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• Silvia Huhse
• Head of Certification Program
• International Software Quality Institute
• Projects as opportunities. Crisis
  as chance.
• 5 June 2009

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Portrayal iSQI

• International Software Quality Institute (iSQI)
• develops independent certification standards for
  further education and advanced vocational
  training
• optimizes and safeguards the skills of software
  professionals
• founded in 2004 as a subsidiary of the German
  non-profit organization ASQF e.V. (Association
  for Software Quality and Further education e.V.)

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Portrayal iSQI

• International Software Quality Institute (iSQI)
• works together with international organizations,
  e.g. ISO (International Organization for
  Standardization) or EQN (European Quality
  Network)
• iSQI certifies IT personnel in more than 40
  countries
• Forrester Research Report 2008
• iSQI is the most widely known global quality
  association

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Portrayal ASQF e.V.

• Association for Software Quality and -Further
  Education
• Non-profit organisation
• Founded in 1996 in Erlangen (Germany) as local
  working group on software quality
• Over 800 members (Siemens, Bosch, Motorola, HP,
  ....)
• Contact Platform for developers, decision makers
  and founders from every area in the IT industry
• 12 Special Interest Groups (Open Source/Linux,
  Automation, Automotive, Java/XML, Medical
  Technology, Project Management, Maturity Models,
  Software Testing, UML)
• in total more than 300 events per year, reaching
  up to 10.000 software professionals all over
  Germany

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Commitments

• ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 Working Groups (ISO15504,
  ISO12207, ISO15288, )
• ISO (International Organization for
  Standardization)
• EQN (European Quality Network)
• EOQ-SG (European Organization for Quality -
  Software Group)
• EURUSS (Know-How Transfer for Certified EU
  Project Managers in Russia)
• EuroSPI (European Software Process Improvement
  Initiative)
• GESA e.V. (German European Security Association)
• iNTACS (International Assessor Certification
  Scheme)
• iNTCCM (International Certified Configuration
  Manager)
• ISTQB (International Software Testing
  Qualifications Board)
• USTQB (Ukraine)
• SeSamBB (Security and Safety made in
  Berlin-Brandenburg. e.V.)

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Certification Program

• ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation/Advanced Level
  
• iSAQB Certified Professional for Software
  Architecture
• iSQI Certified Professional for Project
  Management
• iNTACS certified ISO/IEC 15504 Provisional
  Assessor
• iNTACS certified ISO/IEC 15504 Competent
  Assessor
• IREB Certified Professional for Requirements
  Engineering
• iNTCCM Certified Professional for Configuration
  Management
• EU Certified Innovation Manager
• TTCN-3 Certificate
• ISSECO Certified Professional for Secure
  Software Engineering
• ISECMA Certified Professional for IT Security
  Management
• TISP TeleTrusT Information Securiy Professional
• QAMP - Quality Assurance Management Professional
• V-Modell XT Project Management

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22 of the DAX-30-Companies are iSQI-clients

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ISTQB Certified Tester
More and more companies explicitely ask for ISTQB
Certified Testers
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Present Situation

• Software Testers have to
• Find bugs before the software hits the market
• Prove quality of the software
• ISTQB Certified Tester qualification terms,
  techniques, tools
• Is that enough?

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Present Situation

• Conclusion
• Software-Testers are working at the key positions
  of IT projects and therefore play an important
  role in the software and product lifecycle with
  regard to quality
• To ensure a high product and process quality a
  lot more than skills in the field of software
  testing are necessary

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Present Situation Outsourcing Projects
The majority of outsourcing projects stay behind
expectations
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Present Situation Outsourcing Projects
Therefore companies prefer to outsource to other
companies nearby their office, often within the
same city
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Solution that iSQI is promoting STANDARDIZED
TRAINING CERTIFICATION
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Certification WHY?

• There is a need for professionalism
• There is a need to secure basic knowledge
• There is a need for approved education
• There is a need for role based training
• There is a need for life long learning in IT
• There is a need for the comparability of
  qualifications
• There is a need for platform and company
  independent standards
• There is a need to understand each other across
  borders and despite different mother tongues

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International Certification

• ? guarantees
• constant quality
• reliable orientation
• high transparency
• ? secures
• acceptance and reputation
• International competitiveness

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Certification Benefits iSQI

• Benefits of Certification For Professionals
• Training on the Job (practical relevance, role
  based)
• Life Long Learning (includes latest findings,
  best practice)
• Common Understanding (across borders and
  language barriers)
• Reputation Credibility Personal
  Accomplishment
• Objective Measure of ones Skill Level
• ? Support of Career Advancement and Increased
  Earnings
• (Gartner 2006 IT Market Compensation Study
  average salary uplift 5-11)

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Certification Benefits

• Benefits of Certification For Employers
• Improved Customer Satisfaction
• Increased Safety (in applicable industries)
• Professional Development Opportunities for
  Employees
• Increased Competence Level of Employees
• Compliance with Industry Regulations or
  Government Requirements
• Higher Credibility with Customers
• ? Annual Savings due to Quality and Productivity
  Increase

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Certification Benefits

• Benefits of Certification For the Profession
• Standardization (definition of job role,
  standardized terms practice)
• Continued Professional Development
• Basic Knowledge (processes, methods, techniques,
  technologies)
• Comparability of Qualifications
• Equality of Opportunity
• Ethical Code

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Certification Benefits

• Benefits of Certification Company Study
  2005-2007
• Improved Project Delivery
• 19 increase in projects deployed on time and
  budget
• Less External Support
• 16 decrease in spending on ad-hoc external IT
  support
• Reduced Downtime
• 17 decrease in frequency of downtime
• Increased Overall Productivity
• 22 increase in all processes

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Solution

• Software Test
• worldwide standard ISTQB Certified Tester
• three qualification levels
• Foundation Level
• Advanced Level
  (Test
  Manager, Test Analyst, Technical Test Analyst)
• Expert Level
• gt 100.000 ISTQB certified software testers
  worldwide
• ISTQB presides 40 National Boards

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Solution
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Benefits

• Individual Advantages
• Be Smart Refresh and secure your knowledge
• Be Respected Get your qualification certified
• Be Competitive Knowledge is power on todays
  market
• Be Confident Raise your qualification to raise
  your income
• Be Understood Communicate successfully, know
  methods and terms
• Go Global Work worldwide with internationally
  recognized qualification

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Conclusion
Projects as opportunities Crisis as chance!
Invest in your further education especially
in crisis times Be prepared for better times
and better projects!
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Thank you! Do you have any questions?
Contact Silvia Huhse silvia.huhse_at_isqi.org 0
049 173 5887938