An investment in professionalism makes business sense

Scepticism towards the effectiveness of IT, the rise of IT automation, worldwide geographic labour shifts and multi-sourcing is leading to a quest for a new breed of IT professional - someone who has the technical aptitude, knowledge of businesses processes, leadership ability and personal accountability. The IP3 professional standard ensures that IT practitioners have technology skills that are aligned with an industry recognized skills framework and have the business and soft skills and competencies that ensures that they understand how IT aligns with the business model. Professionalism in IT improves the ability to more effectively exploit the full potential of IT effectively and consistently - locally and globally.

Creating a Global IT profession - the Drivers of Change

• Critical importance of IT
• Forces of globalization
• Governance and security requirements
• Maturity of the IT industry
• Pride and prestige of IT professionals = attracting talented people

The IP3 Plan

• Establish a world-wide IT profession within an overarching professional framework
• Promote professionalism and communicate the benefits
• Establish an international cadre of IT professionals
• Establish an inclusive approach embracing existing certifications

The Opportunity

• An international IT profession based on global standards
• Common terminology to describe skills and competencies
• Standard means of measurement and independent assurance of skills and competencies
• Pride, prestige and recognition for IT industry

Organizational Benefits

Nobody ever votes against professionalism; no one ever argues it it not a good thing. However, few are prepared to make a positive commitment to implement the principles of professionalism until there is some clear business benefit sufficient to justify the investment.

The business case for a more mature profession, working within a professionalized IT industry and business environment is strong and evidenced by some of the following quotes:

"Annual cost of IT failure in Europe is $140.5 billion" - The Gartner Group

"Effectively managed people assets have the potential to increase shareholder value by 30% - The Aberdeen Group

Benefits to stakeholders could be substantial, including improvements in:

• Risk management and corporate governance
• IT enabled business change
• Recruitment and talent management
• Business return from IT investment
• Increased competitive edge for both IT suppliers and their customers

A more mature IT profession will attract high quality people, inspire high performance and represent and opportunity for a wide spectrum of people. Access to a larger global talent pool will be the result.

How can you organization become actively involved in supporting the IP3 vision?

a) Actively promote membership in your local professional IT association

b) Consider corporate engagement with IP3. Engagement opportunities can be explored with:

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Senior VP Strategic Relations (North America, South East Asia)

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Senior VP Strategic Relations (Europe)