NZCS are very proud to release the new IT Code of Practice for New Zealand, a guideline to good practice in IT.
The Code of Practice will be heavily promoted as a base guideline of practice for IT professionals, organisations, and in fact anyone involved in the delivery of IT services in our country.
The Code covers key practices common to all disciplines within IT (such as conflicts of interest, competency, methods and tools, workload and representation), as well as key practices around project and relationship management, security, change management and others specific areas. There's also a section on Education and Research, as well as business-related IT practice.
The Code, which has been put together by a team led by Deputy President David Cowman over the last 6 months, also draws on the work of our international partners combined with material that is specific to New Zealand's environment.
NZCS strongly recommends that all those involved in IT study the Code of Practice and adopt the principles contained throughout their organisation. The code will be made available to all of New Zealand and, whilst NZCS members should be exemplars of the Code, all those working within IT should consider it.
Additionally, the Code may be used free of charge (with suitable attribution) by our Educational Partners in the development of tertiary courses - this stuff is important and we strongly encourage the tertiary community to use the Code to help embed a culture of professional practice in the IT professionals of the future.
Computerworld have also reported on the Code of Practice in this article.
Download the new NZCS Code of Practice document now.
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