Why do the Computer Professional Education Program? The Program is aimed at IT Professionals who wish to increase their impact on organisational outcomes and at the same time become IITPSA Computer Professionals. Improve your career and employment opportunities with further study – move to senior IT roles. Your continued professional development shows your commitment to your profession.
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What will I gain from the Program? By completing the Computer Professional Education Program, you will have the following competencies:[br]
Autonomy:[br]
- Is capable of working under a broad direction.
- Fully accountable for own technical work or project responsibilities.
- Receives assignments in the form of objectives.
- Establishes own milestones, team objectives and can delegate assignments.
- Work is often self-initiated. May have defined authority for a significant area of work.
- Accountable for actions and decisions taken by self and others.
Influence:
- Influences organisation, customers, suppliers and peers within the profession on contribution of discipline/field.
- Significant responsibility for the work of others and the allocation of resources.
- Decisions impact on success of projects (results, timelines and budget).
- Develops business relationship with customers and suppliers.
Complexity:
- Challenging range and variety of complex technical or professional work activities.
- Work requires application of principles in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts.
- Understands relationship between discipline/field and wider customer/organisational requirements.
- Work may involve application of wide range of technical and/or management principles.
Management:
- Advises on available standards, methods, tools and applications in the discipline/field and can make correct choices from alternatives,
- Can analyse, diagnose, design, plan, execute and evaluate work to time, cost and quality targets.
- Communicates effectively both formally and informally with colleagues, subordinates and other stakeholders.
- Clear understanding of the relationship between own area of responsibility/discipline to the organisation and takes customer requirements into account when making proposals.
- Demonstrates clear leadership skills and the ability to influence and persuade.
- Understands and communicates the role and impact of ICT in the organisation.
- Takes initiative to keep both own and subordinates’ skills up to date.
- Is aware of new developments in the discipline/field.
What is the Program Content?
The Program comprises three core subjects and one elective:
Core:
Risk Management: Professionalism and Compliance; New Technology Alignment; Business, Strategy and IT
Electives:
Project Management; IT Service Management; Adaptive Business Intelligence; Enterprise Architecture; Green Technology Strategies. (You only need to choose one if completing the CPE Program)
How are the subjects assessed?
There are two areas of assessment in all subjects; Contributions to the 13 weekly discussion forums, worth 20% of your total assessment and two or three assignments, for example, worth 30% and 50% respectively (example given is for two assignments – weighings depend on subject).
To pass the subject overall, it is necessary to pass all areas of assessment.
Can I miss one semester of study?
Yes, you can, all you need to do is to advise us and re-enrol in the following study period.
How long does it take?
The course is offered over one 13 week study period for each module.
What are the study/semester times?
There are three study periods per calendar year. Study periods run for 13 weeks.
What are the benefits?
Professional Recognition:
- Earn credits towards being regraded as a professional member of the IITPSA.
- Accredited by the Australian Computer Institute (ACS) and the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).
The benefits of the CPE Program are:
- Status – Enhanced status for IITPSA Professional Members;
- Employment & Career – Improve employment and career prospects, career pathway to senior IT positions;
- Mobility – Any where, any time study;
- Project based – Based solely on work place projects;
- Articulation – Pathway to further postgraduate education;
- Market focused – Unashamedly commercially oriented;
- Industry input – Developed by the ACS and the IITPSA under the guidance of industry experts;
- Affordable – Quality, cost effective program;
- Fee includes assessment and certification.
While university-based study can often prove hard to apply for those who are working and studying at the same time, the CPE qualification makes a point of using the theory as an applied case study on your work environment, more in the tradition of an MBA. You can therefore rest assured that your workplace will feel immediate benefits from your study as you begin to analyse your working environment in the context of the theory you have learned.
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