Learning and Certification: keep up with the changes

Michiel van der Voort

Headquartered in Germany, offices in Potsdam,

Erlangen and Amstelveen Founded in 2004 as a subsidiary of the German

Association for Software Quality and Further Education

1.100+ members in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, Individuals, small and medium enterprises as well as international companies such as Microsoft, HP and SAP

Well known for its international certification programs in Software Testing, Requirements Engineering and Agile

About ISQI®

Let’s start mapping! (SFIA)

Individual (Plymouth – SFIA)

Certificate (APMG)

Course (QA)

Curriculum (University Of Northampton Business School)

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON BUSINESS SCHOOL SFIA in Higher Education – A Win Win Solution

• Compare and align SFIA grid to curriculum • Evolve course content to reflect industry

needs • Analyse Learning Outcomes and set assessed

work to prove that Learning Outcomes and SFIA skills have been achieved

• Provide students with transcript of SFIA skills • Attract more students to Computing and

Service Management Field • Create Continual Professional and Personal

Lifelong Learning • Give industry the graduates it needs

Job or roles (Open University)

Job or roles (Open University)

Let’s create a service!

• Assessment • Gap analysis • Career advice • Register

Assessment

Assessment (LinkedIn)

Assessment (SFIA)

Assessment (Frameworks)

Career Advice tool (EU CEN/ISSS)

Gap Analysis (Pink Elephant)

Register

Conclusions

• From IT skills towards skills for Professionals in IT

• From certification of the individual against a method or product towards certification of the individual

• From a Framework to a range of Services

Thank you for your attention