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ICT Assessment Certification for Software Developer

Overview

Reference No TGS-2023020516
Part of -
Duration 1.5 hours
Course Time
Enquiry Please contact Jaime TAN at tel: 65167829 or email nusiss-icta@nus.edu.sg for more details.

Stay ahead of the curve and get your certification today! Be recognized as a Solution Architect or Software Developer certified under GovTech’s ICT vendor assessment programme – established to validate the competency of vendors and their staff who wish to participate in relevant government ICT tenders.

This assessment for Software Developers is carried out by NUS-ISS and supported by GovTech Digital Academy.

As part of GovTech’s assessment programme, this assessment is applicable to vendors who are keen to participate in relevant government ICT tenders. Interested vendors are advised to have their staff assessed, with individual staffs’ certifications considered during tender evaluation where applicable to relevant tenders.

Vendors can send their staff to be assessed beforehand - to be professionally prepared for tenders that require such assessments. Individuals can also sign up for this assessment on their own accord. They will be advised to provide a copy of their individual certifications to vendors that they are working with to be used in government ICT tenders.

Certificates awarded to individuals who pass this assessment are valid for 3 years and can be used for multiple tender submissions during the validity period.

Read more about the importance of such technical assessments here. To find out more, email us at  nusiss-icta@nus.edu.sg.

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Who Should Attend

This assessment is targeted at:
• Software Developers,
• Software Engineers, and
• Programmers intending to work on government ICT projects

Prerequisites

Candidates should ideally have a minimum of 2 years of software development experience with knowledge and skills in the categories stated below.  They should be involved in at least one project cycle using agile practices and methodologies.

Please note that individuals who have failed the assessment will have to observe a 2-month period before re-attempting the assessment. This period will be subject to review and may be updated in future.

Format of Assessment
This assessment comprises multiple-choice questions that cover non-language specific problem-based assessment. The questions are designed to assess a software developer’s competency in software engineering best practices.  Candidates will need to solve questions in the following categories of questions.


 


What Will Be Covered

Below are typical categories of questions that can be covered:

Category

Topic

Algorithm

Software development skills for example the use, syntax and structure of regex, pointers, arrays, hash table, trees, search and sorting algorithm to meet requirements/specifications etc

 

Coding habits and modification/refactoring techniques for example, use of elegant, clean self-documenting, efficient, secure codes and other best practices etc

API & Cloud

Basic skills in using/adding, designing and developing reusable components e.g. REST APIs, for example understanding of HTTP methods, resource naming, commonly used status codes, etc

 

Basic knowledge of containerisation, cloud technologies and architecture

Software Testing

Writing of software tests ranging from unit tests to end-to-end application tests for example, black and white box testing, use of test scripts, software testing lifecycle,

 

Using of debugging tools and techniques to resolve application errors esp. common errors

Design

Common software design patterns and abstractions, for example the design and implementation of the GoFs design patterns or frameworks/templates say for user interfaces

Agile

Best Practices, Process and Principles for agile software development, for example, making decision and recommendations based on a given scenario.

DevOps

Deployment of software automation and scheduling e.g. with code/build/packaging (i.e. bundling) & deployment tools including making recommendations based on a given scenario and common standards/best practices.

For vendors employing junior Software Developers who may not yet be prepared for such assessments, it is advisable to consider sending them to the following courses (or their equivalents) if they have not had such training before:

It is presumed that vendors have hired junior Software Developers who have already had training in the basics of programming, including data structures and algorithms, as well as the basics of software testing. Hence, the above list is for areas beyond these basics.

It is also recommended that junior Software Developers acquire at least one to two years of experience applying the knowledge gained from the above-mentioned courses in real-world projects, to align more closely with the expected level of expertise for the assessment.


Fees & Subsidies

Assessment Fee 2025
 International CandidatesSingapore Citizens & PRs aged 21 years and above
Full assessment feeS$405.00S$405.00
9% GST on nett assessment fee S$36.45S$36.45
Total assessment fee, including GSTS$441.45S$441.45


Certificate

Participants who pass the assessment test will receive a certificate which can be used for relevant tenders that make use of the assessment programme



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