IFIP PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE TASK FORCE

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IFIPPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE TASK FORCE

• CHARLES HUGHES
• BCS President 2005-2006
• Chairman

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Background

• WORLD COMPUTER CONGRESS August 2006
• Keynote address
• Workshop
• TASK FORCE November 2006
• Members - ACS, BCS (Chair), CIPS, CSSA
• Meeting in Cape Town January 2007
• Report submitted January 2007

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Objectives

• Vigorous programme to promote professionalism
  worldwide to
• improve the ability of business to exploit IT
  effectively and consistently
• build IT professionalism to world standards
• develop a profession which is respected and
  valued
• Ensure the voice of the IT practitioner is
  clearly and powerfully expressed
• Opportunity for IFIP to raise substantially its
  global profile and represent IT practitioners
  internationally

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Opportunity

• International IT profession based on global
  standards
• Common terminology to describe skills and
  competences
• Standard means of measurement and independent
  assurance of skills and competences

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Benefits and Outcomes

• Practitioner
• increased recognition and reward
• greater mobility
• career path
• professional accountability
• Employers
• improve risk management and corporate governance
• more successful IT enabled business change
• enhance recruitment and talent management
• heighten reputation

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Issues

• Vigorous programme gradual evolution is
  insufficient
• Must engage and commit global IT employers and
  government agencies
• Cultural transformation on a global scale takes
  time and effort
• Major programme necessitating professional
  programme management

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Guiding Principles

• Develop an inclusive profession
• Build on existing standards and achievements
• Engage national organisations and maximize
  subsidiarity
• Encourage incremental development
• Rigorous assessment and auditing processes
• Positive assistance for societies in developing
  countries

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The International IT Profession

• Building the International IT Profession
• PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS
• ENGAGING AND MOBILISING
• Member Societies
• Governments and Agencies
• Suppliers and Customers
• GOVERNANCE AND ACCREDITATION
• BUILDING BLOCKS

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Building Blocks
Note Labels in the model are intended to be
illustrative rather than definitive or
comprehensive. The list of elements to be
included will be expanded and refined during the
next stage of the project
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Finance and Resource

• INITIATION AND START-UP
• IFIP
• Founding Societies ACS, BCS, CIPS
• IMPLEMENTATION, DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT
• International enterprises
• Government organisations
• STEADY STATE
• Balance income from registrations against
  administration costs

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Preliminary Contacts

• CEPIS
• IBM
• DELOITTE
• MICROSOFT

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Timetable

• 2006 November Task Force initiation
• 2007 January Task Force report
• March Council decision
• Re-instate Task Force
• Commit resources
• August Report to General Assembly
• December Supporters engaged
• June International standards developed and
  certification accredited
• September International launch
• 2009 March Governance board appointed and
  programme fully implemented

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IFIPPROFESSIONAL PRACTICE TASK FORCE

• CHARLES HUGHES
• BCS President 2005-2006
• Chairman