Skill Standards for IT Professionals ITSS V3

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Skill Standards for IT Professionals (ITSS) V3

• Hideki Murayama
• IT Skill Standards Center
• IT Human Resource Development Headquarters
• Information Promotion Agency (IPA), Japan

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Agenda

• Introduction of IPA and ITSS Center
• Introduction of Japanese Skill Standards
• ITSS Overview
• ITSS Utilization
• ITSS Other Skill Standards Comparison

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Introduction of IPA

• Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) is
  an Incorporated Administrative Agency of Japanese
  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
• Established 1970-Originaly, January 5,
  2004-Re-established
• Our Mission
• Contributes to the growth and advancement of
  Japans economy by providing the strategic
  technological and human resource infrastructures
• IPA Divisions

Open Source Software Center
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ITSS Center Activities
2.ITSS Promotion
1.ITSS Revision
ITSS
3.Professional Community
Individuals from
Output of Community
Consultants (6)
IT Architects (12)
Companies
Recommendation to Skill Standards
Education (9)
New in 2008
Professional community
ProjectManage-ment (12)
IT Professional Development guides materials
Associations
Customer Service (8)
IT Specialist (9)
IT service Manage- ment (7)
Recognized Individuals
ApplicationSpecialist (7)
Participation to promotion activities
( )Members
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• Introduction of IPA and ITSS Center
• Introduction of Japanese Skill Standards
• ITSS Overview
• ITSS Utilization
• ITSS Other Skill Standards Comparison

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Skill Standards family in Japan
Skill Standards for IT Professionals (ITSS)
Dec/2002 -
- Target IT service vendor - Indices of business
capability - Common definition of job career and
level - Level assessment by KPI
Embedded Technology Skill Standards (ETSS)
May/2005 -
- Target Industrial Software developer - Skill
Standards for embedded technology software
Users' Information Systems Skill Standards (UISS)
Jun/2006 -

• Target Information System functions
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  in IT user company
• - Skill Standards for Information System users

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Umbrella concept for Skill Standards family
Common Career Skill Framework
Users' Information Systems Skill
Standards 06/2006 -
Skill Standards for IT Professionals V1 12/2002 -
Embedded Technology Skill Standards 05/2005 -
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Common Career and Skill Framework as a reference
model in Japan
Information Technology Engineers Exam. (ITEE)
Skill Standards for IT Professionals (ITSS)
Conform
Common Career Skill Framework
Embedded Technology Skill Standards (ETSS)
Users' Information Systems Skill
Standards (UISS)
V1 will be issued in Oct/2008
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• Introduction of IPA and ITSS Center
• Introduction of Japanese Skill Standards
• ITSS Overview
• ITSS Utilization
• ITSS Other Skill Standards Comparison

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Background

• To Strengthen IT Service Business Industry in
  Japan

Economic Environment Changes
Trends in Sales and Number of Workers

• Shift from HWSW selling to service business.
• Demand for IT professionals is growing.
• Skills for IT professionals highly specialized.
• Global collaboration and competition
• become popular.

in Japans IT Industry
IT Service Business Industry demands

• Lack of IT professionals
• How to assess and develop IT professionals

Career Enhancements for IT Engineers

• Job categories definition
• Project Management, IT Architect, etc.
• - Career path definition
• How to be High level professionals

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ITSS Chronology
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ITSS Definition and Objective

• ITSS is the INDICES, which identify and systemize
  practical abilities for IT services.
• Visualization of invisible skills
• The objective of ITSS is to promote effective
  capital investment for human resources
  development in the IT service industry by
  utilizing the index provided by the skill
  standards.

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ITSS V3 Career framework
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ITSS Structure
Level Assessment
Career Level
KPI
Job Categories
(Key Performance Indicator)
(Achievement)
Business Contributions - Responsibility, Project
Size and Complexity
Specialty Area
Professional Contributions
Skill Development
Skill Proficiency Level
Skill Domain
Skill Item
Practical Capability (Business/Personal)
Knowledge item
Knowledge sub item
Education/Training Roadmap Model Curriculum
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Level Assessment Concept by using KPI
Business contribution
Achieved Business Result (Was able to perform
role)
For IT professionals only Business
contribution is not ENOUGH
Responsibilities
Responsible Area and Role
( Difficulty of Business and Project )
Complexity
Size
Direct result to business(Value existence in
organization)
Professional contribution
Development subsidiaries is also a responsibility
of professional
Leadership in specialty field Technology
succession / Developing subordinates (
Organization and industry continuous growth )
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Key Performance Indicator ExampleProject
Management Level 7
Contribution to business
Responsibilities Activity areas / phases
Roles Responsibilities How Achievements
Difficulty Size Complexity
Number of Successful Achievements
Contribution to professional society
Specialties able to guide/lead Technology
succession Developing subordinates
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Use ITEE as level certification tool.
JOB Category
Advanced Professional Exam Review and/or
Interview of Experiences
Applied Information Technology Engineer Exam (AP)
Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Exam
(FE)
Information Technology Passport Exam (IP)
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• Introduction of IPA and ITSS Center
• Introduction of Japanese Skill Standards
• ITSS Overview
• ITSS Utilization
• ITSS Other Skill Standards Comparison

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ITSS Utilization in Japan
ITSS Utilization in IT Vendors

• The ratio of current users of ITSS companies is
  about 30 of the total.
• The ratio of large companies is high, but many
  small and medium-sized companies are under
  review.
• The ratio of no use and no plan companies is
  low, and most companies, over 80, need to use
  ITSS.

2.2
All
28.3
27.5
27.2
14.8
(N357)
1,000 and over (N41)
By Company Size (by Employee number)
300 under 1,000 (N65)
100 under 300 (N172)
under 100 (N72)
Current users
Not use and no plan to use in the future
Under review to use
No answer
Need to use, but no review
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ITSS Deployment in Asian Countries
?Objectives - Promotion for the effective
human resources development. - Promotion of
ITSS as Asian standards in New Economic Growth
Strategy of METI. - Promotion of ITSS
deployment in Asia in cooperation with ITEE.
ITEE is a Japan National Information
Technology Engineering Examination.
started in 69 and more than 600k applicants /
year recently in Japan. is
considered as engineers must have
certification by many IT vendors.
has Mutual certification relationship with 11
countries in Asia. ?Activities - ITSS
Promotion to ITPEC(1) Countries. - ITSS
Adoption to Vietnam as VRS (VINASA(2)
Ranking System) on Jan/2008. - Start VRS
Deployment in Vietnam on Aug/2008.
Current Status of Mutual Certification
(1) ITPEC IT Professionals Examination
Council (2) VINASA Vietnam Software Association
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• Introduction of IPA and ITSS Center
• Introduction of Japanese Skill Standards
• ITSS Overview
• ITSS Utilization
• ITSS Other Skill Standards Comparison

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ITSS Other Skill Standards Comparison
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• Thank you for your attention.

We hope to exchange information continuously
to share best practices each other for
our mutual successes in ICT Industry.