[Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire

Mon Feb 23 05:15:59 PST 2015

Hi Randy,
Please don’t answer them now, I’m just seeking feedback on the nature of the questions and if there are any others etc.
Also where to stick them; a free SurveyMonkey is going to be what I go with if no-one had any better ideas (but that has various limits).

Cheers,
Jonathan

From: Randal Hale [mailto:rjhale at northrivergeographic.com]
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 1:14 PM
To: Jonathan Moules
Subject: Re: [Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire

I've been completely out of it - so sorry. Do you want us to answer now or wait for the online questionnaire. I'll try to start participating more.

Randy

On 02/23/2015 08:07 AM, Jonathan Moules wrote:
Hi List,
Following Tim’s suggestion see below. Feedback welcome.
I’ll seek to turn it into a online thing on Wednesday.

Cheers,
Jonathan

From: Tim Sutton [mailto:tim at kartoza.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:50 PM
To: Jonathan Moules
Cc: QGIS Developer Mailing List
Subject: Re: Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire

Hi Jonathan

PS might be nicer to discuss / cross post this to the QGIS community list - I have been trying to marshall QGIS certification discussions there and a number of edut folks are subscribed to it I think.

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Jonathan Moules <J.Moules at hrwallingford.com<mailto:J.Moules at hrwallingford.com>> 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]

So I think this sounds fine. I noted Trevor's comments below, but I think it will be fine to go ahead with these Questions and see what kind of feedback we get.

Thanks for working on this!

Regards

Tim 

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