December 2020 - SFIA 8 consultation update
A 3 minute update on the SFIA 8 consultation - and a reminder of how you can get involved.
Estimated reading time - 3 min, 6 sec.
First of all - many thanks to all who have contributed to SFIA 8 so far - it's a community effort and all your help is much appreciated.
This is December's monthly update - published in January to avoid a busy holiday period for many of our community.
Two headline topics for this month - Service Design and the SFIA 8 webinar
- Many thanks to the group of service designers who have rapidly put their heads together to develop some great material in support of SFIA 8 review of service design.
- a definition of the scope of service design - covering more than IT service design
- a list of useful industry resources which support that definition
- and a mapping of the typical SFIA skills needed for Service Designer roles and people
- this is work in progress and your feedback is welcome
- SFIA 8 update webinar
- we held a webinar in December to provide updates on SFIA and the SFIA 8 project in particular.
- the webinar is 1 hour of great content and valuable background detail
- however - I know the SFIA community are busy people so I have created a 2 minute summary version below
- each of the images below is clickable - taking you directly to the video to hear more detail
- the webinar is hosted on the SFIA Foundation YouTube channel - we plan to grow the channel so please subscribe.
- the slides are available for download at the bottom of this page
SFIA 8 Update Webinar - December 2020
SFIA - the global framework ...
- we know that we have users of the framework in around 180 countries
- even though seats for the webinar were limited - we did invite people from 30 countries to join
2020 Future of Jobs survey ...
- a recent survey for the World Economic Forum is very revealing
- most of the in-demand jobs use the competencies described in SFIA
SFIA - the global framework - available in 10 languages …
- SFIA 7 published in German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Canadian-French … and English
- and 3 more are in preparation … Dutch, Brazilian-Portuguese and Russian
The core purpose of SFIA is to support human capital development...
- The framework does not exist in isolation - it supports the complete lifecycle for people and skills management
There is more to SFIA than the core framework ...
- The global SFIA eco-system has grown significantly
- Driven by user-demand and for the benefit of the industry as a whole.
You can access the global ecosystem using the SFIA website ...
- New content and functionality is regularly added to the SFIA website
- The free tools and resources available has grown significantly
Track record of open consultation and wide collaboration ...
- in use for more than 20 years
- global demand has grown organically
- and the update process is open, collaborative and transparent
Putting the community first ...
Two parts to the operating model of the SFIA Foundation...
- the user community which uses SFIA and shapes its future development
- a slim, not-for-profit administration layer to oversee development of the framework and ecosystem
Accredited SFIA consultants and partners provide expertise, training, implementation support and tools.
Timeline for SFIA 8 ...
- publication of SFIA 8 is planned for Q3 2021
- with a beta release in Q2 2021
Global consultation in progress ...
- we have had many inputs and ideas
- the level of engagement and contribution is broader and higher than ever
- everyone welcome to take part
SFIA 8 - the types of deliverables ...
- updates to the core framework
- new or updated tools and resources to develop knowledge and help adoption
Status of key themes for SFIA 8 ...
- community work on key themes has been prioritised
- the project is now starting to move from discovery to prototyping and implementing
SFIA in the Australian Public Service (APS)
- SFIA is extensively used in Australia in government and industry
- APS role definitions are published on data.gov.au
- APS Career Pathfinder tool – Alpha prototype
SFIA 8 - Computational science ...
- summary of proposed updates to the core framework and tools and resources
SFIA 8 - AI/Machine Learning ...
- summary of proposed updates to the core framework and tools and resources
SFIA 8 - People management ...
- summary of proposed updates to the core framework and tools and resources
SFIA 8 - Information and cyber security ...
- summary of proposed updates to the core framework and tools and resources
SFIA 8 employability ...
- summary of proposed updates to the core framework and tools and resources
SFIA 8 - Readability ...
- summary of proposed updates to the core framework and tools and resources
Tools to support open consultation ...
- transparent approach - you can see SFIA 8 being built
- encouraging early review and feedback to improve quality
Open and transparent approach ...
- keeping you informed
- please sign up for updates and to take part
You can view and download all the slides using the Slideshare below.
We want to include more people…
- If you would like to help with SFIA 8 or share your ideas with the SFIA Foundation, then contact me
- The key themes for SFIA 8 are here
You can invite others to join in…
- Get them to submit individual change requests on the website
- Ask organizations to contact me e.g. for a collaborative approach such as framework mappings and focused
SFIA Updates Manager & SFIA 8 Project Manager