1. Competencies – getting the full picture.
Mark Palmer
Getting the whole picture:
qualifications and SFIA – how they work together
Joy Shewring

2. Competencies
– getting the full picture
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3. What is Competency?
"competence" is a combination of knowledge,
skills and behaviour.
Professional Skills
Qualifications
Experience,
Knowledge
Behavioural Skills
SFIA Skills context
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4. What is Competency?
Competency
Knowledge Skills Experience
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5. Assessing Competency
Knowledge Skills Experience
OBJECTIVE SUBJECTIVE
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6. Language of Competency
Competency
?
Certifications
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7. Relevance of Certifications
OBJECTIVE SUBJECTIVE
Knowledge Skills Experience
Certifications
Certification is a demonstration of knowledge and/or
skill that is relevant to a competency.
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9. APMG-International

10. Knowledge
Knowledge – a building block of competency
Certificates – a demonstration of knowledge

11. Certifications developing
knowledge
AGILE Project
Management P3O®
P3O® is a registered trade mark of the
APMG-International Agile Project Management is a Cabinet Office
trade mark of the APM Group Limited

12. Why Map?

13. Mapping Objectives
• Sign posting
• Syllabus Content Mapped
• Qualification levels identified

14. Intended Benefits... to assist:
• Targeted / “Wise” Purchasing
• Informed Recruitment
• Planned People Development
• Planned Competency Development
• Focused Succession Planning
• Improved Career Planning

15. Anticipated Audience
• HR Professionals
• Managers
• Individuals

16. Mapping Approach
• Two dimensions
• Certification Learning Level – SFIA
Business Skills Levels
• Certification Syllabus – SFIA Skills/Tasks
– Core
– Supplementary

17. Types of Qualifications
• Direct link to SFIA skills / tasks
– Service; Project; Programme and Portfolio
Management
• Core Business Qualifications linked to
SFIA levels of responsibility
– Finance; Change; Risk and Business
Management and Soft Skills Development

18. Service Managers
Managers
Capacity
Manager
Development
Manager
Change
And Managers of
Business Managers
Problem
Manager
IT Organization
Daughter!
Service Desk
Manager
House of the Rising Son ...

19. Relating Certificates to SFIA
Tasks and Job Roles
Business Change
Category Job
Business Change family
Sub Management
Project
Category Job Role Management
SKILL Project Manager
Project Management
- PRMG TASK
PRMG-4
PRINCE2® Practitioner
LEVEL Certificate
PRINCE2®
Certificate
Skills, roles, certifications shown family
for illustration purposes.

20. Qualification Mapping -
Roadmap

21. Next Steps
• Our Experience
• Opportunities
– SFIA
– Consistency
– Clarity
• Working in partnership
• Tool development

23. Principles of Mapping
Business Change
Job
Category
Business Change family
Sub Management Project
Category Project Management Job Role Management
- PRMG Project Manager
SKILL PRMG-4
TASK
LEVEL Certificate
PRINCE2® Certificate
Practitioner family
PRINCE2®
Skills, roles, certifications shown
for illustration purposes.
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24. Relevance to Job Roles
Job Role
Qualifications
SFIA level or
Certificates
Qualifications
Core Skill or
Certificates
Qualifications
Supplementary or
Skill Certificates
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25. Assessment
Job Role
Checklist Assessment
of against
Certifications SFIA skills
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26. Applications
• Job role definition
• Development planning
• Recruitment
• Resource management
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27. Certificate mapping is a basis for
informed discussion.
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28. Mark Palmer Joy Shewring
mark@skillsforit.com joy.shewring@apmgroup.co.uk
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