[LINK] New Core Body Of Knowledge for the ICT Profession

[Tom Worthington]

The Australian Computer Society have released a Discussion Paper 
"Redefining And Building The ICT Profession: Core Body Of Knowledge 
Review" (21 June, 2007 Version 2.0).

In January the ACS combined its Accreditation, Assessment and Appeals 
Board and Membership Standards Board into a new Professional 
Standards (PS) Board. The new Board is reviewing the ACS Core Body of 
Knowledge (CBOK) by June 2008. The Board has invited comment on the 
Discussion Paper (details in the paper): 
<http://www.acs.org.au/attachments/acs_CBOK_Position_Paper.pdf>.

Contents:

List of Acronyms
1. Introduction
2. Core Body of Knowledge revision process
3. Defining the ICT/Computing Profession
4. Rationale for the ACS Core Body of Knowledge
5. Current Core Body of Knowledge
6. Some initial common ground
7. Moving forward
8. Remaining issues
9. References
Appendix A Professional Standards Board Membership
Appendix B ACS Qualifications Framework for ICT
Professionals

Don't miss the diagram "A Framework for ICT Professional Careers and 
Supporting Knowledge", which explains it all on page 10.  ;-)

ps: I have an interest in this, as I chair the ACS's  Professional 
Development Board: <http://www.acs.org.au/cpeprogram/>.



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