Global Standard

 

The SFIA EU foundation is a global not-for-profit organization which oversees the production and use of SFIA (sort for Skills Framework for the Information Age). The organization develops and maintains the SFIA Framework and the SFIA Ecosystem.

 

It is a global standard that EU follows. It defines the digital and other ICT related skills. It is used by government agencies, private enterprises and individuals for workforce planning, staff recruitment, career path frameworks and skills assessment among others.

 

SFIA EU fits into the things with your way of doing things. It does not define organization structures, roles, or jobs. However, it provides clear description of skills and levels of responsibility.

 

Adaptable resource

 

The SFIA EU structure makes it a flexible resource which can be adapted (and adopted) top work in various ranges of HR systems and people-management processes.

 

It is beneficial for small and medium-sized enterprises that don’t have the resources to develop and maintain their own skills and competency framework, but wanting to benefit from one.

 

Guidance and recommendations

 

The SFIA user community has requested guidance and recommendations from the foundation in helping drive good practice consistency and outcome notwithstanding the different approaches.

 

The foundation’s approach is to capture good practice from the community, make it generic, provide a structure of understanding and to publish it for the benefit of all.

 

It is a model for describing and managing skills and competencies for professionals working in information and communications technology (ICT), software engineering and digital transformation.

 

Common language

 

For the users, SFIA has become the globally accepted common language for the skills and competencies for the digital world. Many of the world’s most in-demand occupations are within its scope.

 

Some of these include information and communications technology, business, change, digital transformation, data science and analytics, software engineering, information and cyber security.

 

Also included are learning and education, applied computing and computational science, user centered design, digital product development, sales and marketing, human resources and workforce management.

 

Experience / guidance

 

At its core of needing experience, SFIA is a model for professional capability. It is holistic and includes experience, professional skills, knowledge, behaviors, qualifications and certifications.

 

The user community has requested guidance and recommendations from the SFIA foundation to help drive good practice and consistency of outcome, despite different approaches.

 

The SFIA Foundation approach is to capture good practice from the community, make it generic, provide a structure for understanding, and to publish it for the benefit of all.

 

Professional skills / generic skills

 

These are defined by SFIA as the skills and competencies required by professionals who design, develop, implement, manage and protect the data and technology that power the digital world.

 

The SFIA professional skills are defined to be consistent with the levels of responsibility definitions. In layman’s context, those are the abilities that can help you succeed in your job, describing a habit, personality trait or ability that positively affects your performance in the workplace.

 

The SFIA generic skills describe the levels of responsibility, in terms of generic attributes of autonomy, influence, complexity, knowledge and business skills.

 

By using SFIA, organizations can achieve a consistent and integrated skills and people management approach.