Abstract:The scope of this research is the work competences of the Software Industry in Colombia, specifically the companies organized under Colombian Federation of Software Industry rated with a high level of quality in the Integrated Capability Maturity Model (level five). It also attempts to identify strengths to be acquired by the professional that makes his functions in the IT area. For this, the aim of this study is to formulate a description of the competency profiles of three software companies through Functional Analysis tool. Likewise, the benefits for organizations and the skills developed by their professionals; to be considered vanguard companies in this sector in the national environment are identified. Finally, is presented an analysis of the labor skills of the companies classified as level five in Colombia and its relationship with the academic profile developed by the ""Tuning Latin America"" (Tuning) project, with the goal of further developing of management competences in software organizations in Colombia. |