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Building and Effective IT Profession

Charles Hughes

President

British Computer Society

IFIP Workshop

25 August 2006

PROFESSIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Specialist Disciplines

Body of Knowledge

Skills & CompetenceFramework

Qualifications Framework

Admission Processes

CPD Process

Disciplinary & Support

Processes

DevelopmentServices

Governance StructureScope

Ethical &Behavioural

Skills

Competence

CPD

IT PROFESSION INFRASTRUCTURE

GOVERNANCE & ADMINISTRATION

REQUIRED STANDARDS

Academic

IT STUDENTS & TRAINEES

QUALIFIED IT PROFESSIONALS

CHARTERED

IT PROFESSIONALS

BUILDING THE FULLY EFFECTIVE IT PROFESSION

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Building and Effective IT Profession

Skills and Career Management

SFIA (The Skills Framework for the Information Age)UK Government-backed standard Details the skills needed by IT professionals.Simple and logical two-dimensional framework Easily accessible to practitioners employers and users

.SFIAplus™

SFIA framework plus an extra level of granularityProvides detailed performance standards for the training and development of IT professionals.

Enables clear skills benchmarking of both individuals and jobs

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Skills Frameworks

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IT Skills Framework

Career support for practitioners

BCS CareerBuilder

Built around the SFIAplus skills framework

Enables individuals to: • Review IT skills against the industry standard • Create a personal job description from recognized roles • Set up cycles of training and development • Identify objectives and actions in line with career development

plans • Pinpoint resources assist with achieving development plans

Development support for Employers

Development support for Employers

Browser based solution for employers to produce IT job descriptions

•Browse SFIAPlus•Prepare and maintain a job description using SFIAplus standard•Define skills, training and experience•Quickly prepare IT job descriptions •Customize job descriptions • Identify career paths•Establish training requirements -

BCS IT Job Describer

Development support for Employers

Enables employers to identify and manage skills across teams anddepartments

•Measure people skills against SFIAplus• Create Corporate Job Descriptions• Build Job Descriptions from SFIAPlus and bespoke components• Analyse people skills against organisation need and SFIAplus• Carry out gap analysis

BCS Skills Manager

BCS Career Developer

Generate corporate job descriptions

Select project teams/identify

experts

Performgap

analysis

Assessmentand

confirmation

Set uporganisation

structure

Explore SFIAplus

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Qualifications and Training

BCS – The World’s leading IT Examination Institute

BCS Professional Exams

CertificateComparable to Year 1 HND, 3 modules – 2 hour written exam, 140 hours per module

Diploma

Examined to HND level, 1 compulsory + 3 optional modules – 2 hour written exam each, 140 hours per module

GraduateDiploma

Examined to degree level, 4 optional modules - 3 hour written paper each, 200 hours per module

ISEB Qualifications

The recognised brand leader for relevant, professional IS/IT qualifications

• recognised and valued by employers, IT & business managers, IT staff, IT industry and academia

• international reach in major markets – delivered in 67 countries worldwide, including USA, Australia, India, Europe

• training & exams available to anyone, anywhere• valued strategic partnerships with key organisations (ITSMF,

ISTQB, APM etc)• continued high quality approach to examination and service

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ISEB Project Mgt Professional

ISEB Systems Development Professional

ISEB Software Testing

Professional

FoundationIn Systems

Development(coming soon) Foundation

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Foundation in IT enabledBusinessChange(coming soon)

Foundationin

IT Law Certificate in Information

Security Management

Principles

Foundation In IS

ProjectManagement

Foundation inIT Service

Management

Foundation inIT Assets andInfrastructure (coming soon)

Systems Development Diploma

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ISEB Project Support

Professional

ISEB Business Analysis

Professional

ISEB IT Legal Professional

ISEB Service Management Professional

ISEB IT Infrastructure Professional

Data Protection

Freedom of Information

Evaluating & Procuring Software Packages

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IT Architecture

Systems Development Essentials

Systems Modelling Techniques

PPSO

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Management & Business Change

Legal, Compliance & Security

IT Infrastructure, Assets and Services

Solution Development & Delivery

Higher level

Foundation level

Practitioner level

‘Professional’ level

Software Testing Practitioner

System Design Techniques

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Qualifications in Development

Chartered IT Professional

‘Gold Standard’ status for the IT professional

Based on clearly defined standards of competence and conduct

Subject to rigorous admission requirements

And to clearly defined CPD obligations

Available to suitably qualified BCS members

Will be available for other organisations to award, under licence, from 2007

Specialist Disciplines

Body of Knowledge

Qualifications Framework

Admission Processes

CPD Process

Disciplinary & Support

Processes

DevelopmentServices

Governance StructureScope

Competence

CPD

Organisation Professionalism

Business Leadership

Government Support

Awareness & Recognition

User & Customer Competence

IT PROFESSION INFRASTRUCTURE

GOVERNANCE & ADMINISTRATION

REQUIRED STANDARDS

BUSINESS CONTEXT

IT STUDENTS & TRAINEES

QUALIFIED IT PROFESSIONALS

CHARTERED

IT PROFESSIONALS

BUILDING THE FULLY EFFECTIVE IT PROFESSION

Skills & CompetenceFramework

Ethical &Behavioural

Skills

Academic

Organisational professionalism

Each organisation: a bridge in the supply chainEach bridge relies on the seven piers of organisational professionalism

The supply chain

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integrity

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people

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people

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relationships

learning

citizenship

going further together

Building and Effective IT Profession

Charles Hughes

President

British Computer Society

IFIP Workshop

25 August 2006