Work Package 1 (WP1, Task 1.1) Report PREPARATION ...

Work Package 1 (WP1, Task 1.1)

Report

PREPARATION: REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS

Establishing Modern Master-level Studies in Information Systems

561592-EPP-1-2015-1- FR-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP

University of Donja Gorica (UDG)

University “Mediterranean”, Podgorica

MONTENEGRO

Content

Team contacts

Name e-mail Skype

prof. dr Milica Vukotic [email protected]

mr Sandra Tinaj [email protected]

dr Marko Simeunovic [email protected]

Work package type

and ref.nr ☒ Preparation WP1

Title Requirements Analysis

Related assumptions

and risks

A: Consortium members & employers are willing to cooperate in training process and

develop/ publish/ purchase curriculum & teaching materials;

А: PC HEIs’ administration & educational authorities are committed to the project goals

and interested to create and support contacts with business;

Risk: Lack of feedback from business;

Risk: Changing in EU and PC visa policies.

Description

Identification of the current approaches to the educational process.

Analysis of the needs of companies, graduates and students in IT industry.

Nomination of teachers to participate in the Program development.

Meetings in EU for learning EU HEIs’ DPs & curricula.

Tasks

1.1. Identify Requirements for IS MSc (month 1-3; all EU&PС).

1.2. Workshops for PC Methodologists (month 4; P2); (month 6; P4).

1.3. Analyse Current MPIS Curricula (month 4-6; P4, all PC).

Estimated Start Date

(dd-mm-yyyy) Month 1

Estimated End Date (dd-

mm-yyyy) Month 3

Lead Organisation P4 KTU (EU), P11 NTUU KPI (PC)

Participating

Organisation P1-P15, P17, P18

Stakeholders Requirements to MASTER in Information Systems

1. Write a report about networking:

Specify the Stakeholders

Explain how you are collecting and maintaining lists of IT companies and IT departments, with

CEO & Head’s names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc.

The following report forms the first deliverable of Work Package 1 of the project “Establishing Modern

Master-level Studies in Information Systems”- MASTIS. It maps the identification of the current

approaches to the educational process, analysis of the needs of companies, graduates and students in IT

industry and nomination of teachers to participate in the Program development for Montenegro. The main

data for the report was provided through online survey on the following link (https://goo.gl/N7QbFp) and

focused interviews with companies. Online survey is implemented together University of Donja Gorica

and University Mediterranean, which are partner institutions from Montenegro in the project.

The ICT sector in Montenegro is well-developed thanks to the existence of strong telecommunications

operators with foreign capital. The so-called “C” part of the ICT sector is one of the drivers of

Montenegrin economy with an annual income of 300 million EUR. The World Economic Forum has

placed Montenegro on 52nd place out of 144 countries in its report on ICT competitiveness.

The main characteristics of the IT sector are:

https://goo.gl/N7QbFp

small number of employees,

low financial and,

consequently, development potentials of IT enterprises and operations at a small and insufficiently

developed IT market.

There are only 232 active enterprises at the Montenegrin IT market. The overall IT sector has 572

employees, which makes an average of 2.8 employees per enterprise. Companies that are engaged in

hardware have almost twice as many employees (4.4 /company) in comparison to those engaged in

services and software (2.3 /company). IT market analysis has shown that majority of companies base their

portfolio on hardware. The development of software and IT services is on the second, while software

products and service of hardware are on the third place.

Human resources available to IT sector are potentially on a high level. The education of IT professionals

is realized at five faculties, three at the University of Montenegro (the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,

the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Economy – IT Management), one at the University Mediteran

(the Faculty of Information Technologies) and the University of Donja Gorica (the Faculty of Information

Sciences and Technologies). In period 2004-2014, more than 2,000 students received their diplomas at

these three universities. More than 900 finished Applied Information Studies and the rest finished

academic studies. This number of graduates represents exquisite potential for the development of IT

sector.

According to the research conducted by GIZ and IT Cluster in Montenegro in 2014, within SEE project,

some important data has been collected, showing the situation in this field in Montenegro. The level of

investment in IT sector in Montenegro is 45 euros per inhabitant, while in EU the average is 800 euros. In

2013 there were 219 active IT companies in Montenegro, while in central register of Montenegro there

are 560 registered IT companies. Active IT companies employ 519 people, which makes an average of

2,7 employers per company. Hardware companies employ more people than software companies, which

is not the case in developed countries. This research reveals also that in period from 2006 until 2014

approximately 2100 students graduated at one of five IT focused faculties in Montenegro. This number

represents high potential for the growth of IT in Montenegro, but still number of employed graduates is

very low. This is a loss for Montenegro due to the fact that IT is important for every other sector in

Montenegro, and improving IT sector means improving business technology and represents an

investment, not an expense.

In this report was shown results of online survey and interwied companies on analysis of the needs of

companies, graduates and students in Montenegrin IT industry. The questionnaire has been sent to 50

representatives of the most successful companies in Montenegro. Seventeen persons filled the

questionnaire/online survey giving response ratio of 34% and fourth of the companies gave answers in

interview. Some of these representatives were current and former students at University of Donja Gorica

(UDG). In this research were considered large companies with more than 250 employees as well as small

ones with less than 9 employees. The most companies have from 50 to 249 employees.

List of interviewed companies and positions of their representatives are given in Ошибка! Источник

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Company Position of representative

Bild Studio Executive assistant

Pravni ekspert d.o.o. Director of sales and marketing

Oleksandr Kapitanenko CEO

Internet Invest, Ltd. Chief Technical Officer

SRI AIT Developer

Dragoslav Kenjic Technical director

CIKOM doo PM

Association of consultig engineers of

Montenegro Executive director

Saga CG Progammer

Simes inženjering Secretary

Montenegro Business Alliance Manager

CEED Consulting Consultant

Institute of modern technology Montenegro General Secretary

Ministarstvo poljoprivrede i ruralnog razvoja Načelnik direkcije za poljoprivredne registre

IT IT director

Mtel d.o.o. IT coordinator

Table 1 - List of interviewed companies

The ownership structure of interviewed companies are shown on Ошибка! Источник ссылки не

найден., while Ошибка! Источник ссылки не найден. illustrates how many of them are

national/international. The companies are of private type mainly. One of participants was also

representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. It is also important to mention that

IT companies in Montenegro, and Build Studio is included, work for international companies – among 46

surveyed IT companies in Montenegro, 70% work with international companies, and 22% actually export.

IT sector in Montenegro represents a potential for export, and with appropriate investments and

development of human resources, this percentage could be much higher and could have more significant

impact on Montenegro economy.

Figure 1 Ownership structure of interviwed companies

Private

14

82,4%

Public

2

11,8%

State

1

5,9%

Figure 2 – Types of companies.

Main activities directions of targeted organizations are illustrated in Ошибка! Источник ссылки не

найден.. The most of companies are from information technologies, design and consulting sectors, but we

also interviewed research and education oriented institutions.

Figure 3 - Main activities of companies participated in the online survey and questionnaire.

Did you mobilize your personal and friend’s contacts?

All faculties at University of Donja Gorica, including Faculty for Information Systems and Technologies

have excellent cooperation with business sector, including private and public institutions as well

international institutions. Having in mind this, in distribution of the questionnaire is used personal and

friend’s contacts. Also, when it comes to the interview of the companies, personal and friend’s contacts

are used.

National International

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

4

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 4,5

Design, Consulting, Research, Information…

Consulting, Public services, Commercial…

Education, Commercial services

Design, Consulting, Wholesale and/or retail…

Consulting

Design, Consulting

Business Association

Consulting, Research

Research

agricultural policy

Commercial services, Information…

Design, Consulting, Information technologies

Information technologies

Is it a new task in your university?

Having in mind that University actively communicates with companies and business sector so that it can adjust

its study programs to market and labor market demand, this is not new task at University. Especially important

dimension of UDG are interdisciplinary studies and integration of all sciences which are groundwork for all

study programs. New study programs have interdisciplinary curriculum and are highly demanded at labour

market. For example new programs are prepared with the assistance of experts from academic and non-

academic fields. Introduction of new study programs, as well as some modification and improvements of

existing ones can be initiated from different levels within UDG (Faculty units, employees, student's). These

programs have to be created according to the needs and demand at labor market, on one side, and UDG

development vision, on the other. This is undertaken if UDG can provide adequate human and material

resources to keep high level of offered programs. The Council for Development is the advisory body which has

important role in proposing the introduction of new programs. Sometimes new curricula are created on the

request of business community and companies UDG cooperates with.

Was it the task of someone in your department or faculty?

As it mentioned above, University of Donja Gorica actively communicate with business sector in

Montenegro and abroad. Beside theoretical, practical knowledge is it very important for students and their

employment after finishing their studies. In that manner, many representatives from business sector are

included in teaching process, so they have very important role in research. Many of this representatives

take part of this research and finished questionnaire.

2. Write a report about meetings with stakeholders:

Date Company Name Position Contact Short description of

meeting goals and

results

12.10.20

16.

SAGA

CG

Milos

Misurovic and

Goran

Obradovic

Manager

and

Programmer

milos.misurovic

@saga.me

SAGA CG

Podgorica works as

a daughter company

of SAGA Beograd.

SAGA is a number

one system

integrator company

in Serbia and

number five in

Adriatic area.

During 20 years the

company has

established

partnerships with

more than 70

renowned

companies working

with the IT industry.

Having all above

mentioned this

companies was used

for interviewing.

Interview was held

at University of

Donja Gorica. On

the meeting was

presented project,

main goals and

objectives of the

project and having

in mind that UDG

already cooperates

with company the

manager of the

SAGA CG was

inetrvied.

10.10.20

16.

Association

of

consultig

engineers

of

Montenegr

o

Davor Coric Manager Davor.coric@u

dg.edu.me

Davor Coric, beside

that he is manager at

Association of

consulting engineers

of Montenegro he is

Teaching assistant at

Faculty for

Information Systems

and Technologies

so it is very

important for

research to have

information what are

the main needs and

requirements in IT.

Project objective and

the main goals of the

project MASTIS

were presented to

him and gave some

basic information.

13.10.20

16.

CEED

Consulting Dragana

Radevic and

Mihailo Zecevic

Director of

the CEED

and

consultant

dradevic@t-

com.me;

Dragana.radevic

@udg.edu.me

Meeting was held at

University of Donja

Gorica with director

of the Center for

Entrepreneurship

and Economic

Development, prof.

dr Dragana Radevic

and Consultant in

the CEED, Mr.

Mihailo Zecevic.

MASTIS team

member was

presented project

objectives nd the

main goal, and also,

research that will be

done in accordance

of the needs and

requirements.

20.10.20

16.

Ministry of

Agricultur

and Rural

Developme

nt of

Nemanja Katnic General

Secretar

Nemanja.katnic

@udg.edu.me

Meeting with the

representatives of

public sector was

held at University of

Montenegr

o Donja Gorica.

MASTIS team

member was

presenting project

main goals and

specific objective

and also research

that will be done in

accordance of the

needs and

requirements

3. Questionnaire for defining competences you use to ask representatives of companies – example

The goal of online survey and interview was to identify most important competences of MSc graduates

required by Montenegrin IT market. Examinees had to give mark from 1 to 5 to each identified

competence. Higher the mark, more important it is. The following groups of competences are marked:

general statements that describe university graduates in IT, systemic competences, methodological

competences, social/personal competences, professional competences: analysis, design, and project

management, professional competences: implementation and systems administration, and research and

academic/analytical competences.

Some of the questions related to the competence used to ask representatives of companies as follows:

(1) If you have recruited graduate IT people in the last 12 months?

I. How many graduate IT students (Specialist, Magister, Master)?

II. For what tasks, graduate IT people?

(2) Your opinion about the current level of preparation of information systems specialists in local

universities?

(3) What is the main failure of the education provided in University to meet the needs of your

company?

(4) Kind of competencies?

(5) What to add in the curricula?

(6) What to remove?

(7) What about university teaching method?

(8) Please evaluate the following competence in terms of their importance for the employees of your

organization that are working in positions requiring high level education in Information Systems:

I. Abillity to specify essence of problems in the professional domain and to find adequate

solution;

II. Ability to make management decisions, evaluate their possible effects, and embrace the

responsibility for the work results of your team;

III. Ability to head projects, organize teamwork, and to initiate positive business process

changes.

(9) Please evaluate the following competence in terms of their importance for the employees of your

organization that are working in positions requiring high level education in Information Systems:

I. Ability to analyze, verify, evaluate completeness of data, and to supplement or create it

under the conditions of uncertainty;

II. Professional computer and IT usage skills;

III. Good knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign language);

IV. Ability to define and communicate objectives of professional activities;

From above mentioned and the mission of the Facylty for Information Systems and Technologies the

theoretical teaching is complemented by numerous practical examples and tasks for building independent

problem-solving skills, so the students practice a proactive approach to a problems from the earliest

period. Thanks to a team projects and presentations which are an integral part of the exam, the student has

the opportunity to master how to team well.

Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies, UDG, in order to successfully implement the

knowledge in practice, concludes the cooperation agreements with a companies that deal with information

systems or use information systems. And also, as we can see from the questionnaire it is very important

that students have access to internship program that is useful for gaining practical experience. While

studying, the students can work in companies.

4. Write a report about competences grades:

Interviewed # : Milos Misurovic

Institution: SAGA CG Podgorica

Responsibility: Mnager

Interviewer: Milos Stevovic, FIST

Region: Montenegro

Date: 12.10.2016

Grade, 1-essential, 2-very important, 3-important, 4-

less important

Level of professional theoretical knowledge is high 4

There is a strong will and commitment to finding and

keeping a good job

4

Ability to develop intellectually and culturally 3

Ability to specify the essence of problems in the

professional domain, and to find adequate solutions 3

Ability to generate new ideas and come up with out-

of-the-box ways for their implementation 3

Ability to make management decisions, evaluate their

possible effects, and embrace the responsibility for the

work results of your team

3

Ability to learn new methods and to change the nature

of his/her job 3

Ability to head projects, organize teamwork, and to

initiate positive business process changes 3

Ability to analyze problems using system analysis,

analysis by synthesis, and other methods 3

Ability to analyze, verify, evaluate completeness of

data, and to supplement or create it under the

conditions of uncertainty

3

Ability to propose concepts, models, create and adapt

methods and tools for professional activities using

resources from natural, social, economic sciences, and

humanities

3

Professional computer and IT usage skills 3

Fluidity in spoken and written native language 3

Ability to perform semantic modeling as well as

conceptual modeling of various domains and

information systems

3

Good knowledge of latest information systems

modeling languages and standards 3

Ability to prepare high quality project documentation,

also to write comprehensive user manuals 3

Ability to plan and manage information systems

development projects whether using classic or agile

approaches

3

Ability to plan and carry out comprehensive analysis

of datasets that are diverse, complex, stored in

numerous databases, and very large (big data skills)

3

Ability to implement cloud computing based solutions 3

Ability to perform data analysis using the principles of

data mining and business intelligence, ability to create

data visualizations

3

Ability to develop IS modeling and development

solutions, including standards and CASE tools 3

Ability to certify software development products 3

Ability to apply modern methods of psychology and

pedagogy in everyday work 3

Ability to patent inventions and technical innovations,

to perform standardization of developed systems and

processes

3

Ability to ensure and manage copyright protection of

software products and to carry out their price

evaluation

3

Interviewed # : Davor Coric

Institution: Association of consultig engineers of Montenegro

Responsibility: Manager

Interviewer: Milos Stevovic

Region: Montenegro

Date: 10.10.2016.


less important

Level of basic knowledge in such areas as business

management, economics, and law is good

3

Graduates respect the work ethics of the corporate

culture

3


Ability to follow principles of social responsibility as

well as legal and ethical norms when developing own

career or building a new business

2

Ability to organize and manage communication (also

multi-cultural) 2

Ability to work professionally in an international

environment that involves a lot of mobility 2

Ability to model, analyze, and evaluate organization's

business processes 2

Ability to perform semantic modeling as well as

conceptual modeling of various domains and

information systems

2

Ability to perform information systems requirements

analysis and specification 2

Ability to design local, network-based, and web

information systems 2

Ability to design grid-based systems and systems

driven by the principles of cloud computing 2

Ability to carry out system reengineering and to

analyze legacy databases 2

Graphical user interface analysis and design skills 2

Ability to use computer aided software engineering

(CASE) tools 2

Good knowledge of latest information systems

modeling languages and standards 2

Ability to prepare high quality project documentation,

also to write comprehensive user manuals 2

Ability to plan and manage information systems

development projects whether using classic or agile

approaches

2

Ability to plan and carry out comprehensive analysis

of datasets that are diverse, complex, stored in

numerous databases, and very large (big data skills)

2

Ability to perform market research and write business

plans on information systems, software products, or IS

development tasks

2

Ability to integrate various software and hardware

components of integrated information systems locally

or involving networks

2

Ability to plan, perform, and manage manual or

automated testing 2

Information systems administration skills 2

Interviewed # : Dragana Radevic

Institution: CEED Consulting

Responsibility: Director


Region: Montenegro

Date: 13.10.2016.


less important

Level of professional theoretical knowledge is high 2

Graduates are well trained practically, they know how

to apply theoretical knowledge in practice 2

Level of basic knowledge in such areas as business

management, economics, and law is good 1

There is a good understanding and knowledge about

the latest IS related international standards 2

There is a strong will to create and innovate 2

There is a strong will and commitment to finding and

keeping a good job 2

Graduates respect the work ethics of the corporate

culture 1

Personal ambitions are measured and reasonable, self-

assessment – realistic 1

The knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign

language) is good 2









1


of his/her job 1



Ability to carry out research including analysis of

problems, formulation of aims and tasks, selection of

research methods, as well as evaluation of quality

1






1




humanities

1



Good knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign

language) 2






1




humanities

2



Good knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign

language) 1

Ability to follow principles of social responsibility as

well as legal and ethical norms when developing own

career or building a new business

1

Ability to organize and manage communication (also

multi-cultural) 1

Ability to work professionally in an international

environment that involves a lot of mobility 1

Ability to define and communicate objectives of

professional activities 1

Ability to lead by example and inspire others 2

Ability to solve social and personal problems as well

as problems resulting from different worldviews and

cultures

1

Ability to lead teams consisting of people with

different levels of skills and varying specializations 1

Ability to work efficiently in national and

international teams 1

Ability to work individually with minimum guidance,

manage one’s work and time 1

Ability to perform simulations and experiments, and

to critically analyze their results using statistical

methods

5

Ability to carry out feasibility studies on new

technologies, methods, and standards that could be of

use to the organization

1

Ability to innovate and modify methods and

approaches used in the organization 1

Ability to write research or technical papers on the

results of work 1





processes

1



evaluation

1

Interviewed # : Nemanja Katnic

Institution: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in

Montenegro

Responsibility: General secretar


Region: Montenegro

Date: 20.10.2016.


less important









1


of his/her job 2



Ability to carry out research including analysis of

problems, formulation of aims and tasks, selection of

research methods, as well as evaluation of quality

1

Ability to implement and administer relational

databases 1

Ability to implement and administer NoSQL

databases 2

Ability to implement software components of

information systems following given design

documents and using various programming languages

and tools

1

Ability to develop systems for the Semantic Web 3

Ability to integrate various software and hardware

components of integrated information systems locally

or involving networks

1

Ability to plan, perform, and manage manual or

automated testing 1

Information systems administration skills 1

Ability to configure and manage comprehensive ERP

(enterprise resource planning) or similar available

systems

4

Ability to implement cloud computing based solutions 3

Ability to perform data analysis using the principles of

data mining and business intelligence, ability to create

data visualizations

3

Ability to develop IS modeling and development

solutions, including standards and CASE tools 4

Ability to certify software development products 5

Ability to perform simulations and experiments, and

to critically analyze their results using statistical

methods

3

Ability to carry out feasibility studies on new

technologies, methods, and standards that could be of

use to the organization

3

Ability to innovate and modify methods and

approaches used in the organization 3

Ability to write research or technical papers on the

results of work 3





processes

4



evaluation

4

Conclusion

In accordance with the answers gathered from the interviewed companies it can be conclusion that there is no

deviations from the answers gathered from the online surveys. Average marks of statements that describe

university graduates are given in Table 2. It seems that the main issue of IT education in Montenegro is

practical application of theoretical knowledge. Generally, survey shows that knowledge of English is

good, as well as level of professional theoretical knowledge.

Average

Level of professional theoretical knowledge is high 3,35

Graduates are well trained practically, they know how to apply theoretical knowledge in

practice 2,59

Level of basic knowledge in such areas as business management, economics, and law is

good 3,00

There is a good understanding and knowledge about the latest IS related international

standards 3,06

There is a strong will to create and innovate 3,29

There is a strong will and commitment to finding and keeping a good job 3,59

Graduates respect the work ethics of the corporate culture 3,35

Personal ambitions are measured and reasonable, self-assessment – realistic 2,88

The knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign language) is good 3,35

Table 2 - Average marks of statements that describe university graduates in IS area.

Average marks of systemic competences importance are given in Table 3. The most important

competences from this group are related to intellectual and cultural development and learning of new

methods.

Average

Ability to develop intellectually and culturally 3,94

Ability to specify the essence of problems in the professional domain, and to find adequate

solutions 3,76

Ability to generate new ideas and come up with out-of-the-box ways for their

implementation 3,71

Ability to make management decisions, evaluate their possible effects, and embrace the

responsibility for the work results of your team 3,59

Ability to learn new methods and to change the nature of his/her job 3,88

Ability to head projects, organize teamwork, and to initiate positive business process

changes 3,59

Ability to carry out research including analysis of problems, formulation of aims and tasks,

selection of research methods, as well as evaluation of quality 3,35

Table 3 - Average marks of systemic competences importance.

Average marks of methodological competences importance are given in Table 4. The most important

competences from this group are related to native and English languages usage and IT skills.

Average

Ability to analyze problems using system analysis, analysis by synthesis, and other methods 3,53

Ability to analyze, verify, evaluate completeness of data, and to supplement or create it

under the conditions of uncertainty 3,47

Ability to propose concepts, models, create and adapt methods and tools for professional

activities using resources from natural, social, economic sciences, and humanities 3,65

Professional computer and IT usage skills 4,35

Fluidity in spoken and written native language 4,12

Good knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign language) 3,76

Table 4 - Average marks of methodological competences importance.

Average marks of social/personal competences importance are given in Table 5. Social responsibilities as

well as legal and ethical norms are the most important, while solving social and personal problems has

lowest importance.

Average

Ability to follow principles of social responsibility as well as legal and ethical norms when

developing own career or building a new business 4,18

Ability to organize and manage communication (also multi-cultural) 3,94

Ability to work professionally in an international environment that involves a lot of mobility 3,88

Ability to define and communicate objectives of professional activities 3,94

Ability to lead by example and inspire others 3,82

Ability to solve social and personal problems as well as problems resulting from different

worldviews and cultures 3,41

Ability to lead teams consisting of people with different levels of skills and varying

specializations 3,76

Ability to work efficiently in national and international teams 3,94

Ability to work individually with minimum guidance, manage one’s work and time 3,82

Table 5 - Average marks of social/personal competences importance.

Average marks of professional competences: analysis, design, and project management importance are

given in Ошибка! Источник ссылки не найден.. Results show that market research and business plans

writing are not so important.

Average

Ability to model, analyze, and evaluate organization's business processes 3,53

Ability to perform semantic modeling as well as conceptual modeling of various domains

and information systems 3,41

Ability to perform information systems requirements analysis and specification 3,88

Ability to design relational databases 3,71

Ability to design NoSQL (or other non-relational) databases 3,29

Ability to design local, network-based, and web information systems 3,71

Ability to design grid-based systems and systems driven by the principles of cloud

computing 3,53

Ability to carry out system reengineering and to analyze legacy databases 3,24

Graphical user interface analysis and design skills 3,35

Ability to use computer aided software engineering (CASE) tools 3,18

Good knowledge of latest information systems modeling languages and standards 3,41

Ability to prepare high quality project documentation, also to write comprehensive user

manuals 3,59

Ability to plan and manage information systems development projects whether using classic

or agile approaches 3,53

Ability to plan and carry out comprehensive analysis of datasets that are diverse, complex,

stored in numerous databases, and very large (big data skills) 3,18

Ability to perform market research and write business plans on information systems,

software products, or IS development tasks 3,00

Table 6 Average marks of professional competences: analysis, design, and project management importance

Average marks of professional competences: implementation and systems administration importance are

given in Table 7. Here, focus has to be put on implementation and administration of relational databases

as well as IS implementation.

Average

Ability to implement and administer relational databases 3,94

Ability to implement and administer NoSQL databases 3,59

Ability to implement software components of information systems following given design

documents and using various programming languages and tools 3,94

Ability to develop systems for the Semantic Web 3,35

Ability to integrate various software and hardware components of integrated information

systems locally or involving networks 3,88

Ability to plan, perform, and manage manual or automated testing 3,88

Information systems administration skills 4,12

Ability to configure and manage comprehensive ERP (enterprise resource planning) or

similar available systems 3,71

Ability to implement cloud computing based solutions 3,88

Ability to perform data analysis using the principles of data mining and business

intelligence, ability to create data visualizations 3,71

Ability to develop IS modeling and development solutions, including standards and CASE

tools 3,35

Ability to certify software development products 3,47

Table 7 - Average marks of professional competences: implementation and systems administration competences importance.

Average marks of research and academic/analytical competences importance are given in Table 8.

Average

Ability to perform simulations and experiments, and to critically analyze their results using

statistical methods 3,24

Ability to carry out feasibility studies on new technologies, methods, and standards that

could be of use to the organization 4,00

Ability to innovate and modify methods and approaches used in the organization 3,88

Ability to write research or technical papers on the results of work 3,59

Ability to apply modern methods of psychology and pedagogy in everyday work 3,53

Ability to patent inventions and technical innovations, to perform standardization of

developed systems and processes 3,59

Ability to ensure and manage copyright protection of software products and to carry out

their price evaluation 3,59

Table 8 - Average marks of research and academic/analytical competences importance.

Analysis of the needs of graduates and students in IT industry.

University “Mediterranean”, Podgorica

Montenegro

1. Report about meetings with alumni

In order to help its graduates to re-establish contacts, exchange of experience and knowledge,

UNIM has founded the Alumni Club. The task of Alumni is to promote, strengthen and in

accordance to its abilities develop a network of knowledge, experiences and simultaneously

contribute to University reputation. UNIM is collecting and maintaining database of alumni

contacts using online web application. (http://unimediteran.net/index.php/mne/alumni-klub).

University International Relations and Marketing Office coordinates work with Alumni Club.

In order to collect requirement needs for IT education from graduate students and alumni we have

organized meeting in 15.March 2016 at University “Mediterranean”. During meeting MASTIS

project and it main goals were presented and participants filled questionnaire about competence

skills developed at University and needs in IT profession.

We have used the questionnaire developed by NTUU KPI in order to collect the same

information from graduate students/ alumni and analyze similarities and differences

between EU and PC.

Questionnaire results of IT graduate students and alumni at UNIM

1. Please select 10 general competencies from the list, which is most important for employment

in the organization in which you work.

1. Ability to communicate in a second (foreign) language 46

2. Capacity to learn and stay up-to-date with learning 54

3. Ability to communicate both orally and through the written word in first language 54

4. Ability to be critical and self-critical 4

5. Ability to plan and manage time 50

6. Ability to act on the basis of ethical reasoning 4

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7. Capacity to generate new ideas (creativity) 3

8. Ability to search, process and analyse information from a variety of sources 54

9. Ability to work autonomously 15

10. Ability to identify, propose and resolve problems 38

11. Ability to apply knowledge in practical situations 54

12. Ability to make reasoned decisions 54

13. Ability to undertake research at an appropriate level 12

14. Ability to work in a team 54

15. Knowledge and understanding of the subject area and understanding of the profession 54

16. Ability to motivate people and move toward common goals 9

17. Commitment to conservation of the environment 0

18. Ability to communicate with people who are not experts in the subject area 48

19. Ability for abstract and analytical thinking, and synthesis of ideas 45

20. Ability to interact constructively with others regardless of background and culture and

respecting diversity

54

21. Ability to design and manage projects 5

22. Ability to interact with others in a constructive manner, even when dealing with difficult issues 54

23. Ability to show awareness of equal opportunities and gender issues 22

24. Commitment to health, well-being and safety 0

25. Ability to take the initiative and to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and intellectual

curiosity

7

26. Ability to evaluate and maintain the quality of work produced 47

27. Ability to use information and communication technologies 54

28. Commitment to tasks and responsibilities 54

29. Ability to adapt to and act in new situations and cope under pressure 54

30. Ability to act with social responsibility and civic awareness 10

31. Ability to work in an international context 15

2. Please evaluate your completed competency training. Put a mark from 1 to 5

Competence 5 4 3 2 1

Mastering the techniques of scientific work 3 2 7 26 16

Mastering the ability to write scientific texts 5 10 21 15 3

Individual professional and educational consulting 0 10 21 15 8

Mastering Business Analysis methods 3 17 10 4 4

Acquiring skills in managing IT projects 19 15 10 5 5

Professional knowledge and skills in software development 22 9 8 9 1

Professional knowledge and skills in the development of

software/information systems

35 10 6 4 0

Acquiring the skills of system administration 4 7 8 8 9

Mastering the ability to use industrial architecture in the development of IS 0 0 15 8 2

Mastering software testing technology 0 0 10 11 4

Acquiring skills systems analyst 1 8 7 13 4

Development of logical, algorithmic, systems thinking 23 11 7 2 0

Ability to adapt to changes in the IT market 22 7 16 6 0

3. What difficulties have you encountered in employment?

1. At my specialty sites offer little; 45

2. Knowledge is required, which I do not have; 3

3. Offered places does not correspond with the profile of my training; 4

4. Another level of higher education required 0

5. Need graduates with other specialties (economy, law, etc..); 40

6. Need competence, which I do not have 2

4. Evaluate your professional prospects in the future? Put a ball from 1 to 5

5 4 3 2 1

Reliability employment 48 6 0 0 0

Possibility of conversion IT profession which you work 0 15 14 10 15

5. Select a profession which you want to work (in accordance with the list of the European

framework of IT competences)

Service desk agent 0 information system developer 27

technical specialist 1 ICT operations manager 23

ICT trainer 15 ICT security specialist 38

business analyst 25 enterprise architect 0

business information manager 2 quality assurance manager 0

project manager 19 chief information officer (CIO) 0

ICT consultant 19 network specialist 39

digital media specialist 15 database administrator 22

test specialist 0 systems analyst 29

software developer 37 service manager 0

systems architect 15 ICT security manager 23

systems administrator 24 account manager 0

6 How did you describe the place of labor activity and your work environment?

(you can choose more than one answer)

I work above projects 54

Specialists of different profiles are in

collective, which I work in

39

I regularly co-operate with colleagues which

have other profile of preparation

54

My work is often estimated 45

Success is acknowledged 13

I count on own forces at the decision of

problem

41

An innovative climate dominates 7

I must think wider than scopes of my

specialty often

46

My initiative is valued 11

My tasks change often 29

I have possibility to make decision in my

sphere of activity

25

My work requires loneliness -

My work is good time certain 11

I organize my work Independent 16

My work is related to international

cooperation

5

My suggestions on perfection in earnest are

checked up

12

I need a foreign language in everyday work 54

A large value gets to further preparation and

in-plant training

31

A co-operative atmosphere dominates 23

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7 Do you work in accordance with Your qualification? Choose one variant

Yes No It is difficult to answer

From the point of view of professional position 50 4 -

From the point of view of executable tasks 29 16 9

From the point of view of professional qualification 34 10 10

From the point of view of direction, specialty of

preparation

23 26 5

8 What segment of ІТ of industry do you work in?

IT outsourcing/ private company - Computer networks developement and

maintaing

10

IT outsourcing /private company - Software developement 9

IT outsourcing /private compny - Information system developement and

maintaing

13

IT department of public institution /government of Montenegro 5

IT department of bank 4

Telecommunication /mobile networks operator 5

Sale of computer technics and software 4

Total respondents 54

2. Write a report about meetings with alumni

Collecting and maintaining list of alumni contacts. Is it a new task? Someone task?

Unversity of Donja Gorica is a youngest university in Montenegro and having in mind that Faculty

for Information Systems and Technologies established in 2009. there is a small number of finished

graduate, specialist and master students. Particulary, there is around 70 graduate, 15 specialist and

around 10 student finished their studies. University have alumni network so, university office is in

contact with all graduate students, time to time University office collecting information about

students employability. Is it impressive to point out that almost 80% of graduate, master and

specialist students of Faculty for Information Systems and Technologies work in public and private

institutions in area of IT.

Does this project help you to organize a real living network with alumni, and people who

have some of your alumni as employees?

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As it mentioned above University already have contacts with almost all students who finished their

studies in IT, but also, through social network and our alumni network students are informed about

MASTIS project, their informed about main goals and objectives.

Conclusion

Results of online survey and interview on MSc IT studies competences have been presented in this

report. The questionnaire targeted most representative IT companies in Montenegro. Based on

obtained results one can now be able to plan MSc study programs that will be suitable to market

needs.

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