CITP Standard

This relates to the technical skills and knowledge relevant to your role/experience and the ability to apply these skills and knowledge within a real world/work environment.

A.1 Depth of Technical Knowledge and Skills

This relates to the technical skills and knowledge relevant to your role/experience and aligned to the technical knowledge and skills identified within SFIAPlus. Evidence can come from qualifications, certifications, experience or a mixture of these.

A.2 Breadth of Technical knowledge

This can be evidenced through qualifications, certificates and/or experience demonstrating a knowledge of IT beyond applicant’s area of IT practice/specialism.

This relates to having an appropriate level of autonomy and influence within your field of work. You must evidence how you assign tasks and responsibilities and influence organisations, customers, suppliers, partners and/or peers.

B.1 Works under Broad Directions

Fully responsible for:

a) meeting allocated technical objectives and/or

b) project/supervisory objectives.

B.2 Establishes milestones and has significant role in the assignment of tasks and/or responsibilities.

B.3 Builds appropriate and effective business relationships with effective formal and informal communications skills.

This section may be covered by an example of an IT task/project for which the applicant had a high degree of responsibility, within which they can demonstrate how they have assigned tasks and/or responsibility to others (B.1). In owning the task the applicant can demonstrate how they set/agreed milestones (B.2) and how they identified, managed and communicated with stakeholders. (B.3)

This relates to demonstrating the ability to make effective decisions that have been appropriately identified, considered and analysed.

C.1 Makes decisions that impact the success of assigned work delivering results within agreed timescales and deadlines.

C.2 Analyses, designs, plans, executes and evaluates work to time, cost and quality targets and takes all requirements into account when making proposals.

C.3 Analyses requirements and advises on scope and options for continuous operational improvement.

C.4 Recognises the scope of their expertise and when to draw on other specialists to help inform decisions.

This section requires evidence of the applicant’s ability to make effective decisions. This must be a significant decision relating to IT. An example may be that the organisation has chosen to replace a significant IT system (e.g. CRM or organisation’s HR system). Within such an example the applicant could display the agreed outcomes, timescales and deadlines (C.1). How they analysed the requirement, evaluated the options considering factors associated with cost, quality etc and developed the implementation plan to ensure delivery within agreed timelines (C.2 and C.3) This example could also include the different IT specialisms that would be required to support delivery (C.4)

Undertakes appropriate analysis of problems to deliver an effective solution to meet organisation, client or customer needs.

D.1 Employs appropriate problem solving techniques, analysing the issue and identifying options.

D.2 Demonstrates creativity, innovation and ethical thinking when applying a solution for the benefits of the organisation, customer or stakeholder.

D.3 Applies fundamental principles in resolving problems in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts.

This section may be covered through the resolution of a complex IT problem, through which the applicant is able to demonstrate how they analysed/diagnosed the problem employing appropriate techniques (D.1). Sought solution that were creative/innovative to meet the requirements of the organisation, client or stakeholders (D.2). The analyses of the problem and selection of the solution provides the opportunity for the candidate to demonstrate drawing of their technical knowledge and skills and how this influenced selection of the most appropriate solution (D.3)

These are the values and commitments that would be expected of a Chartered IT Professional.

E.1 Maintains an awareness of developments in the industry, takes initiative to keep their skills up to date.

This must be evidence of CPD that the applicant has undertaken within the last 2 years, including the impact of the activity. The applicant is also to include details of CPD they plan to undertake during the next 12 months.

E.2 Acts as a role model, supporting and encouraging development of others.

This should be evidence of how the applicant has supported the development of others and could be through coaching, mentoring or supporting development activities.

E.3 Considers the ethical implications with all their professional undertakings and manages issues appropriately.

Examples of ethical issues to be considered are:

• Sustainability

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

• Legal, social and/or professional issues.

This will be covered through applying the E component of STARE throughout the application. The evidence provided across sections B, C and D should cover each of the examples listed at least once.