wcc2008 eucip norway experience

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EUCIP for Competence and Career planning in

Norway

Renny Bakke AmundsenCEO, EUCIP Norway

WCC2008 in Milan

WCC September 2008EUCIP Norway - © - Renny Bakke Amundsen 2

Markets Data in Norway

Population: 4.7 mill.

ICT Professionals: 100 000

ICT Students: 2 500 per year

EUCIP Norway’s Ambition:

-> Critical mass: 2% = 2000-> 5% = 5 000 Certified in 5 years


DND formed a 100% owned Ltd. Company: “EUCIP Norge as”

Launching the EUCIP Scheme I


Significant IT-Organisations as Partners

"EUCIP is a common language for describing skills, and we will strongly recommend that our members start speaking this language"

Launching the EUCIP Scheme II


Launching the EUCIP Scheme III

Significant IT-Organisations as Partners

"This is a big step forward; Certainly there are a number of certification programmes which document competence within specific products,but a general competency standard has been sorely missed."


Competence & career = The HR Approach

Standardisation of ICT Competence:

Define Describe Measure Development

Launching the EUCIP Scheme III


Early adopters in Norway I

2 Business Analyst 1 Project Manager 1 Security Adviser


Early adopters in Norway II

1 Business Analyst


Early adopters in Norway III

Ole Tom SeierstadChief Security Advisor

Microsoft Norway

Putting Security on the Map in 2008Putting Security on the Map in 2008

Sponsoring 4 candidates from partners for EUCIP Professional Security Advisor

“ We need to prove their skills as Objective, Independent and Neutral in the market “


Early adopters in Norway IV

2008: Pilot of 5 - 10 candidates

2009: Options of 100 - 200 candidates