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Assignment - Professional Practice in IT
General Objectives
1. Demonstrate an awareness of legal and ethical issues for the IT practitioner
2. Relate professional issues to their own practice
3. Understand and apply the principles of group working
4. Explain the quality management process
5. Search and select appropriate information
6. Prepare for the job application process
7. Make a successful presentation
1 To be able to:
Compare different types of information
Describe different sources of information
Explain the need for validating information and list appropriate criteria
Explain the nature of information, for example, data, information, knowledge, understanding
Describe different types and sources of information
Describe the search process and different techniques
Discuss criteria for assessing information based upon both the context of the author and the needs of the user
2-4 To be able to:
Justify the need for a legal framework and relate it to moral and ethical ones
Compare IT-related laws in different countries
Explain morals, ethics and laws
Describe the Libyan legal system and highlight laws relating to IT practice
Describe ITrelated laws in other countries
5-6 To be able to:
Justify the need for professional standards
Explain the role of professional bodies
Explain the concepts of a profession and a professional
Describe professional bodies using an example such as the British
Computer Society
Explain a Code of Conduct
7-8 To be able to:
Describe the dynamics of a group and the role of different members
Describe the stages of group formation
Describe: Group roles eg Belbin
Group formation
9-11 To be able to: Justify the need for quality management within the field of IT
Justify the need for standards and defined processes by describing examples of good and bad practice
Justify the need for quality assurance
Explain the meaning of quality in the context of IT products and IT projects eg to specification, on time, within budget
Contrast different types of system eg business information and safety critical systems
Explain the need for a quality program and the three stages of quality management (defined standards and processes, quality assurance, quality improvement)
12-13 To be able to:
Describe and compare roles within the IT profession
Outline the IT job market
Explain the characteristics (including abilities and career paths) of roles within the IT profession
Describe the IT job market
14-15 To be able to:
Describe the criteria of a good presentation
Demonstrate examples of bad and good presentations
Explain the elements and structure of a good presentation and the role of media in supporting presentations