My Take on Professionalism

  

My Take on Professionalism

Gusti Putu Kompiang, 13594050

  What is Professionalism?

  

Professionalism Topics

• Professionalism
• – Accreditation, Certification, Licencing – Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct – Nature and Role of Professional Societies – Nature and Role of Software Engineering Standards – Economic Impact of Software – Employment Contract – Legal Issues – Documentation – Trade-off Analysis
• Group Dynamics and Phycology
• – Dynamics of Working in Teams/Groups
• – Individual Cognition – Dealing with Problem Complexity – Interacting with Stakeholders – Dealing with Uncertainty and Ambiguity – Dealing with Multicultural Environments
• Communication Skills
• – Reading, Understanding, and Summarizing – Writing

  Competency

• Honesty and Integrity • Respect •
• Accountability Self-Regulation
• Image • Specialised Knowledge •

  

Source:

  A Definition

Oxford Dictionaries defines professionalism as “the

competence or skill expected of a professional.”

  Stay Compete nt Stay

  

Profession

al Stay Competiti ve

  

Competency Based People Development

Selection Criteria

  st screening: Programming Test

• 1

  nd screening: Technical Test

• 2

  − Analytical mathematics − Analytical logic − Pseudo code − Database − .NET or Java (elective)

• English Test

  − 1 hour test -100 MCQ to assess general English profciency level (1 - 10 profciency level) − Minimum entry level is 6 for fresh graduates, lower level might be considered if candidates has a good technical skills

• Panel Interview by HR and the assigned Project Manager

  − Follow well defned questioned to validate their technical score and assess their career objective, personal situation/preferences and their inter personal skills Selecting the Best Selecting the Best Numbers Processed

  Annually we received • around 1,500 fresh graduates applications MORE (Mitrais Online Recruitment system) Our success ratio for •

Total Applicant [1,526]

  Software Engineer Fresh Graduates is

Applicants joining

  5.4%, total hired over the process [570] total applicants

Interviewed [146]

  4,000+ is the number of • Hired

Selecting the Best

  

Forecasted IT Graduates number in 5 major cities in Java

Island in a year is over 13,800 Graduates, based on data

collected by the end of year 2014.

• The Mitrais Competency Framework is designed so that increased competence is gained through a mixture of training courses (learning oferings), on the job trainings (OJT) and/or work experience
• Mitrais either develops or purchases

  courseware which is embedded in Mitrais e-

  Learning Station (Moodle).

  Every competency has a Learning Offering to enable competency improvement. Here are some examples:

• Company Competency LO example:
• – Business Communication Courses which focus on English related competencies such as Business Writing Skills, Communication Effectively Skills.
• Job Family Competency LO example:
• – Analyst Certification Program (one of Mitrais Certification Programs)
• Job Stream Competency LO example:
• – SharePoint
Company Competency - Business Communication Courses

• Customized Business English programs
• Run since 2006 - 6 in-house Trainers • Placement test to assess staff English proficiency level and also to place staff at appropriate courses. Assessment Level is from 1 to 10.
• Assessment test results of level 4, 5, 6, 7 will join Basic English Course.

• If results is higher than level 7, staff could automatically join Business

  Writing Basic

Business Communication Courses Learning Oferings

  Placement Test

  Basic English Level

  4 Level

  5 Level

  6 Level

  7 Business Writing Communicatin g Efectively

  Assessmen t result <Level 8 Assessmen t result >Level 7

Programmer Certification

• Successful professional prepared to work at Mitrais – Broad knowledge of: Mitrais processes & Software engineering

  Program Objective

• – – Communicate effectively in English

  

Duration: 2 months class room training followed by

• OJT at R&D Syllabus:
• Mitrais Standard Processes and Foundations – Common Software Engineering Subjects, e.g. OOP, UML, ERD, – SQL, etc.

Analyst Programmer Certification

• Program Objective:

• – Preparing Software Engineer for Analyst Programmer Grade

  with knowledge in SWEBOK
• Consists of 8 Modules • Syllabus:
• – Software Construction – Software Design – Software Requirements – Software Testing – Software Quality
Analyst Certification

• Program Objective:

• – Preparing Software Engineer for Analyst Grade with knowledge in PMBOK and

  advancing selected SWEBOK’s knowledge areas essential for Analysis & Design job
• Consists of 11 Modules • Syllabus:
• – Software Requirements – Software Design – Software Development Methodology – Software Engineering Management – Project Communication Management – Project Human Resource Management – Project Integration Management – Project Quality Management
• 12 Company competencies
• 111 Job Family competencies
• 585 Job Stream competencies

  An accurate & fair method of measuring competence for staf and customers Drives recruitment & promotion A scientifc matrix of:

  Competency Development A Scientific Matrix of

  Soft Competencies emanating from Emotional Intelligence Competencies uniquely required by a professional e.g. Software Engineering Body of Knowledge

People Competen cies Profession al Competen cies Technical Competen cies

  (SWEBOK) for Software Engineering professional Hard skills e.g. Java or .NET or PHP or Python or Android Programming Skill as a specialisation for Software Engineering People Competencies Business

Work Business

Work Interperson Personal Interperson Personal Communica

Managemen Communica

Managemen al Skills Skills al Skills Skills tions

  t tions t

  Professional Communicat English Growth and Goals ing

  Skills Developmen Prioritisation Efectively t Business Professional

  Leadership Problem Writing Behaviour Skills

  Solving Skills and Attitude Presentation Teamwork Innovation Skills Skills

  Skills Professional Competencies Development Development PMBOK SWEBOK PMBOK SWEBOK Methodology Methodology

• Project Human Resource Software Requirements Rational Unifed Process •

  Management • • Software Design Agile e.g. Scrum, Kanban,

• Software Construction •

  Project Quality Management or Lean

• Project Risk Management
• Software Testing •

  Hybrid Methodology

  Project Scope Management

• Software Maintenance •

  Project Time Management

• Software Confguration •

  Project Integration Management

• Management Software Engineering •
• Management •

  Project Communication Management

  Software Engineering Project Cost Management Process

• Software Engineering •

  Models and Methods Software Quality

• Software Engineering •

  Professional Practice Software Engineering

• Economics Computing Foundations •

Technical Competencies

Java Web Technologies

Java Web Technologies

  Java Java Java Web Java Java Java Web

  Object Java

  Object Java

  Design Platform Platform Apps Design Platform Platform Apps

  Oriented Based

  Oriented Based

  Pattern Standard Enterpris Framewo Pattern Standard Enterpris Framewo

  Paradigm ORM

  Paradigm ORM

  Edition e Edition rk Edition e Edition rk Competency Review Process

Self-Review: Determine claim & provide evidence Supervisor Review Competency Score Calculation & DS Determination Panel Review Announcement:

  

Review Result Memo handed over to staf

  Staf are encouraged to do Just In Time Self Review anytime staf has fulflled certain PNIs, and at the end of each quarter

  Confrm evidence provided, solicit client involvement (if applicable), and involve champion(s) (if required) Check for anomalies, consult Manager(s) and/ or Champion(s), if involved, in Supervisor Review

  

Competency Review Annual Cycle

Quarter 2 & 3: Quarter 1:

Quarter 4:

  Implement Changes Perform

  Conduct Post

  December Review

  Competency Review Survey

  (after concluding

May & June:

  December Review )

  Plan for the Year

  Perform (taking into account

  June Review feedback from survey (using previous and Management) Framework)

  

Year So, What is Professionalism?

  

To stay competitive, you have to continuously

• demonstrate professionalism and deliver value

  To stay professional, you have to be competent,
• professionally competent, all the times

  To stay competent, you have to continuously

• improve yourself

  To continuously improve yourself, you have to have – greater flexibility to adapt to the fast changing world To have greater flexibility, you need to continuously – learn, unlearn and relearn

  

Professionalism is the competencies, soft and hard

that you are demonstrating and continuously improving to stay competitive embracing the fast changing world to keep on giving values and therefore meaning to life.

  Question?

Learn, Unlearn, Relearn

  

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be

those who cannot read and write, but those

who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”