ISQI is a German non-profit organization founded in 2004 that focuses on software quality certification programs. It has over 1,100 members across Germany, Switzerland and Austria from both individual practitioners and large companies. ISQI is well known for its international certification programs in software testing, requirements engineering and agile methods. The document discusses using the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) to align university curriculum to industry needs, provide career services like skills gap analysis, and create a registration system for professionals.

1. Learning and Certification:
keep up with the changes
Michiel van der Voort

2. About ISQI®
 Headquartered in Germany, offices in Potsdam,
Erlangen and Amstelveen
 Founded in 2004 as a subsidiary of the German
Association for Software Quality and Further
Education
 1.100+ members in Germany, Switzerland, and
Austria, Individuals, small and medium
enterprises as well as international companies
such as Microsoft, HP and SAP
 Well known for its international certification
programs in Software Testing, Requirements
Engineering and Agile

3. Let’s start mapping! (SFIA)

4. Individual (Plymouth – SFIA)

5. Certificate (APMG)

6. Course (QA)

7. Curriculum (University Of Northampton Business School)
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON BUSINESS SCHOOL
SFIA in Higher Education – A Win Win Solution
• Compare and align SFIA grid to curriculum
• Evolve course content to reflect industry
needs
• Analyse Learning Outcomes and set assessed
work to prove that Learning Outcomes and
SFIA skills have been achieved
• Provide students with transcript of SFIA skills
• Attract more students to Computing and
Service Management Field
• Create Continual Professional and Personal
Lifelong Learning
• Give industry the graduates it needs

8. Job or roles (Open University)

9. Job or roles (Open University)

10. Let’s create a service!
• Assessment
• Gap analysis
• Career advice
• Register

11. Assessment

12. Assessment (LinkedIn)

13. Assessment (SFIA)

14. Assessment (Frameworks)

15. Career Advice tool (EU CEN/ISSS)

16. Gap Analysis (Pink Elephant)

17. Register

18. Conclusions
• From IT skills towards skills for
Professionals in IT
• From certification of the individual
against a method or product towards
certification of the individual
• From a Framework to a range of Services

19. Thank you for your attention