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Technology
Association Goes Global and Offers a New Tech Designation
Senior Execs and Academics now able to qualify for first-ever
international designation
TORONTO - CIPS announced that the association has taken a leadership role globally and is now offering a new, internationally-recognized professional Information Technology (IT) designation. The new CIPS professional designation will be called the Canadian IT Professional (pending final trademark approval). This new Canadian professional designation will allow senior IT practitioners to qualify for the first-ever International Information Technology (IITP) designation(*) to be launched world-wide in 2009, and thus enjoy international professional recognition.
Holders of the new Canadian IT Professional designation will be
recognized as IT leaders and professionals in the global community in Canada
and abroad through their demonstrated excellence in organizational leadership,
professional experience, senior-level activity and broad responsibility in
their organizations.
The Canadian IT Professional designation is directed specifically to
senior IT practitioners and academics who want to demonstrate to their
employer, clients, students and partners that in addition to their IT
knowledge they understand how to effectively utilize and apply their
organizational experience to achieving goals and expectations. This includes
understanding of the CIPS Code of Ethics and
http://www.cips.ca/standards/isp/ethics/ Professional Conduct, governance
issues, the environment within they operate, organizational culture and
climate, and how decisions are made within their organization.
"The reality today is that the success of the IT industry and profession
is being measured by the impact on organizational outcomes. The Canadian IT
Professional designation is a way to measure this success and to achieve
international recognition," said Greg Lane I.S.P., CIPS Chair of the Canadian
Council of Information Technology Professionals. "Canadian IT Professional
designation holders will be seen as an essential foundation for driving their
organization's success through demonstration of their autonomy, influence,
enterprise skills and ability to deal with complex issues."
Canadian IT Professional designation holders will have:
- Demonstrated organizational leadership and professional experience
that includes senior-level activities and broad responsibility;
- Demonstrated understanding of how IT fits within the organization
model;
- Demonstrated competence in one or more specialist areas of IT; and
- Demonstrated capability to operate at SFIA - Level 5(**) (or
equivalent).
As part of the new CIPS professional designation, CIPS has adopted the
Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). CIPS is also updating the
CIPS Body of Knowledge (BOK) to make it more appropriate for the new
professional designation.
There is a one-time limited opportunity for certified members (i.e.
I.S.P. designation holders) to receive the Canadian IT Professional
designation automatically through a "grandparenting" process that will
commence late August 2008. Non-certified members who apply for the I.S.P.
designation by August 1, 2008 will also have this opportunity. CIPS will
contact all active I.S.P. designation holders prior to August 31, 2008 to
provide information about the "grandparenting" process and to confirm the
holder's wish to receive the Canadian IT Professional designation. After
August 31, 2008, IT practitioners who apply for the Canadian IT Professional
designation follow the normal application process, and their application will
be assessed by a CIPS council.
"These are extraordinary times for Canada. The new Canadian IT
Professional designation gives IT professionals another option to demonstrate
to their companies, clients and partners that we value IT professionalism.
CIPS, as Canada's IT professional association, is giving us the opportunity to
leverage our IT profession not just in Canada but also around the world,"
added Lane.
(*)International Information Technology Professional (IITP) Designation -
The first-ever IITP designation will be offered by CIPS in partnership
with the International Federation of Information Processing Society -
IFIP (a United Nations/UNESCO consultative body), and its global
association partners when the IITP designation is launched world-wide in
2009. (CIPS is Canada's representative in IFIP.) The IITP designation
will be offered to more than 30 million IT practitioners around the
world.
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