blockchain mining principles
Essential blockchain and cryptocurrency mining types and principles include ASIC mining, GPU mining, CPU mining, Cloud mining, and Mining pools.
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ICT project managers schedule, control and direct the resources, people, funding and facilities to achieve the objectives of ICT projects. They establish budgets and timelines, perform risk analysis and quality management, and complete project closure reports.
Competences and skills
71 ESCO relationsEssential knowledge 5 competences
Occupation specific
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Sector-specific
4 competencesICT project management
The methodologies for the planning, implementation, review and follow-up of ICT projects, such as the development, integration, modification and sales of ICT products and services, as well as projects relating technological innovation in the field of ICT.
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ICT project management methodologies
The methodologies or models for planning, managing and overseeing of ICT resources in order to meet specific goals, such methodologies are Waterfall, Incremental, V-Model, Scrum or Agile and using project management ICT tools.
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internal risk management policy
The internal risk management policies that identify, assess and prioritise risks in an IT environment. The methods used to minimise, monitor and control the possibility and the impact of disastrous events that affect the reaching of business goals.
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Cross-sector
1 competencequality standards
The national and international requirements, specifications and guidelines to ensure that products, services and processes are of good quality and fit for purpose.
Essential skills and competences 21 competences
Occupation specific
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Sector-specific
3 competencesdefine technology strategy
Create an overall plan of objectives, practices, principles and tactics related to the use of technologies within an organisation and describe the means to reach the objectives, taking into account analyses and relevant regulations.
manage ICT project
Plan, organize, control and document procedures and resources, such as human capital, equipment and mastery, in order to achieve specific goals and objectives related to ICT systems, services or products, within specific constraints, such as scope, time, quality and budget.
manage project information
Provide accurate and relevant information to all the parties involved in a project on time.
Cross-sector
18 competencesanalyse business plans
Analyse the formal statements from businesses which outline their business goals and the strategies they set in place to meet them, in order to assess the feasibility of the plan and verify the business' ability to meet external requirements such as the repayment of a loan or return of investments.
apply conflict management
Take ownership of the handling of all complaints and disputes showing empathy and understanding to achieve resolution. Be fully aware of all Social Responsibility protocols and procedures, and be able to deal with a problematic gambling situation in a professional manner with maturity and empathy.
build business relationships
Establish a positive, long-term relationship between organisations and interested third parties such as suppliers, distributors, shareholders and other stakeholders in order to inform them of the organisation and its objectives.
coach employees
Maintain and improve employees' performance by coaching individuals or groups how to optimise specific methods, skills or abilities, using adapted coaching styles and methods. Tutor newly recruited employees and assist them in the learning of new business systems.
create project specifications
Define the workplan, duration, deliverables, resources and procedures a project has to follow to achieve its goals. Describe project goals, outcomes, results and implementation scenarios.
define roadmap for blockchain in applications
Define and follow a roadmap for the introduction of blockchain in a particular application. Identify the key actions and roles required, as well as the essential milestones and deliverables to achieve.
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develop blockchain technology
Develop and integrate blockchain technology in new or existing ICT infrastructures, and understand the key challenges and solution approaches to this integration.
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estimate duration of work
Produce accurate calculations on time necessary to fulfil future technical tasks based on past and present information and observations or plan the estimated duration of individual tasks in a given project.
identify legal requirements
Conduct research for applicable legal and normative procedures and standards, analyse and derive legal requirements that apply to the organisation, its policies and products.
manage budgets
Plan, monitor, report on the budget and prepare set production budgets.
manage project changes
Manage requested or identified changes to the original project planning, assess the need to implement the changes and communicate them to the different project stakeholders. Update the relevant project documentation.
manage staff
Manage employees and subordinates, working in a team or individually, to maximise their performance and contribution. Schedule their work and activities, give instructions, motivate and direct the workers to meet the company objectives. Monitor and measure how an employee undertakes their responsibilities and how well these activities are executed. Identify areas for improvement and make suggestions to achieve this. Lead a group of people to help them achieve goals and maintain an effective working relationship among staff.
perform project management
Manage and plan various resources, such as human resources, budget, deadline, results, and quality necessary for a specific project, and monitor the project's progress in order to achieve a specific goal within a set time and budget.
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perform resource planning
Estimate the expected input in terms of time, human and financial resources necessary to achieve the project objectives.
perform risk analysis
Identify and assess factors that may jeopardise the success of a project or threaten the organisation's functioning. Implement procedures to avoid or minimise their impact.
provide cost benefit analysis reports
Prepare, compile and communicate reports with broken down cost analysis on the proposal and budget plans of the company. Analyse the financial or social costs and benefits of a project or investment in advance over a given period of time.
recruit employees
Hire new employees by scoping the job role, advertising, performing interviews and selecting staff in line with company policy and legislation.
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- It may include recruiting volunteers.
train employees
Lead and guide employees through a process in which they are taught the necessary skills for the perspective job. Organise activities aimed at introducing the work and systems or improving the performance of individuals and groups in organisational settings.
Optional knowledge 29 competences
Occupation specific
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Sector-specific
24 competencesAgile development
The agile development model is a methodology to design software systems and applications.
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Agile project management
The agile project management approach is a methodology for planning, managing and overseeing of ICT resources in order to meet specific goals and using project management ICT tools.
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crowdsourcing strategy
The high level planning for managing and optimising business processes, ideas or content by gathering contributions from a big community of people, including on-line groups.
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- This knowledge excludes insourcing and outsourcing activities.
DevOps
The DevOps development approach is a methodology to design software systems and applications focused on the collaboration and between software programmers and other ICT professionals and automation.
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document management
The methodology of tracking, managing and storing documents in a systematic and organised manner as well as keeping a record of the versions created and modified by specific users (history tracking).
hybrid model
The hybrid model consists of principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of architectural styles, such as enterprise architecture.
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ICT process quality models
The quality models for ICT services which address the maturity of the processes, the adoption of recommended practices and their definition and institutionalisation that allow the organisation to reliably and sustainably produce required outcomes. It includes models in a lot of ICT areas.
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ICT system user requirements
The process intended to match user and organisation's needs with system components and services, by taking into consideration the available technologies and the techniques required to elicit and specify requirements, interrogating users to establish symptoms of problem and analysing symptoms.
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incremental development
The incremental development model is a methodology to design software systems and applications.
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insourcing strategy
The high level planning for managing and optimising business processes internally, usually in order to maintain control of critical aspects of work.
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- This knowledge excludes crowdsourcing and outsourcing.
Iterative development
The iterative development model is a methodology to design software systems and applications.
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lean project management
The lean project management approach is a methodology for planning, managing and overseeing of ICT resources in order to meet specific goals and using project management ICT tools.
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object-oriented modelling
The object-oriented paradigm, which is based on classes, objects, methods and interfaces and their application in software design and analysis, programming organisation and techniques.
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Open source model
The open source model consists of principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of architectural styles, such as enterprise architecture.
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Outsourcing model
The outsourcing model consists of principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of architectural styles, such as enterprise architecture.
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outsourcing strategy
The high level planning for managing and optimising external services of providers to execute business processes.
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- This knowledge excludes insourcing and crowdsourcing. Includes offshoring and nearshoring.
Process-based management
The process-based management approach is a methodology for planning, managing and overseeing of ICT resources in order to meet specific goals and using project management ICT tools.
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Prototyping development
The prototyping development model is a methodology to design software systems and applications.
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Rapid application development
The rapid application development model is a methodology to design software systems and applications.
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service-oriented modelling
The principles and fundamentals of service-oriented modelling for business and software systems that allow the design and specification of service-oriented business systems within a variety of architectural styles, such as enterprise architecture and application architecture.
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software architecture models
The set of structures and models needed to understand or describe the software system, including the software elements, the relations between them and the properties of both elements and relations.
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software design methodologies
The methodologies such as Scrum, V-model and Waterfall to design software systems and applications.
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Spiral development
The spiral development model is a methodology to design software systems and applications.
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Waterfall development
The waterfall development model is a methodology to design software systems and applications.
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Cross-sector
5 competencesdigital systems
Systems to store, process and spread information in digital form. They are hardware, software and networks, as well as the ways in which these can be employed.
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legal requirements of ICT products
The international regulations related to the development and use of ICT products.
project configuration management
The process for the effective management of the key project artefacts and deliverables, ensuring that the correct versions are delivered to the project requestor and allowing project managers to identify the latest state of project artefacts and be able to gather all sources, documents, and other information for the project, prevent unauthorised changes, guarantee artefacts traceability and return to previous versions. It comprises the identification of project configuration items (CIs), their attributes and status codes, the establishment of baselines, the definition of roles and responsibilities for authorised changes to CIs, and the maintenance and control of a project repository.
quality assurance methodologies
Quality assurance principles, standard requirements, and the set of processes and activities used for measuring, controlling and ensuring the quality of products and processes.
systems development life-cycle
The sequence of steps, such as planning, creating, testing and deploying and the models for the development and life-cycle management of a system.
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Optional skills and competences 16 competences
Occupation specific
0 competencesNo competences in this bucket.
Sector-specific
4 competencesexecute ICT audits
Organise and execute audits in order to evaluate ICT systems, compliance of components of systems, information processing systems and information security. Identify and collect potential critical issues and recommend solutions based on required standards and solutions.
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implement ICT risk management
Develop and implement procedures for identifying, assessing, treating and mitigating ICT risks, such as hacks or data leaks, according to the company's risk strategy, procedures and policies. Analyse and manage security risks and incidents. Recommend measures to improve digital security strategy.
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maintain relationship with suppliers
Build a lasting and meaningful relationship with suppliers and service providers in order to establish a positive, profitable and enduring collaboration, co-operation and contract negotiation.
use e-procurement
Use digital procurement technologies and e-procurement applications and tools in order to reduce administrative burden, improve efficiency, and strengthen transparency and accountability of procurement procedures.
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Cross-sector
12 competencesapply change management
Manage development within an organisation by anticipating changes and making managerial decisions to ensure that the members involved are as less disturbed as possible.
apply organisational techniques
Employ a set of organisational techniques and procedures which facilitate the achievement of the set goals set such as detailed planning of personnel's schedules. Use these resources efficiently and sustainably, and show flexibility when required.
carry out project activities
Carry out project activities based on the project work plan and schedule. Assist in the development and execution of project plans.
create solutions to problems
Solve problems which arise in planning, prioritising, organising, directing/facilitating action and evaluating performance. Use systematic processes of collecting, analysing, and synthesising information to evaluate current practice and generate new understandings about practice.
define technical requirements
Specify technical properties of goods, materials, methods, processes, services, systems, software and functionalities by identifying and responding to the particular needs that are to be satisfied according to customer requirements.
develop information standards
Develop norms or requirements that establish uniform technical criteria, methods, processes and practices in the information management based on professional experience.
draft project documentation
Prepare project documentation such as project charters, work plans, project handbooks, progress reports, deliverables and stakeholder matrices.
maintain a central project repository
Store project files and documents in a central repository accessible to the project manager and to all the project teams. Use available online tools and dedicated software.
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manage localisation
Modify content or a product for the transference from one locale to another through the use of content translation or localisation service providers.
organise project meetings
Organise project meetings such as the project kick-off meeting and the project review meeting. Plan the meeting agenda, set up conference calls, address any logistical needs and prepare documentation or hand-outs needed for the meeting. Ensure the participation of the project team, the project client and other relevant stakeholders. Draft and circulate the meeting minutes.
perform procurement processes
Undertake ordering of services, equipment, goods or ingredients, compare costs and check the quality to ensure optimal payoff for the organisation.
use ICT ticketing system
Utilise a specialised system to track registration, processing and resolution of issues in an organisation by assigning each of these issues a ticket, registering inputs from involved persons, tracking changes and displaying the status of the ticket, until it is completed.
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