Guidance for completing your CITP application

To apply for CITP registration, you need to provide examples showing how you meet the
criteria for competence and breadth of knowledge of the IT profession, as set out in the
CITP standard. These examples will form a key part of your application.

Your experience
You’ll need to give examples of your experience, under the following four headings, to evidence that
you've worked in one or more challenging, multifaceted roles – where you've had full accountability,
significant influence and the vision and appreciation of the overall context of your role and the role of IT in
achieving successful results.

You should aim for a maximum of 250 words for each of these sections.

Autonomy
 it's expected that your work is often self-initiated

Assessment criteria:
A1 Works under broad direction
A2 Is fully responsible for meeting allocated technical and/or project/supervisory objectives
A3 Establishes milestones and has a significant role in the assignment of tasks and/or responsibilities

Questions to consider:
- How is your work set?
- Are you responsible for establishing objectives and delegating responsibilities within a significant
area of work, including technical, financial and quality aspects?
- What's the nature of your reporting relationship with your manager/senior colleague?
- What level of responsibility do you take for your own area of work?
- Do you contribute to your objective setting and do you ensure management and/or clients are kept
informed?
- Are you accountable for your subordinates (where applicable)?

Influence
 leadership ability to achieve successful business benefit

Assessment criteria:
B1 Influences organisation, customers, suppliers, partners and peers on the contribution of own
specialism
B2 Builds appropriate and effective business relationships.
B3 Makes decisions which impact the success of assigned work i.e. results, deadlines and budget.
B4 Has significant influence over the allocation and management of resources appropriate to given
assignments.

Questions to consider:
- What level of interaction and influence do you have with your immediate colleagues, customers,
suppliers and peers, particularly in your own area of expertise?
- Do you have influence over policy information and the contribution of your own specialism to
business objectives?
- What area of work, staff and other resources are you responsible for?
- What contribution do you make to the formulation of IT strategy?

Complexity of work
 the ability to succeed in roles that are multifaceted

Assessment criteria
C1 Performs an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities.
C2 Undertakes work which requires the application of fundamental principles in a wide and often
unpredictable range of contexts.
C3 Understands the relationship between own specialism and wider customer/ organisational
requirements.

Questions to consider:
- Do you have to undertake a range of complex technical and professional activities; can you give
examples?
- Is your work sometimes unpredictable requiring you to apply fundamental principles in a range of
contexts?
- Can you give any examples where you have had to consider the relationship between your area of
specialism and the wider customer/organisational requirements to meet your objective(s)?

Business skills
 vision and appreciation of the overall context to achieve benefit from exploiting IT

Assessment criteria
D1 Advises on the available standards, methods, tools and applications relevant to own specialism and
can make appropriate choices from alternatives.
D2 Analyses, designs, plans, executes and evaluates work to time, cost and quality targets and takes all
requirements into account when making proposals.
D3 Analyses requirements and advises on scope and options for continuous operational improvement.
D4 Assesses and evaluates risk.
D5 Demonstrates creativity, innovation and ethical thinking in applying solutions for the benefit of the
customer/stakeholder.
D6 Communicates effectively, both formally and informally.
D7 Demonstrates leadership and facilitates collaboration between stakeholders with diverse
objectives.
D8 Maintains an awareness of developments in the industry; takes initiative to keep skills up to date
and mentors colleagues.

Questions to consider:
- Do you select appropriately from available standards, methods, tools and applications that may be
used or do you advise and/or delegate responsibility to others?
- What responsibility do you have for your own professional development?
- What initiative do you take to keep your skills, and the skills of your subordinates (where
applicable), up to date and to maintain awareness of developments in IT and its applications?
- What level of communication skills do you exercise?
- Do you communicate fluently, orally and in writing, particularly when communicating complex
technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences?
- What level of management and leadership skills do you exercise?
- Can you plan, executive and evaluate work to time, cost and quality targets? Do you demonstrate
leadership and facilitate collaboration between stakeholders with diverse objectives?
- What degree of technical understanding do you have?
- Are you able to appreciate the wider field of IT and how does your own specialism relate to other
specialisms and to the business you work in?
- Do you ensure subordinates (where applicable) maintain an awareness of developments in IT?

Your breadth of knowledge

To achieve CITP registration you need to have knowledge across the IT profession to complement your
specialist knowledge. You're not expected to evidence technical knowledge related to disciplines outside
your area of specialism.

Your evidence in this section will be personal to you and may be evidenced by qualifications and/or
knowledge gained through experience. You should list all relevant qualifications.

If you hold a degree accredited by BCS with FULL CITP you don’t need to complete this section of the
application form. Check your qualification – your degree is eligible if it’s listed with FULL CITP level of
accreditation for your intake year.

You should aim for a maximum of 500 words for this section.
Your knowledge will be assessed against the following criteria:

1 Principles of information technology

 knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles and theories relating to
information technology

This may include:

Questions to consider:
- Can you list any qualifications, training and/or other experience where you have gained this
knowledge?

2 Exploitation of information technology

 the commercial, economic and process aspects of the development, use and maintenance of
information technology including management techniques and information security.

Questions to consider:
- What knowledge do you have about the exploitation of IT including management techniques and
information security?
- How is technology used to achieve objectives?

3 Legal, social, and ethical factors relating to information technology

 the ability to recognise all aspects of the environment in which information technology resides,
including regulatory frameworks, political influences and accountabilities.

Questions to consider:
- What are the legal, social, ethical and professional issues that affect your area of work?