Launch of BCS-QA Launch of BCS-QA Green IT Foundation Green IT Foundation QualificationQualification

Qualifications

• Major BCS activity

• Satisfies our Royal charter – support public at large

• Comprehensive portfolioUser, practitioner, academic

• ECDL & ISEB sought after and highly successful

ISEB portfolio

• Wide range of qualifications at multiple levels

• ITIL, Software Testing, BSD are key growth areas

• Underpinning knowledge, Best Practice and career skills development

• Delivered via accredited training providers

Why Green IT?

• BCS Key development area• Carbon footprint working group• Data Centre Specialist group• Carbon Trust liaison

• Valuable to UK industry• Qualifications support this activity• Education vital to encourage

common language & best practice

Syllabus coverage

• Definition and key drivers of Green IT• Business benefit, costing, carbon accounting• Creation of Green IT strategy• Regulations, legislation and policies• Emissions and energy efficiencies• Procurement, lifecycle and disposal• Stakeholder relationships and behaviours

Who should take ‘Green IT’

• IT practitioner portfolio

• Complimentary to ISEB

• Stand alone open to all

• Updating skills in this key area for all practitioners

• Focus on organisations and growing ‘green’ legislation

… and after the Foundation what next?

• Specialist programmes for Data centres

Senior managers

Defining best practice

Embedded activity for all IT workers

QA – 3 month pilot

Standard training materials available to others