The Development of Potential Model for Software Engineer in the Digital Industry for the Industrial Business Competitiveness in the Digital Economy Era
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Digital technology is disrupting human society to be the digital economy era. As a result, business organizations have to employ software engineers to change the organization's business operations to be in line with such changes. However, Thailand is confronting a shortage of potential software engineers. The business organizations must therefore give importance to development of software engineers to make the software engineers to be the ones who can drive business operations to be successful and achieved their targets. This research aims to study the necessary potential components of software engineers to build the potential of business organizations in the digital economy era and to provide business organizations an appropriate model for software engineers’ potential development for the proper use in practice. This study uses Delphi technique and focus group discussion to analyze the potential components that software engineers need to have in their work and create a model for the potential of software engineers for the industrial business competitiveness in the digital economy era. The results of the research found that the potential components that meet the consensus in the Delphi technique were 11 knowledge components (15.71 percent), 21 skill components (30.00 percent), and 24 attributes components (34.28 percent). The components that meet the consensus criteria were used to create a potential model for software engineers, which knowledge comprised of code and algorithm, software development tools, software development processes, software infrastructure, business which is developing the software and innovation development. Key skills include software development, software design, cognitive abilities, management, communication, and English proficiency. Essential attributes encompass accountability, professional work ethics, self-development, teamwork, innovative creativity, and leadership.
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