Andy Doyle UK Corporate Sales Manager BCS Solutions for Business

Agenda SFIA / SFIAplus introduction SFIA 3 – 4 update How organisations typically use SFIAplus Questions

Your knowledge of SFIA/SFIAplus LevelDepth 0No experience 1Aware 2Familiar 3Proficient 4Expert

SFIA and SFIAplus SFIA –high level framework –2-D model SFIAplus –detailed –3-D model –training and development levels of responsibility categories of work 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 78 skills

Related SFIA skills Technical overview Careers & jobs Professional bodies Standards, Codes of Practice Communities and Events Publications & Resources Training, development & qualifications overview Background For each skill, SFIA gives an overall definition and definitions at various levels Overall definition of skill defines 78 skills and 7 levels 8 additional resources for each skill 6 additional task components SFIAplus contains all the SFIA definitions plus Work Activities Knowledge/Skills Training Activities Professional Development Activities Qualifications

Activities to date Consultation Analysis Areas of change –Consolidation and drafting

Consultation Update website available since May users registered, many others have accessed the site (nearly 9000 “visits”). Web access report shows an average of > 1100 visitors/month (last time ) comments posted on the site Direct contributions –from consultative workshops –from the Cabinet Office IT Profession unit –from individuals

Analysis Amendments made available on the website, for comment. Not all original suggestions got support Not all comment has been consistent Like last time, some differences of opinion related to structure, rather than detail wording Skills, grouped “for convenience” into categories and sub-categories.

Areas of change Compliance & Audit will be split into two –Technical audit –Compliance review Management & Operations will be split into two –IT Operations –IT Management

Areas of change (cont) Four new skills Business Modelling Requirement Definitions & Management IT Governance Portfolio Management

Launch Annual SFIA conference 4 th December 2008 Conference Centre of BERR (Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform), 1 Victoria Street, London

Updating SFIAplus Over 80 reviewers –2 reviewers per skill December launch Current customers will receive dynamic update of new version

Professionalism Journey  external validation  manage skills  assess existing skills  Describe skill requirements  use skills benchmark  Develop skills Government IT competency framework

Key processes Create a Team Create Positions/ Team Members in the Team Assign a Person to a Position Assign Job Role(s) to a Position Assign Job Function(s) to a Job Role Assign a Job Role to the Team