SFIA Skill
Professional development PDSV
The facilitation of the professional development of IT practitioners, including initiation, monitoring, review and validation of individual training and development plans in line with organisational or business requirements. The counselling of participants in all relevant aspects of their professional development. The identification of appropriate training/development resources. Liaison with external training providers. The evaluation of the benefits of professional development activities.
Professional development: Level 6
Determines organisational development needs in line with business needs and strategic direction. Generates development strategies to achieve required change and monitors progress.
Professional development: Level 5
Determines the required outcomes for training or development, from organisational development needs and the training strategy. Mentors assigned practitioners, ensuring alignment with a predetermined statement of required development outcomes. Assists each practitioner with the creation of development plans based on the outcome statements. Ensures that each practitioner records progress, and validates practitioners' records at the end of each cycle of planned development, ensuring that achievements and enhanced capabilities are recorded and referenced to the outcome statements. May contribute to practitioners' performance appraisals.