Personally I've never seen a CEng / IEng decision come down to a discussion about CD&E competences, it's always been down to A&B competences. And unfortunately these are often, in the end, a judgement call, particularly for those many applicants who are not working in a development environment. I certainly don't think the assessment system is perfect as it stands, the important thing is to keep raising questions regarding those cases which appear to fall through the cracks to try to close them. Unfortunately here isn't the best place to do it either, as these forums don't get heavily read by R&S team (with a couple of exceptions). Doing it through PRAs probably really is the best approach for most members.
It's interesting to look at the IMechE MPDS process, this is much more structured, but equally much harder work to implement, I'm not sure either approach is "better", both have advantages and disadvantages.
Personally I've never seen a CEng / IEng decision come down to a discussion about CD&E competences, it's always been down to A&B competences. And unfortunately these are often, in the end, a judgement call, particularly for those many applicants who are not working in a development environment. I certainly don't think the assessment system is perfect as it stands, the important thing is to keep raising questions regarding those cases which appear to fall through the cracks to try to close them. Unfortunately here isn't the best place to do it either, as these forums don't get heavily read by R&S team (with a couple of exceptions). Doing it through PRAs probably really is the best approach for most members.
It's interesting to look at the IMechE MPDS process, this is much more structured, but equally much harder work to implement, I'm not sure either approach is "better", both have advantages and disadvantages.
