1. going further together Building and Effective IT Profession Charles Hughes President British Computer Society IFIP Workshop 25 August 2006

2. PROFESSIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE Specialist Disciplines Body of Knowledge Skills & Competence Framework Qualifications Framework Admission Processes CPD Process Disciplinary & Support Processes Development Services Governance Structure Scope 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

3. going further together Building and Effective IT Profession Skills and Career Management

4. 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 granularity Provides detailed performance standards for the training and development of IT professionals. Enables clear skills benchmarking of both individuals and jobs. Skills Frameworks

5. going further together IT Skills Framework

6. 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

7. Development support for Employers

8. 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

9. Development support for Employers Enables employers to identify and manage skills across teams and departments 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

10. BCS Career Developer Generate corporate job descriptions Select project teams/identify experts Perform gap analysis Assessment and confirmation Set up organisation structure Explore SFIAplus

11. going further together Building and Effective IT Profession Qualifications and Training BCS – The World’s leading IT Examination Institute

12. BCS Professional Exams Certificate Comparable 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 Graduate Diploma Examined to degree level, 4 optional modules - 3 hour written paper each, 200 hours per module

13. 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

14. going further together ISEB Project Mgt Professional ISEB Systems Development Professional ISEB Software Testing Professional Foundation In Systems Development (coming soon) Foundation in Software Testing Foundation in IT enabled Business Change (coming soon) Foundation in IT Law Certificate in Information Security Management Principles Foundation In IS Project Management Foundation in IT Service Management Foundation in IT Assets and Infrastructure (coming soon) Systems Development Diploma Data Management Diploma Manager’s Certificate in IT Service Management IS Project Management Business Analysis Diploma 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 IT Service Delivery IT Service Support IT Service Management Practitioner Certificates * Data Mgt Essentials Application Mgt Essentials Software Asset Mgt Essentials ITIL Infrastructure Mgt Information & Communication Technology IT Architecture Systems Development Essentials Systems Modelling Techniques PPSO Advanced PPSO Essentials Business & Management Skills Modelling Business Processes Business Analysis Essentials Requirements Engineering Organisational Context IS Consultancy Practice 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 Estimating for Software Development Change, Config. and Release Mgt Qualifications in Development

15. 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

16. Specialist Disciplines Body of Knowledge Qualifications Framework Admission Processes CPD Process Disciplinary & Support Processes Development Services Governance Structure Scope 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 & Competence Framework Ethical & Behavioural Skills Academic

17. Organisational professionalism Each organisation: a bridge in the supply chain Each bridge relies on the seven piers of organisational professionalism The supply chain © Intellect integrity processes people communications relationships learning citizenship integrity processes people communications relationships learning citizenship

18. going further together Building and Effective IT Profession Charles Hughes President British Computer Society IFIP Workshop 25 August 2006