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IT professional ?
Knowledge & Skills for an ICT Professional?
Changing nature of IT professional job: Digital Transformation
Characteristics of successful IT Professionals
Conclusion
IT Professional
Who are the ICT professionals?
• Information and communications technology (ICT) professionals conduct research,
plan, design, write, test, provide advice and improve information systems;
hardware, software and related concepts for specific applications.
• a person who manages or operates Information System(IS).
Top IT Occupations Emerging Job Titles
Chief Information officer (CIO)
Marketing technologist (CMT)
Cybersecurity Analysts
Data architect
Web Developers Developers
Cloud services engineer
Software /Applications
Developers
Platform consultant
System Software Developers, Data visualizers
IoT architect
Systems Analysts
Security Specialist
IT Support Specialists Risk management specialist
IT Managers / Directors / CIOs UX designer
AI/AR / VR engineer
Agile project manager
In US, estimates suggest IT Pro.
The need for IT Professional is growing growth rate in 2016 and 2017.
Tech Occupation Categories 2016 Jobs YoY % Change
Software Developers, Applications 850,246 3.5%
Computer User Support Specialists 702,037 2.3%
Computer Systems Analysts 666,901 3.4%
Software Developers, Systems Software 437,816 2.8%
Network and Computer Systems 402,830 1.5%
Administrators
Computer and Information Systems 390,298 3.1%
Managers
Computer Programmers 373,820 0.8%
Web Developers 278,776 4.5%
Computer Occupations, All Other 274,516 1.5%
Computer Network Support Specialists 217,897 1.6%
Computer, ATM, and Office Machine 176,821 0.9%
Repairers
Computer Network Architects 157,692 1.2%
Database Administrators 121,338 2.0%
Information Security Analysts 93,690 3.1%
Computer Hardware Engineers 80,129 1.6%
Computer and Information Research 27,976 2.6%
Scientists
TOTAL 5,252,783 2.5%
How Important is ICT Professionals?
ICT for Development Framework : ITU
ICT ICT Use
Readiness (Digital ICT Impact
(Infrastructure Transformation)
Access)
• Socio-Economic
Development.
• Better Life
ICT
Capability • IT Professionsls
ICT Industry (Knowledge
Skills)
• Users with IT Knowledge & Skills
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Knowledge & Skills for IT Professional
(IS management)
Knowledge & Skills for IT Professional (IS management)
Management & organization
ICT
• Theory & Practices
• Supply side Vs Demand side • Role & activities
• Status & Trend • Types of decision
Managing an IS • Decision Making Process
IS Plan
IS development
implementation ,
IS Operation and Mainte-
nance
Business Environment
Information System
• Types
• • Transformation of economy
Desirable characteristics
• Transformation of enterprise
• Nature of Information
• Development process
• Development methodology • ICT job is about working with people, solving
• Development environment
problems, finding solutions and making a difference to
people’s lives. ICT is a truly global career – ICT offers
cool jobs, with high earning with a great life style.
e- Society
-Office
-Government
Internet
-House
-fashion
-Health ICT
application
-Commerce
-School
-Airport
ICT Trends ICT use (Application)
ICT:
Enabling technology ----------------
Accept
Readiness Demand side
Store
-------------- Process
Supply side Office use
Distribute Internet Services
Data, info,
Mobile computing Knowledge Functional Systems
Social Network A/C, HR, Inventory, etc.
Cloud Computing
Integrated Systems
Internet of things (IoT)
Ubiquitous SCM, CRM, ERM, ERP
Devices
Embedded systems IS types by levels in Org.
Sensors TPS,MIS, DSS, EIS, KBS
Any
Big data analysis Time
Where
e-Society
AI
Device e-Education
VR
AR Data e-Commerce/ e-Business
DBMS/Data Language e-Government
warehousing/Data center Body e-Health
Volume e-Entertainment
Ecosystem
The Knowledge and Skill set for IT Professional is changing
ICT Use = Digital Transformation
Digital transformation :Integrating all stakeholders; People, enterprises, government,
communities in the whole Society.
Communities
Business Internatio Stude
Man nal &
Governments nts
regional
Agencies
communit
ies
Housewi
Soldie
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Financial
Institutio
ns and
Services
Docto
rs
Education Polic
Enterpris
es e
Drivers Health
Transporta Care farmers
tion Entertainment
Worke Touris
Challenges in Digital Transformation
Skill Shortages in organizations for Digital Transformation
Deliver
Technology
Move Outside Cultivate
The Way The
Your Present Tomorrow’s IT
Business
Comfort Zone Talent Today
Wants
IBM’s Transformation – Services & Software
IBM Worldwide Revenue - Percentage by Segment
90
80%
80
70
64% Services & Software
60
Percent
50 Services and software revenue exceeded
hardware revenue in 1998
40
31% Hardware
30
20 17%
6% Other
10
3%
0
90 9 91 9 92 9 93 9 94 9 95 9 96 9 97 9 98 9 99 0 00 0 01 0 02 0 03 0 04 0 05 0 06 0 07 0 08 0 09 0 10 0 11 0 12
19 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Year
Source: IBM Financial Reports
Characteristics of successful IT professionals
IT World Gartner
• Loves technology • Has a passion for
• Understands data technology and • Applications
• Understands the problem solving. • CIOs & IT Executi
business • Knows data and how ves
• Can speak both techie to manage it. • Data & Analytics
and non-techie • Enterprise Archit
• Is versatile.
• Is a mile deep in ecture & Technol
primary expertise • Sees how tech and ogy Innovation
• Has a working lines of business • Infrastructure &
knowledge of related intersect. Operations
technical areas • Can describe tech • Program & Portfo
• Shares technical concepts in general lio Management
knowledge with others terms. • Digital Risk & Sec
• Loves to learn
urity
• Never stops learning, • Sourcing & Vendo
• Is a team player certifying and r Relationships
• Thinks outside-the-box imparting knowledge.
• Sees problems as • Stresses security and
learning opportunities good housekeeping.
• Loves a technical
challenge
We have many opportunities and challenges.
We must become good IT professionals.
Need to have:
Correct
Mind set
Knowledge Skills
A baby needs to rollover, crawl, stand, walk and run…
It takes certain maturity, a lot of time and effort to be able to do so…
So do we…
We need a lot of time and effort to reach the stage we want to reach…
But, without giving necessary time and effort, we’ll never reach it…
Let’s have a consensus and commitment to make it happen…
Because, it is critical to our growth and survival…
