*requirement; develop new courses; make decisions about mutual recognition.*- Examining bodies: will use Clauses 4.1 to 4.6, 5 and 6 of this International Standard to construct*examination and/or evaluation schemes; make decisions about mutual recognition.*Industry and professional bodies: will use this International Standard to develop and maintain*certification schemes; make decisions about mutual recognition.*Government bodies: will use this International Standard for policy development; funding decisions;*skills assessment; regulation of professionals; facilitation of trade agreements between countries.*Auditors: will use this International Standard and ISO/IEC 17024 as a set of audit requirements.
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