“…However, the software engineer ing career is much less established (Downey, 2010), no clear role definitions have been agreed (Downey, 2009). In spite of this, sig nificant initiatives such as the People Capability Maturity Model (People CMM) (Curtis, Hefley, & Miller, 2009) point out the impor tance of establishing professional career structures defined, docu mented and driven by organizations. Recently, Colomo Palacios, Tovar Caro, García Crespo, and Gómez Berbís (2010) presented a career ladder for software professionals.…”