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Work Package 1 (WP1, Task 1.1)
Report
PREPARATION: REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
Establishing Modern Master-level Studies in Information Systems
561592-EPP-1-2015-1- FR-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
University of Donja Gorica (UDG)
University “Mediterranean”, Podgorica
MONTENEGRO
Content
Team contacts
Name e-mail Skype
prof. dr Milica Vukotic milica.vukotic@udg.edu.me
mr Sandra Tinaj sandra.tinaj@udg.edu.me
dr Marko Simeunovic marko.simeunovic@udg.edu.me
Work package type
and ref.nr ☒ Preparation WP1
Title Requirements Analysis
Related assumptions
and risks
A: Consortium members & employers are willing to cooperate in training process and
develop/ publish/ purchase curriculum & teaching materials;
А: PC HEIs’ administration & educational authorities are committed to the project goals
and interested to create and support contacts with business;
Risk: Lack of feedback from business;
Risk: Changing in EU and PC visa policies.
Description
Identification of the current approaches to the educational process.
Analysis of the needs of companies, graduates and students in IT industry.
Nomination of teachers to participate in the Program development.
Meetings in EU for learning EU HEIs’ DPs & curricula.
Tasks
1.1. Identify Requirements for IS MSc (month 1-3; all EU&PС).
1.2. Workshops for PC Methodologists (month 4; P2); (month 6; P4).
1.3. Analyse Current MPIS Curricula (month 4-6; P4, all PC).
Estimated Start Date
(dd-mm-yyyy) Month 1
Estimated End Date (dd-
mm-yyyy) Month 3
Lead Organisation P4 KTU (EU), P11 NTUU KPI (PC)
Participating
Organisation P1-P15, P17, P18
Stakeholders Requirements to MASTER in Information Systems
1. Write a report about networking:
Specify the Stakeholders
Explain how you are collecting and maintaining lists of IT companies and IT departments, with
CEO & Head’s names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc.
The following report forms the first deliverable of Work Package 1 of the project “Establishing Modern
Master-level Studies in Information Systems”- MASTIS. It maps the identification of the current
approaches to the educational process, analysis of the needs of companies, graduates and students in IT
industry and nomination of teachers to participate in the Program development for Montenegro. The main
data for the report was provided through online survey on the following link (https://goo.gl/N7QbFp) and
focused interviews with companies. Online survey is implemented together University of Donja Gorica
and University Mediterranean, which are partner institutions from Montenegro in the project.
The ICT sector in Montenegro is well-developed thanks to the existence of strong telecommunications
operators with foreign capital. The so-called “C” part of the ICT sector is one of the drivers of
Montenegrin economy with an annual income of 300 million EUR. The World Economic Forum has
placed Montenegro on 52nd place out of 144 countries in its report on ICT competitiveness.
The main characteristics of the IT sector are:
small number of employees,
low financial and,
consequently, development potentials of IT enterprises and operations at a small and insufficiently
developed IT market.
There are only 232 active enterprises at the Montenegrin IT market. The overall IT sector has 572
employees, which makes an average of 2.8 employees per enterprise. Companies that are engaged in
hardware have almost twice as many employees (4.4 /company) in comparison to those engaged in
services and software (2.3 /company). IT market analysis has shown that majority of companies base their
portfolio on hardware. The development of software and IT services is on the second, while software
products and service of hardware are on the third place.
Human resources available to IT sector are potentially on a high level. The education of IT professionals
is realized at five faculties, three at the University of Montenegro (the Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Economy – IT Management), one at the University Mediteran
(the Faculty of Information Technologies) and the University of Donja Gorica (the Faculty of Information
Sciences and Technologies). In period 2004-2014, more than 2,000 students received their diplomas at
these three universities. More than 900 finished Applied Information Studies and the rest finished
academic studies. This number of graduates represents exquisite potential for the development of IT
sector.
According to the research conducted by GIZ and IT Cluster in Montenegro in 2014, within SEE project,
some important data has been collected, showing the situation in this field in Montenegro. The level of
investment in IT sector in Montenegro is 45 euros per inhabitant, while in EU the average is 800 euros. In
2013 there were 219 active IT companies in Montenegro, while in central register of Montenegro there
are 560 registered IT companies. Active IT companies employ 519 people, which makes an average of
2,7 employers per company. Hardware companies employ more people than software companies, which
is not the case in developed countries. This research reveals also that in period from 2006 until 2014
approximately 2100 students graduated at one of five IT focused faculties in Montenegro. This number
represents high potential for the growth of IT in Montenegro, but still number of employed graduates is
very low. This is a loss for Montenegro due to the fact that IT is important for every other sector in
Montenegro, and improving IT sector means improving business technology and represents an
investment, not an expense.
In this report was shown results of online survey and interwied companies on analysis of the needs of
companies, graduates and students in Montenegrin IT industry. The questionnaire has been sent to 50
representatives of the most successful companies in Montenegro. Seventeen persons filled the
questionnaire/online survey giving response ratio of 34% and fourth of the companies gave answers in
interview. Some of these representatives were current and former students at University of Donja Gorica
(UDG). In this research were considered large companies with more than 250 employees as well as small
ones with less than 9 employees. The most companies have from 50 to 249 employees.
List of interviewed companies and positions of their representatives are given in Ошибка! Источник
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Company Position of representative
Bild Studio Executive assistant
Pravni ekspert d.o.o. Director of sales and marketing
Oleksandr Kapitanenko CEO
Internet Invest, Ltd. Chief Technical Officer
SRI AIT Developer
Dragoslav Kenjic Technical director
CIKOM doo PM
Association of consultig engineers of
Montenegro Executive director
Saga CG Progammer
Simes inženjering Secretary
Montenegro Business Alliance Manager
CEED Consulting Consultant
Institute of modern technology Montenegro General Secretary
Ministarstvo poljoprivrede i ruralnog razvoja Načelnik direkcije za poljoprivredne registre
IT IT director
Mtel d.o.o. IT coordinator
Table 1 - List of interviewed companies
The ownership structure of interviewed companies are shown on Ошибка! Источник ссылки не
найден., while Ошибка! Источник ссылки не найден. illustrates how many of them are
national/international. The companies are of private type mainly. One of participants was also
representative of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. It is also important to mention that
IT companies in Montenegro, and Build Studio is included, work for international companies – among 46
surveyed IT companies in Montenegro, 70% work with international companies, and 22% actually export.
IT sector in Montenegro represents a potential for export, and with appropriate investments and
development of human resources, this percentage could be much higher and could have more significant
impact on Montenegro economy.
Figure 1 Ownership structure of interviwed companies
Private
14
82,4%
Public
2
11,8%
State
1
5,9%
Figure 2 – Types of companies.
Main activities directions of targeted organizations are illustrated in Ошибка! Источник ссылки не
найден.. The most of companies are from information technologies, design and consulting sectors, but we
also interviewed research and education oriented institutions.
Figure 3 - Main activities of companies participated in the online survey and questionnaire.
Did you mobilize your personal and friend’s contacts?
All faculties at University of Donja Gorica, including Faculty for Information Systems and Technologies
have excellent cooperation with business sector, including private and public institutions as well
international institutions. Having in mind this, in distribution of the questionnaire is used personal and
friend’s contacts. Also, when it comes to the interview of the companies, personal and friend’s contacts
are used.
National International
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
4
0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 4,5
Design, Consulting, Research, Information…
Consulting, Public services, Commercial…
Education, Commercial services
Design, Consulting, Wholesale and/or retail…
Consulting
Design, Consulting
Business Association
Consulting, Research
Research
agricultural policy
Commercial services, Information…
Design, Consulting, Information technologies
Information technologies
Is it a new task in your university?
Having in mind that University actively communicates with companies and business sector so that it can adjust
its study programs to market and labor market demand, this is not new task at University. Especially important
dimension of UDG are interdisciplinary studies and integration of all sciences which are groundwork for all
study programs. New study programs have interdisciplinary curriculum and are highly demanded at labour
market. For example new programs are prepared with the assistance of experts from academic and non-
academic fields. Introduction of new study programs, as well as some modification and improvements of
existing ones can be initiated from different levels within UDG (Faculty units, employees, student's). These
programs have to be created according to the needs and demand at labor market, on one side, and UDG
development vision, on the other. This is undertaken if UDG can provide adequate human and material
resources to keep high level of offered programs. The Council for Development is the advisory body which has
important role in proposing the introduction of new programs. Sometimes new curricula are created on the
request of business community and companies UDG cooperates with.
Was it the task of someone in your department or faculty?
As it mentioned above, University of Donja Gorica actively communicate with business sector in
Montenegro and abroad. Beside theoretical, practical knowledge is it very important for students and their
employment after finishing their studies. In that manner, many representatives from business sector are
included in teaching process, so they have very important role in research. Many of this representatives
take part of this research and finished questionnaire.
2. Write a report about meetings with stakeholders:
Date Company Name Position Contact Short description of
meeting goals and
results
12.10.20
16.
SAGA
CG
Milos
Misurovic and
Goran
Obradovic
Manager
and
Programmer
milos.misurovic
@saga.me
SAGA CG
Podgorica works as
a daughter company
of SAGA Beograd.
SAGA is a number
one system
integrator company
in Serbia and
number five in
Adriatic area.
During 20 years the
company has
established
partnerships with
more than 70
renowned
companies working
with the IT industry.
Having all above
mentioned this
companies was used
for interviewing.
Interview was held
at University of
Donja Gorica. On
the meeting was
presented project,
main goals and
objectives of the
project and having
in mind that UDG
already cooperates
with company the
manager of the
SAGA CG was
inetrvied.
10.10.20
16.
Association
of
consultig
engineers
of
Montenegr
o
Davor Coric Manager Davor.coric@u
dg.edu.me
Davor Coric, beside
that he is manager at
Association of
consulting engineers
of Montenegro he is
Teaching assistant at
Faculty for
Information Systems
and Technologies
so it is very
important for
research to have
information what are
the main needs and
requirements in IT.
Project objective and
the main goals of the
project MASTIS
were presented to
him and gave some
basic information.
13.10.20
16.
CEED
Consulting Dragana
Radevic and
Mihailo Zecevic
Director of
the CEED
and
consultant
dradevic@t-
com.me;
Dragana.radevic
@udg.edu.me
Meeting was held at
University of Donja
Gorica with director
of the Center for
Entrepreneurship
and Economic
Development, prof.
dr Dragana Radevic
and Consultant in
the CEED, Mr.
Mihailo Zecevic.
MASTIS team
member was
presented project
objectives nd the
main goal, and also,
research that will be
done in accordance
of the needs and
requirements.
20.10.20
16.
Ministry of
Agricultur
and Rural
Developme
nt of
Nemanja Katnic General
Secretar
Nemanja.katnic
@udg.edu.me
Meeting with the
representatives of
public sector was
held at University of
Montenegr
o Donja Gorica.
MASTIS team
member was
presenting project
main goals and
specific objective
and also research
that will be done in
accordance of the
needs and
requirements
3. Questionnaire for defining competences you use to ask representatives of companies – example
The goal of online survey and interview was to identify most important competences of MSc graduates
required by Montenegrin IT market. Examinees had to give mark from 1 to 5 to each identified
competence. Higher the mark, more important it is. The following groups of competences are marked:
general statements that describe university graduates in IT, systemic competences, methodological
competences, social/personal competences, professional competences: analysis, design, and project
management, professional competences: implementation and systems administration, and research and
academic/analytical competences.
Some of the questions related to the competence used to ask representatives of companies as follows:
(1) If you have recruited graduate IT people in the last 12 months?
I. How many graduate IT students (Specialist, Magister, Master)?
II. For what tasks, graduate IT people?
(2) Your opinion about the current level of preparation of information systems specialists in local
universities?
(3) What is the main failure of the education provided in University to meet the needs of your
company?
(4) Kind of competencies?
(5) What to add in the curricula?
(6) What to remove?
(7) What about university teaching method?
(8) Please evaluate the following competence in terms of their importance for the employees of your
organization that are working in positions requiring high level education in Information Systems:
I. Abillity to specify essence of problems in the professional domain and to find adequate
solution;
II. Ability to make management decisions, evaluate their possible effects, and embrace the
responsibility for the work results of your team;
III. Ability to head projects, organize teamwork, and to initiate positive business process
changes.
(9) Please evaluate the following competence in terms of their importance for the employees of your
organization that are working in positions requiring high level education in Information Systems:
I. Ability to analyze, verify, evaluate completeness of data, and to supplement or create it
under the conditions of uncertainty;
II. Professional computer and IT usage skills;
III. Good knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign language);
IV. Ability to define and communicate objectives of professional activities;
From above mentioned and the mission of the Facylty for Information Systems and Technologies the
theoretical teaching is complemented by numerous practical examples and tasks for building independent
problem-solving skills, so the students practice a proactive approach to a problems from the earliest
period. Thanks to a team projects and presentations which are an integral part of the exam, the student has
the opportunity to master how to team well.
Faculty of Information Systems and Technologies, UDG, in order to successfully implement the
knowledge in practice, concludes the cooperation agreements with a companies that deal with information
systems or use information systems. And also, as we can see from the questionnaire it is very important
that students have access to internship program that is useful for gaining practical experience. While
studying, the students can work in companies.
4. Write a report about competences grades:
Interviewed # : Milos Misurovic
Institution: SAGA CG Podgorica
Responsibility: Mnager
Interviewer: Milos Stevovic, FIST
Region: Montenegro
Date: 12.10.2016
Grade, 1-essential, 2-very important, 3-important, 4-
less important
Level of professional theoretical knowledge is high 4
There is a strong will and commitment to finding and
keeping a good job
4
Ability to develop intellectually and culturally 3
Ability to specify the essence of problems in the
professional domain, and to find adequate solutions 3
Ability to generate new ideas and come up with out-
of-the-box ways for their implementation 3
Ability to make management decisions, evaluate their
possible effects, and embrace the responsibility for the
work results of your team
3
Ability to learn new methods and to change the nature
of his/her job 3
Ability to head projects, organize teamwork, and to
initiate positive business process changes 3
Ability to analyze problems using system analysis,
analysis by synthesis, and other methods 3
Ability to analyze, verify, evaluate completeness of
data, and to supplement or create it under the
conditions of uncertainty
3
Ability to propose concepts, models, create and adapt
methods and tools for professional activities using
resources from natural, social, economic sciences, and
humanities
3
Professional computer and IT usage skills 3
Fluidity in spoken and written native language 3
Ability to perform semantic modeling as well as
conceptual modeling of various domains and
information systems
3
Good knowledge of latest information systems
modeling languages and standards 3
Ability to prepare high quality project documentation,
also to write comprehensive user manuals 3
Ability to plan and manage information systems
development projects whether using classic or agile
approaches
3
Ability to plan and carry out comprehensive analysis
of datasets that are diverse, complex, stored in
numerous databases, and very large (big data skills)
3
Ability to implement cloud computing based solutions 3
Ability to perform data analysis using the principles of
data mining and business intelligence, ability to create
data visualizations
3
Ability to develop IS modeling and development
solutions, including standards and CASE tools 3
Ability to certify software development products 3
Ability to apply modern methods of psychology and
pedagogy in everyday work 3
Ability to patent inventions and technical innovations,
to perform standardization of developed systems and
processes
3
Ability to ensure and manage copyright protection of
software products and to carry out their price
evaluation
3
Interviewed # : Davor Coric
Institution: Association of consultig engineers of Montenegro
Responsibility: Manager
Interviewer: Milos Stevovic
Region: Montenegro
Date: 10.10.2016.
Grade, 1-essential, 2-very important, 3-important, 4-
less important
Level of basic knowledge in such areas as business
management, economics, and law is good
3
Graduates respect the work ethics of the corporate
culture
3
Professional computer and IT usage skills 3
Ability to follow principles of social responsibility as
well as legal and ethical norms when developing own
career or building a new business
2
Ability to organize and manage communication (also
multi-cultural) 2
Ability to work professionally in an international
environment that involves a lot of mobility 2
Ability to model, analyze, and evaluate organization's
business processes 2
Ability to perform semantic modeling as well as
conceptual modeling of various domains and
information systems
2
Ability to perform information systems requirements
analysis and specification 2
Ability to design local, network-based, and web
information systems 2
Ability to design grid-based systems and systems
driven by the principles of cloud computing 2
Ability to carry out system reengineering and to
analyze legacy databases 2
Graphical user interface analysis and design skills 2
Ability to use computer aided software engineering
(CASE) tools 2
Good knowledge of latest information systems
modeling languages and standards 2
Ability to prepare high quality project documentation,
also to write comprehensive user manuals 2
Ability to plan and manage information systems
development projects whether using classic or agile
approaches
2
Ability to plan and carry out comprehensive analysis
of datasets that are diverse, complex, stored in
numerous databases, and very large (big data skills)
2
Ability to perform market research and write business
plans on information systems, software products, or IS
development tasks
2
Ability to integrate various software and hardware
components of integrated information systems locally
or involving networks
2
Ability to plan, perform, and manage manual or
automated testing 2
Information systems administration skills 2
Interviewed # : Dragana Radevic
Institution: CEED Consulting
Responsibility: Director
Interviewer: Milos Stevovic
Region: Montenegro
Date: 13.10.2016.
Grade, 1-essential, 2-very important, 3-important, 4-
less important
Level of professional theoretical knowledge is high 2
Graduates are well trained practically, they know how
to apply theoretical knowledge in practice 2
Level of basic knowledge in such areas as business
management, economics, and law is good 1
There is a good understanding and knowledge about
the latest IS related international standards 2
There is a strong will to create and innovate 2
There is a strong will and commitment to finding and
keeping a good job 2
Graduates respect the work ethics of the corporate
culture 1
Personal ambitions are measured and reasonable, self-
assessment – realistic 1
The knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign
language) is good 2
Ability to develop intellectually and culturally 2
Ability to specify the essence of problems in the
professional domain, and to find adequate solutions 2
Ability to generate new ideas and come up with out-
of-the-box ways for their implementation 2
Ability to make management decisions, evaluate their
possible effects, and embrace the responsibility for the
work results of your team
1
Ability to learn new methods and to change the nature
of his/her job 1
Ability to head projects, organize teamwork, and to
initiate positive business process changes 1
Ability to carry out research including analysis of
problems, formulation of aims and tasks, selection of
research methods, as well as evaluation of quality
1
Ability to analyze problems using system analysis,
analysis by synthesis, and other methods 1
Ability to analyze, verify, evaluate completeness of
data, and to supplement or create it under the
conditions of uncertainty
1
Ability to propose concepts, models, create and adapt
methods and tools for professional activities using
resources from natural, social, economic sciences, and
humanities
1
Professional computer and IT usage skills 1
Fluidity in spoken and written native language 1
Good knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign
language) 2
Ability to analyze problems using system analysis,
analysis by synthesis, and other methods 1
Ability to analyze, verify, evaluate completeness of
data, and to supplement or create it under the
conditions of uncertainty
1
Ability to propose concepts, models, create and adapt
methods and tools for professional activities using
resources from natural, social, economic sciences, and
humanities
2
Professional computer and IT usage skills 1
Fluidity in spoken and written native language 1
Good knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign
language) 1
Ability to follow principles of social responsibility as
well as legal and ethical norms when developing own
career or building a new business
1
Ability to organize and manage communication (also
multi-cultural) 1
Ability to work professionally in an international
environment that involves a lot of mobility 1
Ability to define and communicate objectives of
professional activities 1
Ability to lead by example and inspire others 2
Ability to solve social and personal problems as well
as problems resulting from different worldviews and
cultures
1
Ability to lead teams consisting of people with
different levels of skills and varying specializations 1
Ability to work efficiently in national and
international teams 1
Ability to work individually with minimum guidance,
manage one’s work and time 1
Ability to perform simulations and experiments, and
to critically analyze their results using statistical
methods
5
Ability to carry out feasibility studies on new
technologies, methods, and standards that could be of
use to the organization
1
Ability to innovate and modify methods and
approaches used in the organization 1
Ability to write research or technical papers on the
results of work 1
Ability to apply modern methods of psychology and
pedagogy in everyday work 2
Ability to patent inventions and technical innovations,
to perform standardization of developed systems and
processes
1
Ability to ensure and manage copyright protection of
software products and to carry out their price
evaluation
1
Interviewed # : Nemanja Katnic
Institution: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in
Montenegro
Responsibility: General secretar
Interviewer: Milos Stevovic
Region: Montenegro
Date: 20.10.2016.
Grade, 1-essential, 2-very important, 3-important, 4-
less important
Ability to develop intellectually and culturally 1
Ability to specify the essence of problems in the
professional domain, and to find adequate solutions 2
Ability to generate new ideas and come up with out-
of-the-box ways for their implementation 1
Ability to make management decisions, evaluate their
possible effects, and embrace the responsibility for the
work results of your team
1
Ability to learn new methods and to change the nature
of his/her job 2
Ability to head projects, organize teamwork, and to
initiate positive business process changes 1
Ability to carry out research including analysis of
problems, formulation of aims and tasks, selection of
research methods, as well as evaluation of quality
1
Ability to implement and administer relational
databases 1
Ability to implement and administer NoSQL
databases 2
Ability to implement software components of
information systems following given design
documents and using various programming languages
and tools
1
Ability to develop systems for the Semantic Web 3
Ability to integrate various software and hardware
components of integrated information systems locally
or involving networks
1
Ability to plan, perform, and manage manual or
automated testing 1
Information systems administration skills 1
Ability to configure and manage comprehensive ERP
(enterprise resource planning) or similar available
systems
4
Ability to implement cloud computing based solutions 3
Ability to perform data analysis using the principles of
data mining and business intelligence, ability to create
data visualizations
3
Ability to develop IS modeling and development
solutions, including standards and CASE tools 4
Ability to certify software development products 5
Ability to perform simulations and experiments, and
to critically analyze their results using statistical
methods
3
Ability to carry out feasibility studies on new
technologies, methods, and standards that could be of
use to the organization
3
Ability to innovate and modify methods and
approaches used in the organization 3
Ability to write research or technical papers on the
results of work 3
Ability to apply modern methods of psychology and
pedagogy in everyday work 3
Ability to patent inventions and technical innovations,
to perform standardization of developed systems and
processes
4
Ability to ensure and manage copyright protection of
software products and to carry out their price
evaluation
4
Conclusion
In accordance with the answers gathered from the interviewed companies it can be conclusion that there is no
deviations from the answers gathered from the online surveys. Average marks of statements that describe
university graduates are given in Table 2. It seems that the main issue of IT education in Montenegro is
practical application of theoretical knowledge. Generally, survey shows that knowledge of English is
good, as well as level of professional theoretical knowledge.
Average
Level of professional theoretical knowledge is high 3,35
Graduates are well trained practically, they know how to apply theoretical knowledge in
practice 2,59
Level of basic knowledge in such areas as business management, economics, and law is
good 3,00
There is a good understanding and knowledge about the latest IS related international
standards 3,06
There is a strong will to create and innovate 3,29
There is a strong will and commitment to finding and keeping a good job 3,59
Graduates respect the work ethics of the corporate culture 3,35
Personal ambitions are measured and reasonable, self-assessment – realistic 2,88
The knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign language) is good 3,35
Table 2 - Average marks of statements that describe university graduates in IS area.
Average marks of systemic competences importance are given in Table 3. The most important
competences from this group are related to intellectual and cultural development and learning of new
methods.
Average
Ability to develop intellectually and culturally 3,94
Ability to specify the essence of problems in the professional domain, and to find adequate
solutions 3,76
Ability to generate new ideas and come up with out-of-the-box ways for their
implementation 3,71
Ability to make management decisions, evaluate their possible effects, and embrace the
responsibility for the work results of your team 3,59
Ability to learn new methods and to change the nature of his/her job 3,88
Ability to head projects, organize teamwork, and to initiate positive business process
changes 3,59
Ability to carry out research including analysis of problems, formulation of aims and tasks,
selection of research methods, as well as evaluation of quality 3,35
Table 3 - Average marks of systemic competences importance.
Average marks of methodological competences importance are given in Table 4. The most important
competences from this group are related to native and English languages usage and IT skills.
Average
Ability to analyze problems using system analysis, analysis by synthesis, and other methods 3,53
Ability to analyze, verify, evaluate completeness of data, and to supplement or create it
under the conditions of uncertainty 3,47
Ability to propose concepts, models, create and adapt methods and tools for professional
activities using resources from natural, social, economic sciences, and humanities 3,65
Professional computer and IT usage skills 4,35
Fluidity in spoken and written native language 4,12
Good knowledge of English (or other relevant foreign language) 3,76
Table 4 - Average marks of methodological competences importance.
Average marks of social/personal competences importance are given in Table 5. Social responsibilities as
well as legal and ethical norms are the most important, while solving social and personal problems has
lowest importance.
Average
Ability to follow principles of social responsibility as well as legal and ethical norms when
developing own career or building a new business 4,18
Ability to organize and manage communication (also multi-cultural) 3,94
Ability to work professionally in an international environment that involves a lot of mobility 3,88
Ability to define and communicate objectives of professional activities 3,94
Ability to lead by example and inspire others 3,82
Ability to solve social and personal problems as well as problems resulting from different
worldviews and cultures 3,41
Ability to lead teams consisting of people with different levels of skills and varying
specializations 3,76
Ability to work efficiently in national and international teams 3,94
Ability to work individually with minimum guidance, manage one’s work and time 3,82
Table 5 - Average marks of social/personal competences importance.
Average marks of professional competences: analysis, design, and project management importance are
given in Ошибка! Источник ссылки не найден.. Results show that market research and business plans
writing are not so important.
Average
Ability to model, analyze, and evaluate organization's business processes 3,53
Ability to perform semantic modeling as well as conceptual modeling of various domains
and information systems 3,41
Ability to perform information systems requirements analysis and specification 3,88
Ability to design relational databases 3,71
Ability to design NoSQL (or other non-relational) databases 3,29
Ability to design local, network-based, and web information systems 3,71
Ability to design grid-based systems and systems driven by the principles of cloud
computing 3,53
Ability to carry out system reengineering and to analyze legacy databases 3,24
Graphical user interface analysis and design skills 3,35
Ability to use computer aided software engineering (CASE) tools 3,18
Good knowledge of latest information systems modeling languages and standards 3,41
Ability to prepare high quality project documentation, also to write comprehensive user
manuals 3,59
Ability to plan and manage information systems development projects whether using classic
or agile approaches 3,53
Ability to plan and carry out comprehensive analysis of datasets that are diverse, complex,
stored in numerous databases, and very large (big data skills) 3,18
Ability to perform market research and write business plans on information systems,
software products, or IS development tasks 3,00
Table 6 Average marks of professional competences: analysis, design, and project management importance
Average marks of professional competences: implementation and systems administration importance are
given in Table 7. Here, focus has to be put on implementation and administration of relational databases
as well as IS implementation.
Average
Ability to implement and administer relational databases 3,94
Ability to implement and administer NoSQL databases 3,59
Ability to implement software components of information systems following given design
documents and using various programming languages and tools 3,94
Ability to develop systems for the Semantic Web 3,35
Ability to integrate various software and hardware components of integrated information
systems locally or involving networks 3,88
Ability to plan, perform, and manage manual or automated testing 3,88
Information systems administration skills 4,12
Ability to configure and manage comprehensive ERP (enterprise resource planning) or
similar available systems 3,71
Ability to implement cloud computing based solutions 3,88
Ability to perform data analysis using the principles of data mining and business
intelligence, ability to create data visualizations 3,71
Ability to develop IS modeling and development solutions, including standards and CASE
tools 3,35
Ability to certify software development products 3,47
Table 7 - Average marks of professional competences: implementation and systems administration competences importance.
Average marks of research and academic/analytical competences importance are given in Table 8.
Average
Ability to perform simulations and experiments, and to critically analyze their results using
statistical methods 3,24
Ability to carry out feasibility studies on new technologies, methods, and standards that
could be of use to the organization 4,00
Ability to innovate and modify methods and approaches used in the organization 3,88
Ability to write research or technical papers on the results of work 3,59
Ability to apply modern methods of psychology and pedagogy in everyday work 3,53
Ability to patent inventions and technical innovations, to perform standardization of
developed systems and processes 3,59
Ability to ensure and manage copyright protection of software products and to carry out
their price evaluation 3,59
Table 8 - Average marks of research and academic/analytical competences importance.
Analysis of the needs of graduates and students in IT industry.
University “Mediterranean”, Podgorica
Montenegro
1. Report about meetings with alumni
In order to help its graduates to re-establish contacts, exchange of experience and knowledge,
UNIM has founded the Alumni Club. The task of Alumni is to promote, strengthen and in
accordance to its abilities develop a network of knowledge, experiences and simultaneously
contribute to University reputation. UNIM is collecting and maintaining database of alumni
contacts using online web application. (http://unimediteran.net/index.php/mne/alumni-klub).
University International Relations and Marketing Office coordinates work with Alumni Club.
In order to collect requirement needs for IT education from graduate students and alumni we have
organized meeting in 15.March 2016 at University “Mediterranean”. During meeting MASTIS
project and it main goals were presented and participants filled questionnaire about competence
skills developed at University and needs in IT profession.
We have used the questionnaire developed by NTUU KPI in order to collect the same
information from graduate students/ alumni and analyze similarities and differences
between EU and PC.
Questionnaire results of IT graduate students and alumni at UNIM
1. Please select 10 general competencies from the list, which is most important for employment
in the organization in which you work.
1. Ability to communicate in a second (foreign) language 46
2. Capacity to learn and stay up-to-date with learning 54
3. Ability to communicate both orally and through the written word in first language 54
4. Ability to be critical and self-critical 4
5. Ability to plan and manage time 50
6. Ability to act on the basis of ethical reasoning 4
7. Capacity to generate new ideas (creativity) 3
8. Ability to search, process and analyse information from a variety of sources 54
9. Ability to work autonomously 15
10. Ability to identify, propose and resolve problems 38
11. Ability to apply knowledge in practical situations 54
12. Ability to make reasoned decisions 54
13. Ability to undertake research at an appropriate level 12
14. Ability to work in a team 54
15. Knowledge and understanding of the subject area and understanding of the profession 54
16. Ability to motivate people and move toward common goals 9
17. Commitment to conservation of the environment 0
18. Ability to communicate with people who are not experts in the subject area 48
19. Ability for abstract and analytical thinking, and synthesis of ideas 45
20. Ability to interact constructively with others regardless of background and culture and
respecting diversity
54
21. Ability to design and manage projects 5
22. Ability to interact with others in a constructive manner, even when dealing with difficult issues 54
23. Ability to show awareness of equal opportunities and gender issues 22
24. Commitment to health, well-being and safety 0
25. Ability to take the initiative and to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and intellectual
curiosity
7
26. Ability to evaluate and maintain the quality of work produced 47
27. Ability to use information and communication technologies 54
28. Commitment to tasks and responsibilities 54
29. Ability to adapt to and act in new situations and cope under pressure 54
30. Ability to act with social responsibility and civic awareness 10
31. Ability to work in an international context 15
2. Please evaluate your completed competency training. Put a mark from 1 to 5
Competence 5 4 3 2 1
Mastering the techniques of scientific work 3 2 7 26 16
Mastering the ability to write scientific texts 5 10 21 15 3
Individual professional and educational consulting 0 10 21 15 8
Mastering Business Analysis methods 3 17 10 4 4
Acquiring skills in managing IT projects 19 15 10 5 5
Professional knowledge and skills in software development 22 9 8 9 1
Professional knowledge and skills in the development of
software/information systems
35 10 6 4 0
Acquiring the skills of system administration 4 7 8 8 9
Mastering the ability to use industrial architecture in the development of IS 0 0 15 8 2
Mastering software testing technology 0 0 10 11 4
Acquiring skills systems analyst 1 8 7 13 4
Development of logical, algorithmic, systems thinking 23 11 7 2 0
Ability to adapt to changes in the IT market 22 7 16 6 0
3. What difficulties have you encountered in employment?
1. At my specialty sites offer little; 45
2. Knowledge is required, which I do not have; 3
3. Offered places does not correspond with the profile of my training; 4
4. Another level of higher education required 0
5. Need graduates with other specialties (economy, law, etc..); 40
6. Need competence, which I do not have 2
4. Evaluate your professional prospects in the future? Put a ball from 1 to 5
5 4 3 2 1
Reliability employment 48 6 0 0 0
Possibility of conversion IT profession which you work 0 15 14 10 15
5. Select a profession which you want to work (in accordance with the list of the European
framework of IT competences)
Service desk agent 0 information system developer 27
technical specialist 1 ICT operations manager 23
ICT trainer 15 ICT security specialist 38
business analyst 25 enterprise architect 0
business information manager 2 quality assurance manager 0
project manager 19 chief information officer (CIO) 0
ICT consultant 19 network specialist 39
digital media specialist 15 database administrator 22
test specialist 0 systems analyst 29
software developer 37 service manager 0
systems architect 15 ICT security manager 23
systems administrator 24 account manager 0
6 How did you describe the place of labor activity and your work environment?
(you can choose more than one answer)
I work above projects 54
Specialists of different profiles are in
collective, which I work in
39
I regularly co-operate with colleagues which
have other profile of preparation
54
My work is often estimated 45
Success is acknowledged 13
I count on own forces at the decision of
problem
41
An innovative climate dominates 7
I must think wider than scopes of my
specialty often
46
My initiative is valued 11
My tasks change often 29
I have possibility to make decision in my
sphere of activity
25
My work requires loneliness -
My work is good time certain 11
I organize my work Independent 16
My work is related to international
cooperation
5
My suggestions on perfection in earnest are
checked up
12
I need a foreign language in everyday work 54
A large value gets to further preparation and
in-plant training
31
A co-operative atmosphere dominates 23
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7 Do you work in accordance with Your qualification? Choose one variant
Yes No It is difficult to answer
From the point of view of professional position 50 4 -
From the point of view of executable tasks 29 16 9
From the point of view of professional qualification 34 10 10
From the point of view of direction, specialty of
preparation
23 26 5
8 What segment of ІТ of industry do you work in?
IT outsourcing/ private company - Computer networks developement and
maintaing
10
IT outsourcing /private company - Software developement 9
IT outsourcing /private compny - Information system developement and
maintaing
13
IT department of public institution /government of Montenegro 5
IT department of bank 4
Telecommunication /mobile networks operator 5
Sale of computer technics and software 4
Total respondents 54
2. Write a report about meetings with alumni
Collecting and maintaining list of alumni contacts. Is it a new task? Someone task?
Unversity of Donja Gorica is a youngest university in Montenegro and having in mind that Faculty
for Information Systems and Technologies established in 2009. there is a small number of finished
graduate, specialist and master students. Particulary, there is around 70 graduate, 15 specialist and
around 10 student finished their studies. University have alumni network so, university office is in
contact with all graduate students, time to time University office collecting information about
students employability. Is it impressive to point out that almost 80% of graduate, master and
specialist students of Faculty for Information Systems and Technologies work in public and private
institutions in area of IT.
Does this project help you to organize a real living network with alumni, and people who
have some of your alumni as employees?
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As it mentioned above University already have contacts with almost all students who finished their
studies in IT, but also, through social network and our alumni network students are informed about
MASTIS project, their informed about main goals and objectives.
Conclusion
Results of online survey and interview on MSc IT studies competences have been presented in this
report. The questionnaire targeted most representative IT companies in Montenegro. Based on
obtained results one can now be able to plan MSc study programs that will be suitable to market
needs.
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