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David Ward<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>

TMC Europe<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Additional Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Victor Bertolazzo<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

Lily Cutaia<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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<\/a>SEP Certification and the ISO\/IEC 24773: Distinct Paths, Complementary Frameworks for Enterprises and their Practitioners<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Bio.<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Ward joined TMC in 2020. He is an INCOSE ESEP<\/span> and works as a SE Professional and Evangelist<\/span> with over 100+ publications, including 4 book chapters covering topics from Engineering to Luxury Products and more recently, two books on Systems Engineering with Alessandro Pinzauti.\u00a0By trade he is a Mechanical Engineer with a PhD in fluid Mechanics. From 2020-2021 he was the INCOSE AISE vice-president and is currently AISE Director for Training. He is also member of the Certification Advisory Group for INCOSE. In 2019 he set-up the AISE Interest Group for Systems Thinking and Design Thinking. He was also AISE\u2019s PoC for INCOSE\u2019s 2035 Vision and reviewer for INCOSE Handbook V5.0. His recent endeavours include: \u2022 SySTEAM in technical colleges in Italy; \u2022 Ideator and trainer of the TMC SEPD programs; \u2022 SE and SEP certification trainer; \u2022 Author of TMC SE guides and SED talks; \u2022 Ideator of the TMC SE and SEP clinic; \u2022 SE Project work in diverse fields from surgical robots to railways, from systems architecture to SE process tailoring.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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Abstract.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As modern systems increase in complexity, establishing and validating the competence of systems engineering (SE) and software engineering (SWE) professionals has become paramount. This paper evaluates the structural relationship between the internationally recognized INCOSE Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certification program and the ISO\/IEC 24773 multi-part standards series. Anchored by the conformity assessment framework of ISO\/IEC 17024, the ISO\/IEC 24773 series establish comprehensive requirements for professional certification schemes.
\nThis brief study contrasts institutionalized, generalist and regional certification models (such as INCOSE SEP, SE-ZERT\u00ae) against customized, in-house programs derived from the 24773 frameworks. It examines key factors including cost-effectiveness, domain-specific tailoring, standardization, and organizational agility. Furthermore, the paper investigates critical contemporary gaps underrepresented in current standards, such as the fragmentation of engineering data landscapes, micro-credentials, and the rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI). Ultimately, a strategic roadmap is provided for organizations determining whether to adopt a globalized certification paradigm or cultivate proprietary, standard-compliant educational and training tracks<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Ward TMC Europe Additional Speakers Victor Bertolazzo Lily Cutaia SEP Certification and the ISO\/IEC 24773: Distinct Paths, Complementary Frameworks for Enterprises and their Practitioners Bio. David Ward joined TMC in 2020. He is an INCOSE ESEP and works as a SE Professional and Evangelist with over 100+ publications, including 4 book chapters covering topics...","protected":false},"author":402,"featured_media":0,"parent":13872,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15192","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15192"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15592,"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15192\/revisions\/15592"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/incose.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}