The global skills and competency framework for the digital world

SFIA View: Data lifecycle management

Data lifecycle management

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Product management PROD

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Managing and developing products or services through their full life cycle from inception, growth, maturity, decline to retirement.

Machine learning MLNG

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Developing systems that learn through experience and by the use of data.

Data visualisation VISL

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Facilitating understanding of data by displaying concepts, ideas, and facts using graphical representations.

Data modelling and design DTAN

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Developing models and diagrams to represent and communicate data requirements and data assets.

Database design DBDS

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Specifying, designing and maintaining mechanisms for storing and accessing data.

Data engineering DENG

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Designing, building, operationalising, securing and monitoring data pipelines and data stores.

Business situation analysis BUSA

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Investigating business situations to define recommendations for improvement action.

Feasibility assessment FEAS

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Defining, evaluating and describing business change options for financial, technical and business feasibility, and strategic alignment.

Requirements definition and management REQM

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Managing requirements through the entire delivery and operational life cycle.

Acceptance testing BPTS

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Validating systems, products, business processes or services to determine whether the acceptance criteria have been satisfied.

Solution architecture ARCH

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Developing and communicating a multi-dimensional solution architecture to deliver agreed business outcomes.

Systems design DESN

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Designing systems to meet specified requirements and agreed systems architectures.

Database administration DBAD

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Installing, configuring, monitoring, maintaining databases and data stores, ensuring performance, security, and adapting to evolving technologies.

Availability management AVMT

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Ensuring that services deliver agreed levels of availability to meet the current and future needs of the business.

Storage management STMG

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Planning, implementing and optimising the technologies and processes used for data storage.

Capacity management CPMG

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Ensuring that service components have the capacity and performance to meet current and planned business needs.

Content authoring INCA

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Planning, designing and creating textual information, supported where necessary by graphical content.

Content publishing ICPM

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Managing and continually improving the processes that collect, assemble and publish content.

Systems development management DLMG

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Planning, estimating and executing systems development work to time, budget and quality targets.

Programming/software development PROG

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Developing software components to deliver value to stakeholders.

Testing TEST

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Investigating products, systems and services to assess behaviour and whether this meets specified or unspecified requirements and characteristics.