What is the difference between the existing CIPS Vision and the new CIPS Vision?
The major difference with the new CIPS vision and the existing CIPS vision is that the new CIPS vision clearly focuses the organization on promoting professionalism in informatics, whereas in the past the various parts of CIPS were left to decide for themselves what it means to be the “voice and champion of the professional” or “providing leadership in information systems and technologies.” CIPS now has a document that sets out in much more specific terms what it means to achieve its vision. The vision defines professionalism as the “raison d’être” for the organization and identifies long term aims, the major areas of activity for the organization and the changes that need to be made to the Information Systems Professional (I.S.P.) designation in order to strengthen it. 4.
