going further together Adoption of Skills Manager Products John Gwynne Professional Development Services Manager

going further together John Gwynne2 Agenda Skills Market – changing background Career Developer adoption Skills Manager product adoption Individual products built on SFIAplus

going further together John Gwynne3 Some IT Industry Numbers IT Professionals working in IT industry: 370k IT Professionals working in other sectors: 590k Total 960k = 3.5% of UK working population (27M) Of these 192k – only 20% - are female IT Users in the workforce: 20 Million Business Managers, all sectors: 4 Million 45% of UK Gross Added Value (£30bn) comes from IT The size of the challenge… Source: IT Insights: Trends and UK Skills Implications e-skills UK and Gartner Consulting November 2004

going further together John Gwynne4 New Terms The world produces 2x10 9 gigabytes of data per year = 250Mb per Man, Woman, Child on the planet UK managers spend on average 102 minutes per day on 52 s Compare this with ten years ago…? IT Users will need new skills to sift and use the information available Professionals will need new skills, methods and applications to handle vast amounts of data “Infoglut” The growth of connectivity will only accelerate this trend

going further together John Gwynne5 Sourcing – Various New Terms Companies will outsource elements of their IT operations to UK vendors and sometimes elements will be “Geosourced” or “Offshored” Some IT parts of the IT operation will remain embedded: key functions critical core business and high value innovation Remaining IT business will need skills in innovation, change management, infrastructure management, supporting the new model of IT delivery IT Professionals outside the industry will move into it as part of INsourcing deals Impacts: the Industry, IT Professionals, Business Managers Outsourcing, Insourcing, Geosourcing, Offshoring Many new challenges:

going further together John Gwynne6 Redefined Roles & Responsibilities Business Managers –Merging IT and Business Strategy –Recognising & exploiting IT in business applications –Managing and exploiting the large amounts of available data –Managing the “i-generation” entering the industry New Demands on Managers –Greater strategic benefit from IT –Leveraging greater returns on IT investment –Dealing with GeoSourcing New, Broader and Deeper Skills Required

going further together John Gwynne7 New Skills Required Privacy and Security: Industry will need security standards to work across multiple vendors and user organisations. IT Professionals will need specialist security skills Managers will need skills to make decisions related to security appropriate to their industry Internet Generation From 2007 children brought up on mobile phones, internet and computer games will start to enter the industry. Challenge for IT and Business Managers ! Emphasis on new skills

going further together John Gwynne8 Decline of the Old - Growth of the new Declining: IT Operations Programming Growth: Systems Architecture Systems Integration Networking Project and Programme Management Business Analysis Web Support Business Awareness, Management, Leadership Security, Ethics, IT Law

going further together John Gwynne9 BCS Product Progress Career Developer Skills Manager Career Builder Professional Experience Record

going further together John Gwynne10 SFIAplus – BCS Career Developer Launch October 2004 Eight organisations to February 2005 Over 900 corporate participants Organisations include –House of Commons, Scottish Executive, –NHS in Scotland, Met Office –Suffolk County Council –BAA –Dyfed-Powys Police –Met Office –University trial planned for Summer 2004 Used for Professional Development, Career paths Business Change, Restructuring Recruitment issues, Assessing Technical Competences

going further together John Gwynne11 BCS Skills Manager Launched May 2004 Adopted by 21 organisations to date Over 1100 corporate participants Organisation types include –Finance: Building Societies, Insurance –Public Sector: Utilities, ACAS, CPS, DSS, –Local Authorities –Private Sector: Retailers, Publishing, Logistics, –European Stock Exchange Used for: Skills Audits, Career Paths, Targeting Training Business Change, Restructuring Recruitment issues, Assessing Technical Competences

going further together John Gwynne12 SFIAplus Corporate Users

going further together John Gwynne13 SFIAplus - Individual Usage BCS Career Builder: –Individual CPD product based on SFIAplus –Over 1600 users registered since launch in May 2004 BCS Professional Experience Record –Individual CPD and validated CV tool –Aimed at contractors and individuals not in a corporate PD scheme –Launched January 2005 –Promoting through BCS SIGs and via

going further together John Gwynne14 Professional Development Products and Services

going further together John Gwynne15 Thank You

going further together John Gwynne16