Corrigendum: U081
Date: December 17, 2007
Sponsor: IT Specialist Certification (ITSC) Working Group
Document: X074, IT Specialist Certification: Conformance Requirements, Version 1.0
Rationale:
During company review of the IT Specialist Certification Conformance Requirements, a substantial change request was submitted to add a new stream for Business Information Management. The ITSC Working Group felt that this was too large a change to be processed as part of the company review and instead submitted the new stream for review as a Corrigendum to ensure it received full member review.
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Change Number: U081/1
Change:
In Section 2.4.1, change:
Testing
IT Specialists in this Stream will have expertise
in the planning, design, management, execution, and reporting of tests using
appropriate testing tools and techniques, and conforming to agreed standards,
to ensure that new and amended systems, together with any interfaces, perform
as specified together with the business. Typical
examples of the deliverables are testing strategies,
test plans, test cases, test reports, and quality metrics.
to:
Testing
IT Specialists in this Stream will have expertise
in the planning, design, management, execution, and reporting of tests using
appropriate testing tools and techniques, and conforming to agreed standards,
to ensure that new and amended systems, together with any interfaces, perform
as specified together with the business. Typical
examples of the deliverables are testing strategies,
test plans, test cases, test reports, and quality metrics.
Business
Information Management
IT Specialists in this Stream have expertise in making
available, integrating, and optimizing structured and/or unstructured data in
order to present or distribute information for use and analysis by the business.
Specialties are Business Intelligence and Content
Integration. Typical examples of the deliverables are strategy
maps, information models (logical, physical, dimensional, etc.), data
warehouses, balanced scorecards, and reports.
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Change Number: U081/2
Change:
Insert a new Section 3.5.7 as follows:
3.5.7 Business Information Management
IT Specialists in this Stream have expertise
in making available, integrating, and optimizing structured and/or unstructured
data in order to present or distribute information for use and analysis by the
business. Specialties are Business Intelligence (BI) and Content Integration
(CI). Typical examples of the deliverables are strategy maps, information
models (logical, physical, dimensional, etc.), data warehouses, balanced
scorecards, and reports.
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Ref |
Category |
Skill |
Description |
Required Skill Level: |
Required Skill Level: |
|
ITSCBI01 |
Method |
Use a Development Methodology |
Ability to make effective use of at least one development method relevant to the BIM stream (e.g., RUP, DSDM). |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI02 |
Strategy |
Compare BIM Tools |
Advise
and support clients (internal or external) with comparison and selection of
BIM tools and/or products. |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI03 |
Strategy |
Identify Organizational Change |
Identify and communicate the organizational
changes needed for the successful implementation of BI or CI systems; for
example, new roles, responsibilities, and the new organizational structures
required for governance and management. |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI04 |
Context |
Identify Business Process Change |
Identify
and communicate the changes to business processes needed for the successful
implementation of BI or CI systems. |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI05 |
Technique |
Identify Business Requirements |
Identify business requirements for a BI
or CI system and identify the pros and cons of different technical solutions. |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI06 |
Strategy |
Understand Concepts for Managing Information |
Understand the information lifecycle and have
expertise in managing information concepts such as KPI,
Dashboard, BPM, Workflow, Collaboration, Search, and
Retrieval. |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI07 |
Tooling |
Use ISV Products, Technologies, & Methods |
Know and effectively use ECM ISV products, technologies, and methodologies. (Vendors may include
IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Documentum, OpenText, etc.) (CI) Or: Know and effectively use appropriate
database design, administration, and management tools for information
management solutions. (BI) |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI08 |
Technique |
Use CI or BI-specific Techniques |
Effective use of one or more of the
(business) classification, access control, and security techniques. (CI) Or: Design Data Warehouse architectures
through the effective use of at least one architecture framework. (BI) |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI09 |
Tooling |
Use Storage Models and/or Infrastructure |
Effective use of relevant storage models,
audit trail, and/or system infrastructure tools to manage an information solution
infrastructure. |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI10 |
Technique |
Design Complex Databases |
Design complex databases, using data modeling techniques like ERD, dimensional, and/or data vault modeling. |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI11 |
Strategy |
Expertise with KPIs |
Define Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in collaboration with the decision-makers within an organization. |
Applied |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI12 |
Technique |
Create and Analyze Information |
Expertise in the creation of reports and information analyses, based on KPI data, to meet client requirements. |
Deep |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI13 |
Tooling |
Use BIM Tools |
Effective use of at least one BI or CI-specific tool to meet client needs in data integration, ETL, content ingestion, and/or federation. |
Deep |
Deep |
|
ITSCBI14 |
Technique |
Manage Performance |
Manage performance of information management solution environments to meet clients’ needs for high data volumes, (near) real-time loading, and quick analysis results. |
Applied |
Deep |
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