BCS L&D Presentation by Dave Kelsey. The latest research from BCS on SAM Skills in the UK.

1. BCS L&D – SAM Skills
workshop
Tuesday 14th July 2015
bcs.org#SAMskills

2. BCS L&D – About me
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 In I.T. for 14 years
 ITIL, SAME, PPM certified
 Product Manager – Service Management
 Service Management and ITAM strategy
 Pizza connoisseur
#SAMskills
@dave1kelsey
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidkelsey
Dave.kelsey@hq.bcs.org.uk

3. BCS L&D – Survey results
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Which certifications do you hold?
0 5 10 15 20 25
CITAM
SAMP
CSAM
SWAM
70-673 - SAM
ITAM Foundation
SAME
Other
4
5
13
13
13
17
19
22
%

4. BCS L&D – Survey results
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Which SAM skills have proven to be the most useful in your SAM
career?
0 5 10 15 20 25
Licensing models
Compliance/Risk
Strategy/Processes
Auditing
License management
9
9
14
23
23
%

5. BCS L&D – Survey results
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Which work experience has proven to be the most useful in your
SAM career?
0 5 10 15 20
Application management
Financial
Process creation
Senior Management buy-in
Software licensing
Technical capability
Vendor knowledge
Contracts/business case
Auditing
General work
5
5
5
5
5
5
11
11
17
17
%

6. BCS L&D – Survey results
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What are the key challenges you are currently facing?
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
License evidence
SAM processes
Toolkit
License models
Resourcing
Standardisation
SAM awareness
6
6
6
13
13
13
33
%

7. BCS L&D – Survey results
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Is there a skills gap in Software Asset Management?
Not sure, 25%
Yes, 75%

8. BCS L&D – Survey results
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Where is a skills gap in Software Asset Management?
 Alignment of SAM with other business processes (ITIL)
 Application lifecycle
 Application usage within the business
 Audit defence
 Basic certification
 License management
 License optimisation
 Processes and lifecycles
 Vendor license models