IT trade body Intellect has published a roadmap for its
ongoing strategy to raise professional standards in the
industry.
Intellect is running a professionalism programme to try to embed
IT professionalism within all aspects of the supply chain. The
programme is being developed in conjunction with the eGovernment
Unit, major customer groups, and professional institutions such as
the British Computer Society.
Intellect has released a paper, entitled "IT Supplier
Professionalism", to outline how it will take professional
standards to the top of the industry’s agenda this year.
Intellect director Nick Kalisperas said, “Together with other
Intellect initiatives, such as the IT supplier code of best
practice, concept viability and the senior responsible industry
executive, this new programme of activity represents another
important step for the industry.
“It demonstrates the industry's maturity and responsibility to
customers and the wider stakeholder community. We believe this
programme will generate significant long-term benefits for all
involved in project and programme delivery.”
Stephen Darvill, chair of Intellect's working group on
professionalism, said, “ICT is at the heart of so many aspects of
life. It is therefore essential that the thousands of UK supplier
businesses are managed to tight professional standards.
“It is in the interests of suppliers and users of ICT services
that we have a common set of standards for defining and measuring
the professionalism of ICT supply organisations. Through Intellect,
large and small ICT supply companies have come together to define
and agree those common standards.”
Intellect has 1,000 member companies. The organisation's
professionalism paper can be accessed at:
www.intellectuk.org/markets/groups/corp_prof/default.asp