[Qgis-developer] Proposed questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire

[Jonathan Moules]

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:tsw.web at gmail.com]
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 <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]

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