We held a webinar in December to provide updates on SFIA and the SFIA 8 project in particular. The webinar is available on the SFIA Foundation Youtube channel - we plan to grow the channel so please subscribe.

1. SFIA 8 Update - December 2020
Welcome and thank you for coming - apologies in advance for any glitches.
We will be using the Zoom question and
answer (Q&A) feature
We will try to answer questions during the webinar. Some may be
answered later.
4 Panellists Ian Seward, Peter Leather, Grant Nicholson, Andy Thomson
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2. People from 30 countries invited

3. Panellists
Ian Seward
• SFIA Foundation General Manager
Peter Leather
• SFIA 8 Project Manager
Grant Nicholson
• Digital Transformation Agency - Australian Public Service
Andy Thomson
• Chair - SFIA Council
… will be speaking on behalf of many SFIA 8 contributors.

4. Discussion points
1. Introduction
2. SFIA is more than just the core framework
3. Updating SFIA why and how
4. Approach and timeline for SFIA 8
5. Visit some of the key themes for SFIA 8
6. Benefits of global collaboration

5. SFIA is more than just the core framework

6. Future of Jobs Survey 2020 World Economic Forum
These are the
results of a
recent WEF
future of jobs

7. Most of the in-
demand jobs
use the
competencies
described in
SFIA
Future of Jobs Survey 2020 World Economic Forum

8. Core SFIA framework
SFIA Framework:
• 7 Levels of Responsibility
• 5 Generic Attributes
• 102 Professional Skills
• Grouped for navigation
• Skill Name
• Skill Code
• Skill Description
• Skill Level Descriptors
Consistent throughout:
• Structure
• Style
languages

9. SFIA 7
SFIA 7

10. SFIA The context for use
To do all this, you need this

11. SFIA
global ecosystem
SFIA
Employers
Tools using
SFIA
Education
providers
Professional
bodies
Individuals
Accredited
Partners &
Consultants
Industry
frameworks
BoK
owners
Other
competency
frameworks

12. Employers
Tools using
SFIA
Education
providers
Professional
bodies
Individuals
Accredited
Partners &
Consultants
Industry
frameworks
BoK
owners
Other
competency
frameworks
Core SFIA
Framework
SFIA views
Standard
profiles
Mapping to
BoKs
APIs & open
data
Framework
mappings
User
reference
guide
Assessment
guidelines
Digital
badging
SFIA
training
SFIA
accreditation
SFIA
global ecosystem

13. ❑ Future SFIA (changes)
❑ Tools and Resources
• Guidance and help
• Detailed SFIA
assessment
guidelines
• Bodies of
Knowledge
• SFIA Views
• SFIA skills profiles
• Mapping to
complementary
frameworks
❑ SFIA Framework
• 10 languages
❑ Site search
❑ Collaborations
Use web site analytics to identify
improvements and extensions

14. Track record of open consultation and wide collaboration
200
0 v1
200
1 v2
2005
v3
2008
v4
2011
v5
2015
V6
2018
v7
202
1 v8
UK Consultation
Global Open
Collaboration
UK
Initiatives
Global Open
Consultation
2000 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Core SFIA framework
SFIA eco-system
Ancestors

15. Putting the community first
Board
Operations
Responsible for:
- running the Foundation
- developing the SFIA ecosystem
Council
Global
advisory group Design Authority Board
Responsible for framework
integrity
Accredited ConsultantsAccredited PartnersUsers
A global not-for-profit Foundation
• To develop, maintain and support the global skills and competency framework

16. Global SFIA Council
• The Council has recently added
supporters from Canada, Japan, Mexico,
South Africa, Saudi Arabia.
• They joined existing members from
Australia, New Zealand, Chile and the UK.
• The Council also includes global/regional
professional bodies and SFIA partners
and users.
• The Council now has coverage across 5
continents and in the key regions of North
America, Latin America, South East Asia,
Middle East and Europe.
We welcome interest from other
organisations who wish to join the
conversation and collaborate on
the global approach for skills and
competencies.

17. SFIA 8

18. SFIA 8 planned for Q3 2021
2020 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
Launch SFIA
8 project
Agree scope
for v8
published
in Q3
Interested parties engaged. Working groups mobilised.
Themes & change requests analysed.
beta in Q2
SFIA Design Authority
Continuous translation
Changes for SFIA 8... building the SFIA eco- -system ...

19. SFIA 8 is a peak of activity on top of a growing base
Amount of
community
activity and
collaboration Snowball effect -
increased activity
SFIA 7 time
As with SFIA 7 – we need to continue
activity after launch of SFIA 8.
SFIA 8
SFIA 8 – focus is a new
version of the core
framework

20. Consultation in progress
For example
• Change to the SFIA Framework
• Develop a SFIA view
• Provide SFIA Guidance Material
• Do nothing and explain why
• Workshops
• Dialogue with industry bodies and
influencers
• Input from SFIA Council and SFIA
Design Authority
• Learning from SFIA 7
• Desk / secondary research into
industry trends
• Change Requests
• Themes
Update core
framework - SFIA 8
We find out what industry wants ...
Check back, test, beta release of SFIA 8
Working groups
Volunteers
SFIA Design
Authority

21. SFIA 8 - The types of deliverables
Core framework
• New skills/skill levels
• Updated skill descriptions
• Updated skill-level descriptions
• Levels of responsibility and
generic attributes
• Categories/sub-categories
• Design principles
Tools and resources
• SFIA reference guidance
• Other advice/guidance
• SFIA views
• Framework mappings
• Skills profiles

22. SFIA 8 starting to converge

23. Not started Diverging – creating choices Converging – making choices
Status December 2020
Artificial intelligence
Readability
 Librarian skills
 Building management
 Creative industries
 Cloud
Employability
Soft skills
 Systems engineering
 Internet of things
 RPA
Agile
 Testing
Business analysis
People management
 Digital skills
 Levels of responsibility
Service management
Security
Computational science
 Blockchain
 Service design
 Experience & interaction
design
Plus individual change requests which are not connected to the above

24. Details of 6 SFIA 8 Themes
Computational Science | Machine Learning | People Management
Information and Cyber Security | Employability | Readability

25. SFIA in the Australian Public Service (APS)
• SFIA is extensively used in Australia in government and industry
• APS-wide license covers all Australian Government departments & agencies
• Several state governments also have licenses
• SFIA is mostly used in the APS for role definitions, career pathways, capability
development and recruitment
• APS role definitions are published on data.gov.au
• APS Career Pathfinder tool Alpha prototype

26. SFIA community in Australia
• Active SFIA user community in Australia with regular community meet-
ups
• Workshops held to explore SFIA 8 themes:
• Professional ethics change request submitted
• Behavioural skills analysis and suggestions submitted
• Computational science - proposal for 3 new skills submitted
• AI/Machine Learning - proposal for 2 new skills being developed

27. Applications of
computational science
• Geoscience
• Meteorology
• Scientific and industrial research
• Defence science and technology
• Nuclear science and technology

28. Computational science SFIA 8 planned deliverables
Core framework
• SFIA skills profiles for roles which
will use these skills
• including existing SFIA skills
• 3 new skills
• Scientific modelling
• Numerical analysis
• High performance computing
Tools and resources

29. SFIA 8 - AI/Machine Learning (ML)
• SFIA 8 focus is on Machine Learning
• ML is referred to in SFIA 7 see Analytics
• We plan more for SFIA 8
• ML is not stand-alone - SFIA is well
positioned as it already describes skills
needed for surrounding infrastructure

30. Machine Learning SFIA 8 planned deliverables
Core framework
• Positioning SFIA against a lifecycle model for AI /
ML
• Highlight existing SFIA skills
• The wrapper around the core AI development
lifecycle
• E.g. governance, security, procurement
• SFIA skills profiles for roles associated with ML
• SFIA view
• Guidance for using SFIA to develop AI/ML
capabilities
• Highlight the other SFIA skills needed for
implementation of AI (e.g. SORC, OCDV, ORDI, LEDA,
CIPM, ETDL,PSDV)
• 2 new skills
• Machine learning
• Teaching machines
• Changes to existing skill - Analytics INAN
• Generic attributes e.g. ethics
Tools and resources

31. •Collaboration
•Communication
•Creativity
•Delegation
•Execution
•Problem Solving
•Influence
•Planning
Behaviours
People
management
•Task management
•Skills development
•Team relationships
•Absence, discipline
•Engagement
Line/team
Management
•Health, wellbeing
•Employee relations
•Diversity & inclusion
•Recruitment
•Reward
People Profession

32. People management SFIA 8 planned deliverables
Core framework
• Guidance for
• People managers
• Different skills needed by people
professionals vs. people managers
• Highlight commonly mis-interpreted skills
• Team management
• Self-organising teams
• Other models (such as Spotify, Holocracy)
• Mapping of SFIA wheel to SFIA generic
attributes and people skills
• Updates to existing skills:
• Resourcing (RESC)
• Performance Management (PEMT)
• New content/skills to cover
• Workforce planning
• People management (vs Perf Mgt)
• Updates to SFIA Levels generic
attributes
• E.g. for delegation, leadership,
autonomy, knowledge sharing
Tools and resources

33. NIST CSF
SFIA supports specialist security
roles AND the wide range of roles
where security is part of their day
to day responsibilities.
generic attributes.
Mapping to industry frameworks
explains how SFIA does this.
SFIA 8 -
Information
and cyber
security

34. Security planned deliverables
Core framework
• Updates to a number of skills/skill
levels identified by NIST mapping
• Potential for new skills to reflect wide
range of roles involved in security
not all technical roles
Tools and resources
• Positioning SFIA against
security competency models
• Information and cyber security view
• SFIA skills profiles
• Mapping to NIST, NICE frameworks
• Collaborations/mapping/shared
promotion with other security
frameworks

35. SFIA 8 employability
• bridging the education to work gap
• apprenticeships
• work-based learning
• industry placements
• internships
• competency-based curricula

36. Employability SFIA 8 planned deliverables
Core framework
• Explaining SFIA to people with little or no
work experience
• Publish apprenticeship SFIA skills profiles
• Guidance on
• using SFIA in assessment of apprenticeships and
industry placements
• Mapping learning outcomes to SFIA skills/levels
• How good employers develop the employability of
their people
• How basic digital skills contribute to employability
and their relation to SFIA skills
• Collaboration e.g. with CC2020 initiative
• Generic attributes
• review language used for SFIA level 1 and 2.
• is it easy to understand if you have little/no work
experience
• Professional skills
• Review coverage of skills described at 1 and 2
are there any more skills to be defined a
these levels?
• Can we enhance entry levels to include
responsibility for developing
understanding/knowledge related to
performing the skill
Tools and resources

37. SFIA 8 - Readability
Improving Readability aims to enhance the content but not change
the intent of the skill descriptions
• - we need to use terminology recognised
by the industry
• SFIA is used in many different ways so must be flexible
• restructuring content
• improving the presentation without changing the skill definition
Better English helps our translators

38. Readability SFIA 8 planned deliverables
Core framework
• Alternative ways of presenting skill
descriptions and levels of
responsibility
• Formatting e.g. bullet points
• A3 chart, printed reference guide,
pdf, web-site, xls
• Re-order sentences make sure
first sentence is strong
• Reduce long sentences
• Remove duplicate phrases
Tools and resources

39. Add Change requests
- Review and
comment on change
requests
Review proposed
changes
- Additions and
deletions highlighted
Log of changes to
keep you updated as
we go
Tools to support open consultation

40. Open and transparent approach
Keeping you informed Sharing work in progress
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41. Questions

42. Close
Ian Seward
• General SFIA questions – ops@sfia-online.org
Peter Leather
• SFIA 8 questions – updates@sfia-online.org
Grant Nicholson
• SFIA & Australian Public Service - grant.nicholson@dta.gov.au
Andy Thomson
• SFIA Council - andy@career-steps.co.uk
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