The global skills and competency framework for the digital world

Network planning NTPL

The creation and maintenance of overall network plans, encompassing the communication of data, voice, text and image, in the support of an organisation's business strategy. This includes participation in the creation of service level agreements and the planning of all aspects of infrastructure necessary to ensure provision of network services to meet such agreements. Physical implementation may include copper wire, fibre-optic, wireless, or any other technology.

Moving to SFIA 8 

  • For SFIA 8 the content of Network planning is covered by:
  • Network planning is retired from SFIA 8
  • SFIA 7 skill descriptions will remain available for you to use 
  • Previous SFIA assessments will be impacted by this change 

Levels

Defined at these levels: 5 6

Network planning: Levels 1-4

This skill is not typically observed when working at these levels of responsibility.

Network planning: Level 5

Creates and maintains network plans for own area of responsibility, contributes to setting service level agreements, and plans the infrastructure necessary to provide the network services to meet such agreements.

Network planning: Level 6

Creates and maintains overall network plans to support the organisation's business strategy, agrees service level agreements with customers and plans all aspects of the infrastructure necessary to ensure provision of network services to meet such agreements.

Network planning: Level 7

This skill is not typically observed when working at this level of responsibility.