Skills Framework for the Information Age
Version 3.0

SFIA 3.0

Framework summary

The purpose of SFIA

How SFIA works

How SFIA is used

Levels of responsibility

Skills

Index of skill definitions

Skill definitions

Strategy & planning

Development

Business change

Service provision

Procurement & management support

Ancillary skills

Moving from SFIA 1 or 2

SFIA 3: changes in detail

Useful stuff

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Non-functional needs analysis (UNAN)

The establishment, clarification and communication of non-functional requirements for usability and utility, for example screen design/layout, response times, capacity, resilience. The analysis of the characteristics of users and their tasks and the technical, organisational and physical environment in which products or systems will operate.

Level 3 Applies tools and methods to identify the non-functional requirements of users, their characteristics and tasks and the technical, organisational and physical environment in which the product or system will operate.

Level 4 Selects and uses tools and methods to establish, clarify and communicate the non-functional requirements of system users, their characteristics and tasks and identifies the technical, organisational and physical environment in which complex products or systems will operate.

Level 5 Advises on tools and methods to be used and clarifies and communicates the non-functional requirements of system users, their characteristics and tasks and the technical, organisational and physical environment in which products or systems will operate.