Hi Trevor,
Good suggestion and something I’d thought of myself (though yours
has more detail). However to simplify this version I decided to skip that.
Further, if it does get published via a free SurveyMonkey, I think you only get
10 questions, so will have to think carefully about exactly which ones to use.
Cheers,
Jonathan
From: Trevor Wiens [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 6:09 PM
To: Jonathan Moules
Cc: Tim Sutton; QGIS Developer Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] Proposed questions for QGIS Certification
questionnaire
Jonathan.
This looks good. I do have one suggestion. For the second last question of
"What do you think would be a good way of measuring suitability for a
certificate", I think it is more complex. For example, for a developer
certification, I would assume most people would think that community
participation would be important. However for the other certifications, exams
might be more suitable. I can even see cases for trainers where we might want
to institute a train the trainer type of course that would be mandatory (even
if an online course) to ensure that people who want to be trainers can benefit
from the knowledge and experience of experienced teachers / trainers.
Because of this complexity you might want to separate this out into questions
like:
For a QGIS User certification, what do you think would be a good way of
measuring suitability for a certificate...
For a QGIS Professional certification, what do you think would be a good way of
measuring suitability for a certificate...
For a QGIS Developer certification, what do you think would be a good way of
measuring suitability for a certificate...
For a QGIS Trainer certification, what do you think would be a good way of
measuring suitability for a certificate...
TSW
On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Jonathan Moules
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi Tim (and all),
Per the IRC meeting, I've come up with a possible questionnaire that we can
spam. Currently it's all text, but it can be converted easily enough. What
platform should we stick it on for the question/answers? I can do a free
surveymonkey unless someone has something better to suggest.
Suggestions as to questions/answers welcome from all. It is a first draft.
Cheers,
Jonathan
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The QGIS development community is interested in creating a set of QGIS
Certifications. We're interested in feedback from the entire community as to
what you'd like/use.
The following is a set of prospective certificates; open to change.
QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional level.
QGIS Professional - An expert user.
QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)
QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for certifications.
Questions:
As a GIS professional, would you be interested in getting a QGIS Certification?
[Yes / No]
If No, why not?
[Open question]
As a GIS Employer, would you be more interested in candidates who have a QGIS
Certification?
[Yes / No / Not an Employer]
If No, why not?
[Open question]
Rank these in the order you think they're important in a QGIS Certification?
[Rank]
Knowledge of GIS Concepts
Familiarity with QGIS
Time using QGIS
Exposure to different areas of QGIS
Community participation
Other [Open answer]
Which of these would interest you:
[Choices for each: Not at all, Mildly, Definitely]
QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional level.
QGIS Professional - An expert user.
QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)
QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for certifications.
Do you agree/disagree with the proposed certificates? If you disagree, what
certificates would you suggest?
[Open question]
What do you think would be a good way of measuring suitability for a
certificate:
[Rank]
Community participation track record
Exam
Portfolio of work
Professional experience
Academic qualifications
Any comments or feedback?
[Open question]
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