i Competency Dictionary

IPA released “i Competency Dictionary (iCD) “as a structured dictionary composed of the “Task Dictionary” and the “Skill Dictionary” . The iCD is the result of the IPA investigation about the ideal way of the skill standard in the IT human resource development. The iCD suggests Tasks, Skills, Rolls, and Jobs needed for not only the conventional business model such as system integrator but also the new age business models such as security, cloud, and data science.
The relationship between the Task Dictionary and the Skill Dictionary is shown below.

Also, the “iCD Handbook” was published at the same time to enhance better use of the iCD for each company or organization. The Handbook explains the structure and the utilizing method of the iCD.
The Task Dictionary is comprised of 4 layers divided into three task layers plus the Evaluation items layer (approx. 2,200 items). The Skill Dictionary is also comprised of 4 layers divide into three skill layers plus BOK layer (approx. 10,000 items).
Task dictionary and Skill dictionary structure are shown below as Fig2 and Fig3 respectively.

To obtain the iCD

The material and content of the full iCD are shown in the below table.

To download the iCD up to 2nd layer

• Click here to download(909KB/ZIP File)(ZIP:917 KB)

To download the iCD up to 4th layer (Full iCD)

• Click here to download(5,252KB/ZIP File)(ZIP:5.2 MB)

To obtain the iCD Pocket Handbook

The i Competency Dictionary (iCD) Pocket Handbook is a summary of the iCD contents to support from the iCD implementation consideration to iCD post-implementation reference. Because it is small enough to carry in the pocket, you can utilize it in a various scene.

• Click here to download the iCD Pocket Handbook(PDF:1.5 MB)