IFIP

Nov 11 2008   11:11PM GMT

Be part of making forward progress and history that is good

Posted by: viip
Inherent Quality, IFIP, Global IT Profession

Want to make a difference?

Perhaps consider how as an inherent quality of an emerging global IT profession, and related green and other socially responsible initiatives, you can help evolve associated quality and value to increasingly become intrinsic and pervasive and for the benefit and betterment of all.

Perhaps look within IFIP (e.g., this page) for some interesting reading (e.g., the aims and scope statements associated with WG 9.2 – Social Accountability (est. 1977)). Perhaps suggest updates to IFIP plans or content, or ask a question using this contact page. Perhaps ask what you can do to help IFIP before 2009, and then perhaps in relation to the IFIP 50th Anniversary in 2010.

This post takes no credit for the progress being made by IFIP, CIPS and others including anything that you may do or being doing to help with related continued forward progress. It does however applaud all efforts towards a global challenge of achieving greatness relative to the goodness innately associated with what social responsibility and accountability means or can mean.

Consider looking within your schedule and perhaps see if you can spare additional cycles now and then to increasingly be part of making forward progress and history that is good. Thank you for doing so.

“No matter how much you have achieved, you will always be merely good relative to what you can become.” — Jim Collins, Good To Great and The Social Sectors

Sep 7 2008   8:15AM GMT

Progressively moving towards improved quality of life for all within the global community

Posted by: viip
Inherent Quality, IFIP, ITKE, Edge, CIPS, ITAC

Can the Internet help to enable a better world? Can it help to improve collective consciousness, positively alter egos and awaken souls to increasingly help towards achieving higher purposes? Can continued study of the essential complexity of simple systems extend the enlightenment capability of any object? Can exploring more closely to the edge increase the number of everyday heroes who share positive ideas? The questions you’ve just read were derived from a few quotes from the edge that were noted in VIIP near the start of 2008. Counting the current month, there are only four months remaining in the year and then it will be time for the official launch of a major milestone for the global IT profession. You can read more on this on various web pages, including this July 2, 2008 Exchange Morning Post. There is also mention August 2008 within ITACOnline. A quote from the latter that you may also find interesting is indented in italics.

The ITAC IT Heroes Program was created to give recognition to men, women and organizations that have employed technology to improve the quality of life of their communities.

As more increasingly explore within and pervasively, perhaps more will discover their higher purpose. Perhaps as more do this it will increasingly become easier to identify and share what may want one to increasingly want to be good. Perhaps understanding the latter will enable greater collective compassion.

From compassion can come passion… do what only you can to help find, share and elevate opportunities towards improving the quality of life for all within the global community. Thank you for doing so.

Jun 2 2008   5:32PM GMT

Skills Framework for the Information Age

Posted by: viip
Inherent Quality, IFIP, CIPS

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
Inherent Quality, IFIP, IT, CIPS

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

Mar 8 2008   2:20PM GMT

Global IT Profession Comes Nearer, Canadian Information Processing Society Updates

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

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
Software Quality, Inherent 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
IBM, Software Quality, Inherent Quality, IFIP, ITKE, Microsoft, Culminis, CIPS

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
Software Quality, Inherent Quality, IFIP, Microsoft

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.