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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Usability evaluation (USEV)

Assessment of the usability (including health and safety and accessibility) of new or existing products or services (including prototypes). Methods include user trials, expert review, survey and analysis.

Level 2 Assists in the preparation for evaluations and in the operation of the test environment. Maintains the test environment.

Level 3 Performs, analyses and documents evaluations according to a plan, excluding expert reviews.

Level 4 Plans and performs all types of evaluation. Interprets and presents the results of evaluations.

Level 5 Advises on what to evaluate and the type of evaluation. Ensures that the results of evaluations are understood by system developers.