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Line 1: {{Short description\|UK-based professional body}} {{Use British English\|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=December 2019}} Line 4 ⟶ 5: \| caption = \| type = Professional Body \| key_people = ~~Paul~~Graham ~~Lynham~~Fenton (President)<br>[[Alastair Revell]] (Director General) \| footnotes = \| name = The Institution of Analysts & Progammers (IAP) Line 23 ⟶ 24: }} The '''Institution Ofof Analysts and Programmers''' is a professional body and registered charity that represents those working in ~~Systems~~software ~~Analysis, Design, Programming and implementation of computer systems~~development both in the United Kingdom and internationally. ~~Established~~Founded in 1972, the itinstitution has ~~supported~~members ~~system~~spanning ~~developers~~30 ~~across~~countries. ~~the~~<ref>{{Cite ~~world~~web \|title=ABOUT THE IAP \|url=https://www.iap.org.uk/about-the-iap \|access-date=2025-06-29 \|website=The Institution of Analysts and Programmers}}</ref> ~~The IAP works with the Trusted Software Initiative (TSI) to promote good software development practices.~~ == Overview == {{Unreferencedsect\|date=February 2025}} With aan ~~worldwide~~international membership, the IAP is a [[private company limited by guarantee]] and a registered charity in England and Wales. Its objectives are to promote the ethical development of computer systems and applications. In addition, toit ~~promote~~promotes the learning of systems development atto all ages. The IAP has its head office in [[Hanwell]], [[London]] and its Administration Centre in [[Worthing]].▼ ▲The IAP has its head office in [[Hanwell]], [[London]] and its Administration Centre in [[~~Worthing~~Nantwich]]. ~~Members have access to a wide range of information and can download the ''Software Development Practice online magazine on a regular basis.~~ ===Timeline=== Line 38 ⟶ 36: * 1972: Founded as the [[University Computer Association]] * 1981: Name Changed to [[The Institution of Analysts and Programmers]] * 1981: The late Bob Charles is appointed as Secretary General * 1990: Mike Ryan appointed Director General * 1992: Institution Incorporated Line 44 ⟶ 42: * 2010: Alastair Revell appointed as Director General * 2011: Transformation Programme Started * 2013: The Ten E's Programme Launched * 2016: The Institution becomes a founder member of the Cyber Security Alliance * 2017: Adopted a new constitution * 2018: The Institution ~~became~~registered as a charity in England and Wales (Charity Number 1179558) * 2021: Founding Member of the [[UK Cyber Security Council]] * 2022: Celebrated 50th Anniversary <ref>{{Cite web \|title=IAP HISTORY & HERALDRY \|url=https://www.iap.org.uk/iap-history-heraldry \|access-date=2025-06-29 \|website=The Institution of Analysts and Programmers}}</ref> ==Governance== The IAP is governed by a Trustee Board,<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/afuGoCBbCntgA5Kcrz-5gBf4SlclAhOxMPvkVkcxBdA/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3FTBGWHGV%2F20210812%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210812T213246Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJIMEYCIQCPzcmiB1OT%2BMPsIkYnrbg10SW2yyYUMB2vHvNnEhaNGwIhANOy8Dtf94iB371%2BCDxutTeWoUMgfCtuMlsCf3e1Gxf2KoMECPT%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEQAxoMNDQ5MjI5MDMyODIyIgxiv5i8MRNln3fcZOAq1wM8oW7QCj4nnwWnYUe944vjOpgj32SNJ9ZPTi7DS2VDdES6mGJWaJ8VXZmJ5TyW%2FKEL9ObqPEv%2BjuL7RQmxGiSSX3i6Osr0Vk90zf00pCzuOW1%2FERTfExJxJkYVkHeNnfr6qtfSUM389VJ4GU5gkZhIGR5nqkzSSvskMl6M78YyxtolCH3%2FZlZGj7bKdcnWtbN7NgR8xGjSiuKEr%2FAMXOXqfWSrB3PK676J2bGCmGfxy0fj%2Bcfgq4AJhCQEfk%2BWrWAFQvJC8IarAde4WeDc%2BSOf%2ByRKecJsv3On8iWvK6yoDUUmMyfBls06fxYRf1268tx8kwDz054Bz8j6xZ1Myg3LVYd3hHKW4I1rlkP0jctM7JhZ%2FBCxNlDHtrjCY64Jic%2FBsHVvZZmkuIyzZjc3hTyH%2F8FqIuW%2B5XU3YVpcHxfITfE9fJ2BA54olPNRzA%2B9LwH0G7B7GWk%2BiUdzThFhZG1FH2fcV2tLAIojntvBtLet1INCzcDFz%2BVzMZ6ijtrH7l%2Bm9rgp9dwq4tC%2FGwzAnG0PuLbJYlsmlq2v%2F%2F%2FVeQBNh2yphnSxKUHH2B%2FgUPXLgdgy82zxR8NwoubCzkyDFnkGxvliEUXdiDp3J2WY0FkTWoEJ95kQZwkw%2Fd3ViAY6pAGHd33rAdJ%2B8a1IxfnH2RcTQapDvV8bqd9b5UZcM6G5%2BMGvyhfDkKngstdIYNaPxXui110CDPvqKFxvrQR14krJeqpuIvF3sfcEEcQ8q%2BZgd5cVnvTchjbCQgdfIjOLUrl7sgpp%2BErebNDRXcp5zMLOS4TuSX9jZ9448ITkHRnUx2ysjr6WypmvY%2BxeqGyLxqPGozfTFIOEYBSHljVIcFXragkJCw%3D%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%22companies_house_document.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=c72de98f0daf30f158db8f834215301d0ef258981d8c11212b7ca1ef88c5f828\|title=Articles of Association}}</ref> which comprises:- ~~The IAP is governed by a Trustee Board, which comprises:-~~ (a) up to six Elected Trustees elected at a general meeting by the membership;<br> Line 55 ⟶ 56: (c) an appointed Trustee to act as Treasurer as an Ex Officio Trustee;<br> (d) the Director General as an Ex Officio Trustee (unless remunerated);<br> (e) the Chair of the ~~Council~~council as an Ex Officio Trustee;<br> (f) the ~~Vice~~vice-~~Chair~~chair of the ~~Council~~council as an Ex Officio Trustee.~~<br>~~ The Trustee Board elects the President and ~~Vice~~vice-~~President~~president from the Elected Trustees. The day-to-day operation of the Institution is delegated to the Director General, who appoints the ~~Executive~~executive ~~Board~~board, which includes an Operations Director and a Director for Membership Engagement. ==Membership== The IAP has the following grades of membership:<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/document-api-images-live.ch.gov.uk/docs/afuGoCBbCntgA5Kcrz-5gBf4SlclAhOxMPvkVkcxBdA/application-pdf?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAWRGBDBV3FTBGWHGV%2F20210812%2Feu-west-2%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20210812T213246Z&X-Amz-Expires=60&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjENv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMiJIMEYCIQCPzcmiB1OT%2BMPsIkYnrbg10SW2yyYUMB2vHvNnEhaNGwIhANOy8Dtf94iB371%2BCDxutTeWoUMgfCtuMlsCf3e1Gxf2KoMECPT%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEQAxoMNDQ5MjI5MDMyODIyIgxiv5i8MRNln3fcZOAq1wM8oW7QCj4nnwWnYUe944vjOpgj32SNJ9ZPTi7DS2VDdES6mGJWaJ8VXZmJ5TyW%2FKEL9ObqPEv%2BjuL7RQmxGiSSX3i6Osr0Vk90zf00pCzuOW1%2FERTfExJxJkYVkHeNnfr6qtfSUM389VJ4GU5gkZhIGR5nqkzSSvskMl6M78YyxtolCH3%2FZlZGj7bKdcnWtbN7NgR8xGjSiuKEr%2FAMXOXqfWSrB3PK676J2bGCmGfxy0fj%2Bcfgq4AJhCQEfk%2BWrWAFQvJC8IarAde4WeDc%2BSOf%2ByRKecJsv3On8iWvK6yoDUUmMyfBls06fxYRf1268tx8kwDz054Bz8j6xZ1Myg3LVYd3hHKW4I1rlkP0jctM7JhZ%2FBCxNlDHtrjCY64Jic%2FBsHVvZZmkuIyzZjc3hTyH%2F8FqIuW%2B5XU3YVpcHxfITfE9fJ2BA54olPNRzA%2B9LwH0G7B7GWk%2BiUdzThFhZG1FH2fcV2tLAIojntvBtLet1INCzcDFz%2BVzMZ6ijtrH7l%2Bm9rgp9dwq4tC%2FGwzAnG0PuLbJYlsmlq2v%2F%2F%2FVeQBNh2yphnSxKUHH2B%2FgUPXLgdgy82zxR8NwoubCzkyDFnkGxvliEUXdiDp3J2WY0FkTWoEJ95kQZwkw%2Fd3ViAY6pAGHd33rAdJ%2B8a1IxfnH2RcTQapDvV8bqd9b5UZcM6G5%2BMGvyhfDkKngstdIYNaPxXui110CDPvqKFxvrQR14krJeqpuIvF3sfcEEcQ8q%2BZgd5cVnvTchjbCQgdfIjOLUrl7sgpp%2BErebNDRXcp5zMLOS4TuSX9jZ9448ITkHRnUx2ysjr6WypmvY%2BxeqGyLxqPGozfTFIOEYBSHljVIcFXragkJCw%3D%3D&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&response-content-disposition=inline%3Bfilename%3D%22companies_house_document.pdf%22&X-Amz-Signature=c72de98f0daf30f158db8f834215301d0ef258981d8c11212b7ca1ef88c5f828\|title=Articles of Association}}</ref>- ~~The IAP has the following grades of membership:-~~ * Licentiate (LIAP) Line 73 ⟶ 74: It also has two grades that do not carry post-nominal letters: Registrant and Affiliate. == Work == The Institution has been extensively involved in the formation of the [[UK Cyber Security Council]], becoming a founding member of the Cyber Security Alliance in 2016, which successfully bid to form the Council for HM Government. The project was led by the [[Institution of Engineering and Technology\|IET]], a fellow alliance partner. In 2021, the Institution supported the inaugural Cyber OSPAs fielding Alastair Revell (its Director General) as a judge.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thecyberospas.com/judges/\|title=Cyber OSPAs - Judges}}</ref> ==Communities of Practice== The Institution has recently established a Community of Practice around cyber security (Cyber COP), bringing together a number of leading software developers with experience in writing secure code. ==Academic Prizes Programme== The Academic Prizes Programme is a venture with some universities where the IAP awards prizes to students for their software projects. The awards are given for excellence in design and development. John Thompson was an early recipient of this scheme at the [[University of Plymouth]].<ref name="plymouth">{{cite web\|url=http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=30259\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012956/http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=30259 \|archive-date=2013-12-03 \|url-status=dead\|title=John Thompson - Awarded a prestigious project prize from the Institute of Analysts and Programmers\|accessdate=2015-07-08}}</ref> ==Subsidiary== The Institution is the parent body of the [[Trustworthy Software Foundation]], the successor body to the Trustworthy Software Initiative (TSI) established under the UK National Cyber Security Programme I to promote good software development practices. ==References== <ref name="plymouth">{{cite web\|url=http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=30259\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203012956/http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=30259 \|archive-date=2013-12-03 \|url-status=dead\|title=John Thompson - Awarded a prestigious project prize from the Institute of Analysts and Programmers\|accessdate=2015-07-08}}</ref> <ref name="civilservice">{{cite web\|url=http://it.civilservice.gov.uk/wiki/knowledge-bank/directory-of-community-networks/institution-of-analysts-and-programmers/\|title=About - Government IT Profession - GOV.UK\|publisher=it.civilservice.gov.uk\|accessdate=2015-07-08}}</ref> <ref name="direct">{{cite web\|url=https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/SystemsAnalyst.aspx\|title=Systems analyst Job Information {{pipe}} National Careers Service\|publisher=nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk\|accessdate=2015-07-08}}</ref> Line 86 ⟶ 98: <ref name="kent">{{cite web\|url=http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/news/2004/IAPSymposium/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040929015853/http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/news/2004/IAPSymposium/ \|archive-date=2004-09-29 \|url-status=dead \|title=Professor Peter Welch presents invited talk at Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP) Symposium - School of Computing - University of Kent \|accessdate=2015-07-08 }}</ref> <ref name="ed">{{cite web\|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/careers/explore/occupations/info-tech/programming-software\|title=Programming, Systems Analysis and Software {{pipe}} Information technology {{pipe}}\|publisher=ed.ac.uk\|accessdate=2015-07-08\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710154746/http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/careers/explore/occupations/info-tech/programming-software\|archive-date=2015-07-10\|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="techcosupport">{{cite web\|url=http://techcosupport.com/press/institution-of-analysts-and-programmers-spring-seminar/\|title=Institution of Analysts and Programmers Spring Seminar {{pipe}} techcosupport.com\|date=24 February 2009 \|publisher=techcosupport.com\|accessdate=2015-07-08}}</ref> <ref name="sunderland">{{cite web\|url=http://www.cit.sunderland.ac.uk/sponsors/iap.cfml\|title=Centre for Internet Technologies :: Institution of Analysts and Programmers (IAP)\|publisher=cit.sunderland.ac.uk\|accessdate=2015-07-08}}</ref> <ref name="concise-courses">{{cite web\|url=http://www.concise-courses.co.uk/iap/index.html\|title=Error 404! Concise Courses\|publisher=concise-courses.co.uk\|accessdate=2015-07-08\|archive-url=https://archive.istoday/20131128110449/http://www.concise-courses.co.uk/iap/index.html\|archive-date=2013-11-28\|url-status=dead}}</ref> <ref name="nationalarchives">{{cite web\|url=http://iap.org.uk/main/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203152221/http://www.iap.org.uk/main/ \|archive-date=2010-02-03 \|url-status=dead \|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Institution of Analysts and Programmers \|accessdate=2015-07-08 }}</ref> <ref name="applymobile">{{cite web\|url=http://applymobile.co.uk/apply-mobile-the-institution-of-analysts-and-programmers-conference-2012/\|title=Apply Mobile – Apply Mobile @ The Institution of Analysts and Programmers Conference 2012\|publisher=applymobile.co.uk\|accessdate=2015-07-08}}</ref> Line 96 ⟶ 108: <ref name="Shaws">{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VafIBgAAQBAJ&q=shaws.co.uk+The+Institution+of+Analysts+and+programmers%2F&pg=PA197\|title=About:: Science and Technology\|year=2014\|publisher=shaws.co.uk\|isbn=9780992874001\|accessdate=2015-07-08}}</ref> <ref name="TSFWiki">~~{{cite~~[[Trustworthy ~~web~~Software Foundation\|~~url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthy_Software_Foundation\|title=~~TSF:: Science and Technology~~\|publisher=wikipedia.org.uk\|accessdate=~~]], Retrieved 2019-06-22}}</ref>{{Circular reference\|date=July 2019}} <ref name="Channel 4">{{cite web \|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/is-the-it-sector-guilty-of-ageism \|title=Channel 4:: Ageism\|date=27 April 2012 }}</ref> <ref name="Security Institute">{{cite web \|url=https://security-institute.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/PR07-18-The-Security-Institute-Joins-the-Cyber-Alliance.docx \|title=Security Institute:: Cyber Security Alliance}}</ref> <ref name="Crest">{{cite web \|url=https://www.crest-approved.org/2018/07/19/collaborative-alliance-of-organisations-announced-to-advance-the-uks-cyber-security-profession/index.html\|title=Crest:: Cyber Security Alliance}}</ref> <ref name="Engineering Council">{{cite web \|url=https://www.engc.org.uk/news/press-releases/pr2018/collaborative-alliance-of-organisations-announced-to-advance-the-uk-s-cyber-security-profession/ \|title=Engineering Council:: Cyber Security Alliance}}</ref> <ref name="The Register">{{cite web \|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/07/19/cyber_security_pro_strategy_uk/ \|title=The Register:: Cyber Security Alliance\|website=[[The Register]] }}</ref> <ref name="The Independent">{{cite web \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-mice-girls-1264523.html \|title=The Independent:: Cyber Security Alliance\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]] \|date=31 March 1997 }}</ref> <ref name="The UK Cyber Security Council">{{cite web \|url=https://www.ukcybersecuritycouncil.org.uk/membership/founding-members/ \|title=UK Cyber Security Council:: Founding Members}}</ref> {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.iap.org.uk IAP Website]~~<br>~~ * [http://sdp.iap.org.uk Software Development Practice website]~~<br>~~ * [http://tsfdn.org Trustworthy Software Foundation] ~~==Wiki links==~~ ~~[[Trustworthy Software Foundation]]~~ [[Category:Professional associations based in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Information technology charities]] [[Category:1972 establishments in the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Organisations based in London]]