Daniel Mooney MBCS CITP

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Daniel Mooney MBCS CITP

• Chairs Report 2008-2009

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Strategic Context

• BCS Belfast Branch

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Members convention

• 19th and 20th May
• First combined Branch and Specialist Group
  convention
• Announcement of significant change programme
  which is underway

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BCS transformation programme

1. We will build a fully integrated IT education
   system addressing and linking the knowledge
   needs of academics and practitioners alike.
2. We will support rewarding career development
   paths for all professionals however and
   wherever they wish to work.
3. We will inform public policy on the role and
   social contribution of IT becoming both an
   effective partner and a critical friend to
   government.
4. We will empower citizens to gain more value from
   IT moving beyond simple user skills to help
   them to become effective information managers.
5. We will champion the relevance of the global IT
   profession constantly reaffirming our relevance
   as a provider of solutions to global economic,
   social and environmental problems.

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5 strands of work

• delivering more interactive online services using
  Web 2.0 technology
• creating more relevant and accessible networking
  opportunities
• building greater recognition of Chartered status
  amongst employers
• enhancing our academic and government involvement
• increasing our public voice and presence in the
  UK and internationally

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The New BCS

• Launches September 2009
• Significant change programme with change in
  internal structures, offerings to members,
  alliances with federated partners
• Significant online presence world class

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The local branch

• BCS Belfast Branch

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Branch Strategy Update

• 2007-2008
• Review initiated by previous chair, John Fowler
• Issues attracting sponsors no sustainable
  relationships
• Events were not attracting young professionals
  those interviewed cited no relevance to current
  job
• issues attracting new members (1,000 members of
  14,000 ICT professionals in NI)
• Few members progressing to CITP/FBCS
• Absent from local initiatives

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Survey of ICT Professionals in NI
Source FSAG 2008
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The net result..

• We had to work on creating something valuable
• Engaged with external stakeholders to see how
  they viewed bcs

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Non-member views (07-08)
Its very academic
What do you get for membership fee?
I dont have a degree in CS

• Don't see the point..

BCS?
Its not relevant to my job..
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A Maturity Model for a Profession
Derived from the Carnegie Mellon University
Capability Maturity Model
Statutory
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Established Levels
Public
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Governed
3
Qualified
Developing Levels
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IT
Organized
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Other professions in Belfast
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What was in the attic?

• Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA
  v4)
• Group Membership discount for gt10
• HQ Staff
• Marketing and Advertising Professionals
• Web Specialists
• Chartered IT Professional (CITP)
• Centre Ground as Professional Body for ICT no
  competition
• Professionalism Programme

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The need for strategy

• The Branch needed strategy and direction
• Course of action was plotted against three
  strands
• Internal Committee Effectiveness Building
  long-term capability
• Develop value proposition for stakeholders
• Member events

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The Year to date

• BCS Belfast Branch

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Committee Capability

• Meetings planned in advance and meeting rooms
  booked and paid for in Wellington park aborted
  after poor attendance
• Online project management website
  www.huddle.net
• Online PM team discussion, task assignment,
  management and tracking and document storage and
  online update of documents HQ pay for license!

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Committee Capability

• Migrated Branch Website
• locally hosted to the BCS corporate website
  more corporate look and feel and additional
  features including
• Enterprise scalability and capacity
• Member login from our site
• Event booking facility for future
• Still needs content review
• Tried teleconferencing for remote attendance

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Value for stakeholders
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Value for stakeholders

• Professionalism CITP, FSAG engagement
• BCS supplied student volunteers to Bring IT On
  campaign
• 2,500 in WHS Smith vouchers for schools
• Going forward - SFIA v4

Added Benefits... Is the branch becoming more
relevant? Now consulted Influencing government
activity
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Value for stakeholders

• Momentum Board are considering a joint pilot with
  BCS, with funding from DELNI/Invest NI to adopt
  SFIA v4 amongst member companies BCS providing
  electronic services
• 2 x large local companies have signed up as group
  members this year
• 1 x SME considering proposal right now
• 2 x government bodies interested

Added Benefits... Is the branch becoming more
relevant? Are we increasing members? How far
until the tipping point?
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Value for stakeholders

• QUB Student of the Year award Peter Sloan
• UU Student of the Year award Debbie Rankin
  (Coleraine campus)
• Plans to establish student chapters at both
  universities
• Existing student activity brought together
• Students introduced to SFIA and CPD

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Value for stakeholders

• itSMF co-hosting events (will be 4 this year)
• NIMTUG opportunities to publish events as part
  of a shared ICT events calendar
• ISACA (COBIT) no presence here but providing
  events in security and ICT governance
• Dragon Slayers (QUB gaming club) holds annual
  conference
• And we are talking too and seeking more!

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Summer in the City 2008Dragon Boat Race

• 5 teams
• Liberty IT x 2
• Lagan Technologies
• ICS Computing
• Northgate Managed Services
• 16 people and 1 drummer!

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The Future

• BCS Belfast Branch

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Member engagement

• Develop our website in terms of content review
  and additional services already planned
  involvement in HQ extranet pilot and additional
  members services coming soon..
• Discussion groups
• Whitepaper submissions and online debates on
  topics of relevance
• The focus is on getting you involved
• Local quarterly dashboard on how were doing
• Events planned in reasonable numbers to cover the
  needs of the profession - SFIA

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Events Calendar Plan
P Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Strategy Architecture

Business Change

Solution Development Implementation

Service Management X X

Procurement Management Support

Client Interface

Dragon Boating again on 31st July!
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Forward looking

• Financial climate will be a challenge in seeking
  sponsorship and group membership we need to be
  realistic there are ways through though
• Challenge is faced in running events and making
  it sustainable series of events across the ICT
  skills sector
• We have a huge opportunity in the re-launch of
  the society

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Questions?
Daniel Mooney Daniel.mooney_at_bcs.org