El constante cambio del entorno ha llevado a las organizaciones a buscar nuevas herramientas que permitan mejorar su desempeno, para poder mantenerse en el mercado y tener exito; una de las herramientas es la Vigilancia Tecnologica e Inteligencia Competitiva – (VT- IC) –, que se ha formalizado desde la segunda mitad del siglo XX. La VT – IC ha sido aplicada por varios paises para mejorar su industria de una manera eficiente, sin embargo, no existen muchos estudios en la literatura para caracterizarla, en Colombia no se encontro ningun estudio de caracterizacion de la VT – IC. Por lo tanto, el objeto de esta investigacion es presentar una metodologia para la caracterizacion de la VT – IC, y su aplicacion en las empresas del sector Software en Bogota; con ello se desarrollar una medicion de la aplicacion, conceptos y percepciones en esta tematica, ademas de presentar una estructura metodologica guia para su estudio.%%%%Abstract. A constant environment change has led organizations to seek new tools to improve their performance, to keep on the market and succeed; one of the tools is the Technology Watch and Competitive Intelligence – CI -, whose theoretical foundation beginning to formalize since second half of the twentieth century. CI has been applied by several countries to improve their industry in an efficient, however, there are few studies in the literature to characterize, in Colombia does not found any study to characterize the CI. Therefore, the investigation´s goal is to present a methodology for characterize the CI, and their application on the software companies at Bogota; thus develops a measure of the application, concepts and perceptions are subject, besides presenting a methodological framework to guide their study.