9. EUCIP Norway

EUCIP for Competence and Career planning in Norway

Per KveimChairman, EUCIP Norway

WCC2008 in Milan

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Market Data in Norway

Population: 4.7 mill.

ICT Professionals: 100 000

ICT Students: 2 500 per year

EUCIP Norway’s Ambition:

-> Critical mass: 2% = 2000-> 5% = 5 000 Certified in 5 years

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DND formed a 100% owned Ltd. Company: “EUCIP Norge as”

Launching the EUCIP Scheme I

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Significant IT-Organisations as Partners

"EUCIP is a common language for describing skills, and we will strongly recommend that our members start speaking this language"

Launching the EUCIP Scheme II

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Launching the EUCIP Scheme III

Significant IT-Organisations as Partners

"This is a big step forward; Certainly there are a number of certification programmes which document competence within specific products,but a general competency standard has been sorely missed."

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Competence & career = The HR Approach

Standardisation of ICT Competence:

Define Describe Measure Development

Launching the EUCIP Scheme III

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Early adopters in Norway I

2 Business Analyst 1 Project Manager 1 Security Adviser

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Early adopters in Norway II

1 Business Analyst

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Early adopters in Norway III

Ole Tom SeierstadChief Security Advisor

Microsoft Norway

Putting Security on the Map in 2008Putting Security on the Map in 2008

Sponsoring 4 candidates from partners for EUCIP Professional Security Advisor

“ We need to prove their skills as Objective, Independent and Neutral in the market “

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Early adopters in Norway IV

2008: Pilot of 5 - 10 candidates

2009: Options of 100 - 200 candidates

Go to market approach

Sales Approach

• Targeting HR & top management group in ICT intensive businesses

• Seminars• Direct sales• 1-1 presentations for

management groups

Supporting activities /partners

• Partners in training / academia

• Central goverment support

• HR software & services partners

• Outplacement businesses

Economy

Pricing per candidate• Corelevel 3x 1.5 Knok• Proff.level 15 kNok incl. Core

Cost per candidate• Corelevel 3x 0.3 kNok• Proff. Level 5 kNok incl. Core

Goals 2008• 250 Corelevel tests• 50 Proff.level certificates• 15 businesses adopting

EUCIP standard• 7 seminars• 5 major press releases

1 fulltime employee

Critical success factors

• Direct sales with dedicated personell for proffessional level

• European adoption of the standard

• The product receives very good feedback• Should consider a netbased self

assessment tool on proffessional level that we can sell as a service