SFIA 9 is coming on 30th October 2024

Beta version update | Publication date announcement | Last call for ideas, questions, and feedback

Publication date: The beta version of SFIA 9 was released on 1st July.
Ongoing feedback: Since then, we've been actively addressing feedback, resolving questions, and incorporating additional skills.
Beta 2 released: We’ve now updated the site with a “Beta 2” version.

Publication date: We plan to officially publish SFIA 9 on 30th October 2024.
Final feedback: We're making one last call for your ideas, questions, and feedback for SFIA 9. Please share your input by 16th September, as we will finalise the content in the last two weeks of September.
Language Availability: SFIA 9 will be published in English, and we aim to release beta versions in the 11 official translated languages around the same time.

Many thanks to the volunteers worldwide who are supporting the development of this new version, including providing feedback, proof-reading, and translating.

Full details are here
Levels of Responsibility: Added a "level essence" to improve clarity
Generic attributes, behavioural factors, and business skills: Enhanced definitions and new navigation features.
Updates related to a wide range of professional skills: Including for cybersecurity, cloud, digital health, marketing, testing, financial/value management, procurement, data/analytics, and information and records management.
Support for entry level roles: New level 2 skills and guidance for levels 1 to 3 aimed at individuals and their managers
AI skills framework: Covering AI & data literacy, building AI/ML models, developing and operationalising AI/ML applications, ML Ops.

Thank you for your continued support.

Best regards,

Peter Leather
SFIA Updates Manager & SFIA 9 Project Manager