have examined whether the SE2004 and GSwE2009 cores provide knowledge
that is useful for performing each career space task related to each of the three software development related profiles: Software and Applications Development, Software Architecture and Design and IT
Business Consultancy.
They have found that none of the three industry profiles is completely covered by either SE2004 or
GSwE2009. The biggest gap found concerns tasks associated with the IT Business Consultancy profile.
Knowledge required by such tasks is beyond the classical technical knowledge that we are accustomed
to in most undergraduate and graduate SE programmes.