International professional practice partnership (IP3) - Overview

Abstract

The IFIP International Professional Practice Partnership is embarked on the ambitious task of creating an international profession to provide the key leadership in all parts of the global IT industry - both supplier and user sides. Globally, society is utterly dependent on the IT industry for maintaining and enhancing the quality of life in the developed world and the developing world is looking to leverage IT to move rapidly forward. IT is a quintessentially global industry. For example, no e-business user can have any knowledge of where their transactions are processed or their data stored. Only the creation of a strong global profession of qualified and experienced practitioners gives confidence to all users of IT systems that they can trust the systems on which their whole lifestyle depends. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.