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Competitiveness demands continuous competence growth. At year-end 2022 and within the steady state of post-COVID-19 change, Vector Consulting, with IEEE Software, contacted industry experts about their challenges and resolutions. A lack of competence is the biggest challenge identified in our annual industry survey with IEEE Software. The growing lack of competence is perceived across industries as both the major short-term as well as midterm challenge. Technology companies increasingly suffer from inadequate competencies, both in terms of quantity and quality. In turn, their innovation and competitiveness decrease.
Ebert et al. (Wed,) studied this question.