Professional IT Culture - Group Oral Presentation

Topic - Career planning with special attention to skills frameworks and certification

Learning Outcomes

This assessment task relates to the following learning outcomes and values stated in the course description:

-Investigate skills frameworks and develop an awareness of industry certifications relevant to IT professionals.

-Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the cognitive and practical approaches required to manage IT professionals in collaborative, global work environments.

-Utilise professional presentation and communication approaches in a range of IT workplace settings.

-Appreciate the changing business and technological paradigm in which ITprofessionals operate.

-Appreciate the global nature of the IT industry.

Task

Each group member should choose ONE of the questions following and research it. The group should allocate different questions for each member. Each group should research on at least one question on skills frameworks and one question on certification. One of the tasks of each group is to integrate the research done by all of its members and to present the result in an oral presentation of 15-minute duration (excluding question time) with each group member contributing roughly equal amount of time. The tutor may vary  this duration for an oversized or undersized group. The content of the presentation should be based on research evidence rather than personal opinion. It should assume that the audience is familiar with all course materials and therefore the presentations should skip such materials. Although the focus is on the IT workplace, generic business resources should also prove useful.

Research questions

1) What advice is available for a new graduate to produce an effective application regarding an IT position to be filled?

2) What advice is available for a new graduate who has been granted an interview regarding an IT position to be filled?

3) What does the term 'industry ready' mean and what are the generally accepted criteria for assessing whether or not an IT person is 'industry ready?

4) From a sample of existing skills frameworks develop a set of criteria that will enable the quality of any such framework to be assessed. (Conclude with an assessment of the SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age) framework using these criteria).

5) What contribution can the SFIA framework make to the implementation of a career plan by an IT professional?

6) Explore the range of IT certifications available to the IT professional, particularly in an area of interest to you.

7) Why is a university degree unlikely to be a sufficient certification over the lifetime of an IT professional?

8) Research the advice available in the area of professional networking. (Give some attention to networks that are global in scope.)

I already select 3 topics and that is 1 ,4 and 6 and you have to write 500 words in each topic so total is 1500 words. I provide one ppt and you have to read and write and follow that points, I need 25 references and each and every paragraph you have make citation.

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