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Jun 2 2008   5:32PM GMT

Skills Framework for the Information Age

Posted by: viip
IFIP, CIPS, Inherent Quality

The skills framework information below was contained within a 5/30/2008 email to CIPS members from the Chair of the Canadian Council of Information Technology Professionals. For information about the Information Systems Professional designation, or the new Canadian IT Profession designation, contact gina@cips.ca (Gina is the CIPS Professional Standards Manager).

*International Information Technology Professional (IITP) Designation -

The first-ever IITP designation will be offered by CIPS in partnership with the International Federation of Information Processing Society - IFIP (a United Nations/UNESCO consultative body), and its global association partners when the IITP designation is launched world-wide in 2009.  (CIPS is Canada’s representative in IFIP.)  The IITP designation will be offered to more than 30 million IT practitioners around the world. 

** Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) -

Level 5: ensure, advise

Autonomy

Works under broad direction. Full accountability for own technical work or project/supervisory responsibilities. Receives assignments in the form of objectives. Establishes own milestones, team objectives and delegates assignments. Work is often self-initiated.

Influence

Influences organization, customers, suppliers and peers within industry on contribution of specialization. Significant responsibility for the work of others and for the allocation of resources. Decisions impact on success of assigned projects i.e. results, deadlines and budget. Develops business relationships with customers.

Complexity

Challenging range - variety of complex technical or professional work activities. Work requires application of fundamental principles in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts. Understands relationship between specialization and wider customer/organizational requirements.

Business Skills

Advises on the available standards, methods, tools and applications in own area of specialization and can make correct choices from alternatives. Can analyze, diagnose, design, plan, execute and evaluate work to time, cost and quality targets. Communicates effectively, formally and informally, with colleagues, subordinates and customers. Demonstrates leadership. Clear understanding of the relationship between own area of responsibility/specialization to the employing organization and takes customer requirements into account when making proposals. Takes initiative to keep skills up to date. Maintains awareness of developments in the industry. Can analyze user requirements and advise users on scope and options for operational improvement. Demonstrates creativity and innovation in applying IT solutions for the benefit of the user.

Mar 20 2008   4:20PM GMT

i3p: program seeks to establish 1 global IT profession

Posted by: viip
IFIP, CIPS, IT, Inherent Quality

more info here

Mar 14 2008   9:20AM GMT

Shared prior, watch it again; think of our children’s children, 100 years from now

Posted by: viip
IT, Inherent Quality, Software Quality, Fellowship, Alliance, Internet Evolution, ITKE, CIO, ACS, BCS, Bell, Business, CATA, CIPS, CPSR, CSSA, Culminis, Dr. Dobb's, Edge, EU, Forrester, GanttHead, Gartner, Google, IFIP, Government, Nortel, Sun, IBM, Yahoo, Cisco, HP, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft, Unification, Zen, United Way

Mar 8 2008   2:20PM GMT

Global IT Profession Comes Nearer, Canadian Information Processing Society Updates

Posted by: viip
CIPS, IBM, Microsoft, Inherent Quality, Software Quality, Bell, Gartner, CGI, HP, IFIP, CSSA, BCS, ACS

A few bits of news that may interest you:

• 2.21.2007 Global IT Profession comes nearer
• 3.13.2007 IT Industry moves towards a Global Standard of Professionalism
• 9.12.2007 Microsoft supports plan for International Standard for IT Professionals
• 2.21.2008 CIPS National Board of Directors: Call for Nominations
• 3.05.2008 CIPS hosting special Microsoft 14-city workshop tour across Canada (the first Community Connection event starts Feb 26, 2008 in Toronto with the last event scheduled for April 16, 2008 in Quebec City)
• 5.07.2008 Summit 2008, organized by DPI (Association of Public Sector Information Professionals) and CIPS, celebrating their 45th and 50th anniversaries respectively (Elite Sponsor is IBM, Premier Sponsor is HP, Keynote Sponsors are Microsoft and Bell, other sponsors and friends include Global Knowledge, Workforce Ageing in the New Economy, Novell, Eagle, Veritaaq, Robert Half Technology, Brainhunter, Ajilon, CGI, and Gartner)

Note:

CIPS National is seeking nominations for positions that become vacant on the National Board of Directors at the AGM on May 7, 2008. The AGM will be held in Ottawa, Ontario in conjunction with Summit 2008. All nominations must be received in the National office by 5:00 p.m. EST on March 28, 2008.  

PS: Mr. President, Thank you for being a Friend

Feb 3 2008   5:12PM GMT

Interconnected, we become one collective intrinsic and pervasive kindred spirit

Posted by: viip
Inherent Quality, Software Quality, IFIP, Government

All people which together form the universal software, technology and information community and profession, should intrinsically (and increasingly) be a kindred spirit. Particularly given that the same may eventually (moving upwards and inwards in an open-minded forward thinking direction) more so become part of a pervasive kindred spirit. Working increasingly as one, benefits to overall society will increasingly become greater as the viip of the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Taking no credit, and provided as general awareness only, principal element 3 associated with IFIP’s mission statement is shown below. Words within the mission statement that particularly are worth sharing are, “for the benefit of all people”.

To promote international co-operation directly and through national IT Societies in a free environment between individuals, national and international governmental bodies and kindred scientific and professional organizations.

Feb 3 2008   4:11PM GMT

A universal community and profession

Posted by: viip
Inherent Quality, Software Quality, IFIP, IBM, Microsoft, CIPS, Culminis, ITKE

Will news within 2008 bulletins elevate a knowledge sharing culture? A cohesive global community and profession can achieve great things by 2020. IBM (e.g., Rudin, Spainhower, Camenisch, etc.), Microsoft, and other major organizations, individuals and forces (e.g., Culminis, ITKE, CIPS, and so on) make what is now a large universe of software, technology and information professionals. Ideally competitors increasingly interconnect and work together to make significant advances into matters of high purpose. Thanks to all that eventually do or will work in this positive direction.

Sep 14 2007   7:48PM GMT

Evolve Qual IT (i.e. Quality IT) per IFIP / Microsoft News

Posted by: viip
Inherent Quality, Software Quality, Microsoft, IFIP

The VIIP Blog Roll is a list of sites and blogs you may like to dig through or periodically visit. In case you have yet to arrive at entry 100 it is provided here.

IFIP … CONGRATULATIONS and THANK YOU TO ALL INVOLVED!

Continued movement in this direction has been anticipated however it remains a delight to share and showcase this important milestone of progress that inherently will help towards increasing value, intrinsically and pervasively throughout the world.