Systems Engineering Competency Assessment Guide

EXPLANATION OF ASSESSMENT GUIDE TABLES

Each of the 37 competencies identified in the INCOSE SECF has five tabular sections in the SECAG, one for each of the defined proficiency levels (i.e. Awareness, Supervised Practitioner, Practitioner, Lead Practitioner, and Expert).

The general layout and interpretation of each competency area is similar and is defined in SECAG Table 2.

SECAG TABLE 2 Assessment guide table structure

Assessment table item	Where found	Explanation
Competency Area	All competence area headers, all levels	The name of the competency area as taken from the INCOSE Systems Engineering Competency Framework main body.
Description	As above	Summary of the scope of the competency area, as taken from the INCOSE Systems Engineering Competency Framework main body.
Why it matters	As above	Rationale for defining the competency area, as taken from the INCOSE Systems Engineering Competency Framework main body.
Possible contributory types of evidence	As above	This introduces the nature of information that might be useful to evidence competence. Evidence examples are provided in detail within each section against the indicators listed. Evidence will be organization and domain driven and therefore needs tailoring. Examples provided in this framework are not intended to be definitive or exhaustive, merely illustrative. It is the responsibility of the organization applying the framework and/or the assessors performing an assessment to determine the validity ...