Kevin Streater Addelam Associates [email protected] +44 (0)7881 296286 The Skills Context • IT professional capability comes from a combination of professional skills, behavioural skills and knowledge. Experience and qualifications validate that overall capability. • Professional skills. Business process improvement and Database design are just two examples of almost 100 fundamental professional IT skills defined by SFIA. • Behavioural skills. Most organisations recognise a set of behavioural skills. These vary considerably from one organisation to another. • Knowledge. Technologies, products, internal systems, services, processes, methods and even legislation are all examples of areas where IT professionals are required to have knowledge. • Experience and qualifications. These validate the individual’s capability. Qualifications certify elements of skill or knowledge; experience gives practical demonstration of capability. The right sort of experience also acts as a powerful force for learning, thereby enhancing capability. IT recruitment broadly tends to focus on understanding candidates behavioural skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications. SFIA can be used to extend this to include an assessment of candidates professional IT skills (sometimes referred to as professional competence or tacit knowledge).

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Kevin StreaterAddelam Associates

[email protected]+44 (0)7881 296286

The Skills Context

• IT professional capability comes from a combination of professional skills, behavioural skills and knowledge. Experience and qualifications validate that overall capability.

• Professional skills. Business process improvement and Database design are just two examples of almost 100 fundamental professional IT skills defined by SFIA.

• Behavioural skills. Most organisations recognise a set of behavioural skills. These vary considerably from one organisation to another.

• Knowledge. Technologies, products, internal systems, services, processes, methods and even legislation are all examples of areas where IT professionals are required to have knowledge.

• Experience and qualifications. These validate the individual’s capability. Qualifications certify elements of skill or knowledge; experience gives practical demonstration of capability. The right sort of experience also acts as a powerful force for learning, thereby enhancing capability.

IT recruitment broadly tends to focus on understanding candidates behavioural skills,

knowledge, experience and qualifications.

SFIA can be used to extend this to include an assessment of candidates professional IT

skills (sometimes referred to as professional competence or tacit knowledge).