SFIA 9 skills directory A–Z
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- Generic attributes, business skills and behavioural factors.
- also known as workplace skills, employability skills, 21st-century skills, transferable skills, transversal skills, durable skills, power skills, or soft skills
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| Title | Skill code | Description | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| User experience analysis | UNAN | Understanding the context of use for systems, products and services and specifying user experience requirements and design goals. | New level | |
| User experience design | HCEV | Producing design concepts and prototypes for user interactions and experiences of a product, system or service. | New level | |
| User experience evaluation | USEV | Validating systems, products or services against user experience goals, metrics and targets. | ||
| User research | URCH | Identifying users' behaviours, needs and motivations using observational research methods. | New level, Small change | |
| Vulnerability assessment | VUAS | Identifying and classifying security vulnerabilities in networks, systems and applications and mitigating or eliminating their impact. | ||
| Vulnerability research | VURE | Conducting applied research to discover, evaluate and mitigate new or unknown security vulnerabilities and weaknesses. | Small change, New level, Guidance notes | |
| Workforce planning | WFPL | Strategically projecting the demand for people and skills and proactively planning the workforce supply to meet organisational needs. | Small change, Guidance notes |