Actions towards Maturing the ICT Profession in Europe

Sherry, Martin; Carcary, Marian; McLaughlin, Stephen; O’Brien, Conor

doi:10.4018/jhcitp.2013010105

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“…This paper develops previous research on developing ICT as a profession through recent European Commission funded research projects (Sherry, Carcary, McLaughlin, & O'Brien, 2013;Husing et al, 2013;McLaughlin et al, 2012;van der Linden et al, 2017) whose aim was to provide evidence informed policy guidance on developing ICT as a profession and thus ensuring agreed ethical and professional standards of practice. The initial design of the research was also presented at a conference (Thornley et al, 2016)and this paper develops that work and uses the feedback from participants to further refine its focus.…”

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“…The status of a profession has been taken to imply the ability to self-regulate on ethical matters but this is becoming less tenable as public trust in institutions and professions weakens (Eraut, 1994). Within the European Union policy arena the professionalization of IT has been a policy priority since the early 2000s with a number of projects and initiatives taken to mature IT as a profession (Sherry, Carcary, McLaughlin, & O'Brien, 2013). Research by McLaughlin et al (2012) developed a model of ICT professionalism within the European context, from an analysis of the literature (Agresti, 2008;Denning & Frailey, 2011), and input from stakeholders collected through surveys and interviews.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…ICT, and the information it stores and manipulates, is increasingly critical to many services and activities and its failure or lack of optimum performance can have very significant consequences (Sherry, Carcary, McLaughlin, & O'Brien, 2013). There are many reasons for IT failures and some of them will have an ethical dimension either through malicious intent .…”

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This article investigates the development of Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a global profession with a specific focus on the role of ethics. It addresses three main issues: to what extent ethics contribute to the development of the professional identity of ICT practitioners; what practices and policies can promote the development of ICT ethics; how these practices and policies can usefully be coordinated internationally. Within the European policy framework, professional ethics is seen as one of the four pillars of ICT professionalism, along with: competences; bodies of knowledge; education and training. A diverse range of international stakeholders were consulted on how to develop and implement ethical frameworks in culturally and economically diverse regions. Findings include the need to: be sensitive to the cultural and economic factors of different regions; integrate work on ethics with other aspects of professionalism; promote multiple types of engagement with professional ethics.

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“…The changing nature of ICT projects, such as continuous improvement in international bandwidth and its extension to new regions, has made it more difficult. ICT projects are more challenging mainly due to the higher rate of change of technologies, tools and methodologies (Sherry et al , 2012).…”

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An enhanced framework for reliably managing private participation in infrastructure ICT projects in developing countries

Ayat

Qureshi

Kang

2022

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose an improved framework for managing Private Participation in Infrastructure ICT (PPI-ICT) projects in the context of developing countries as the requirements to manage them are different in several aspects. Design/methodology/approach The framework has been proposed based on an exhaustive literature review and statistical analysis of the PPI-ICT projects’ data set using logistic regression, F-test and student’s t-test. The proposed framework was also applied to the PPI-ICT projects. Findings The framework is an extension to NTCP (novelty, technology, complexity and pace) approach by including extrinsic factors such as income of the country, climate risk, religious diversity, political stability, regularity quality and control of corruption. The proposed framework was used to analyze project characteristics and their external conditions in the context of developing countries. Based on the analyses, the authors have presented a detailed set of recommendations for project managers, practitioners and governments to improve the success rate of these projects. Originality/value The major contribution of this study is the framework, which encompasses the NTCP model as well as extrinsic characteristics of PPI-ICT projects. The proposed framework is meant to assist the project managers to comprehend the project characteristics and its external environment to identify an adequate approach for managing projects successfully.

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Are We Still Talking to Ourselves? An Analysis of the Introspective Information Technology Field by Brazilian Experts

Bellini

Dantas

Pereira

2013

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals

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Academic productivity standards in the field of information technology (IT) seem to address only in part the interests of practice – what is best known as the conflict between rigor and relevance in research. Based on assumptions about the interest, the currency, the accessibility and the applicability of academic production, the authors collected the perception of 11 researchers and 11 managers highly representative of the IT field in Brazil. Brazil was the site of research given its boosting economy and solid IT industry. Results suggest the need to rethink the current system of research production and communication in order to promote a more fruitful dialogue between research and practice.

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Actions towards Maturing the ICT Profession in Europe

Cited by 3 publications

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The Role of Ethics in Developing Professionalism Within the Global ICT Community.

The Role of Ethics in Developing Professionalism Within the Global ICT Community.

An enhanced framework for reliably managing private participation in infrastructure ICT projects in developing countries

Are We Still Talking to Ourselves? An Analysis of the Introspective Information Technology Field by Brazilian Experts

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