IT Roadmap Initiative
The cornerstone of the Federal CIO Council's IT career development program is the IT Roadmap.
Building upon a prototype developed for Department of the Navy civilians, the IT Roadmap is a
web-enabled career development tool for current and prospective Federal IT workers. It outlines
the general and technical competencies associated with the ten specialty titles contained within
the GS-2210 IT Management series listed below:
- Policy and Planning
- Network Services
- Security
- Data Management
- Systems Analysis
- Internet
- Applications Software
- Systems Administration
- Operating Systems
- Customer Support
The IT Roadmap allows IT professionals to conduct self-assessments to determine where skill
gaps exist and to tailor career development plans to meet their specific needs. It is
envisioned that individuals could select developmental opportunities from a wide variety of
educational formats, i.e., on-line, seminars, classroom, certifications, and, eventually,
experiential opportunities, i.e., details or special projects. The IT Roadmap will include a
compendium of Federal training sources linked to specific competencies. An interactive
component is being designed so that people can comment on and/or rate the quality of various
training offerings, similar to the rating system used on Amazon.com. There will also be a link
to GoLearn, which is a federal search engine of available on-line training opportunities.
Finally, the IT Roadmap will include career planning tutorials will assist IT professionals in
using the IT Roadmap to set and reach career goals.
The IT Roadmap will assist IT workers in managing their own careers and encourage them to
seek development opportunities so that their skills remain current in the dynamic information
technology field. It is expected that a prototype of this innovative career development tool
will be ready for testing in January 2003 and that the entire IT Roadmap will be launched in the
spring of 2003.
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