Assessment of competencies for IS specialists

E Valavichius¹, R Juodagalvyte², R Vipartiene²
COMPUTER MODELLING & NEW TECHNOLOGIES 2016 20(2) 11-14

¹Vilnius Business College, Kalvarijų 129, LT-08221, Vilnius
²Vilnius Cooperative College, Konstitucijos 11, LT-09308, Vilnius

Vilnius Cooperative College conducts a study program “Information systems implementation and support” (informatics engineering). Before starting the study program a survey was conducted to clarify demand of such specialists and to assess program’s competencies (Valavičius, 2012). During program existence IT companies encountered with new challenges: cloud computing, big data, using of smart devices (BYOD) etc. Committee of study program decided to repeat the survey in order to improve the study program. The aims of the survey are to identify new demand and needed skills. This article analyzes results of the survey and makes conclusions.