1. The SFIA Update Project Karen Webb – BCS 24 February 05

2. Objective of the SFIA Update
…to ensure that SFIA continues to meet the needs of IT practitioners, their employers and those responsible for their education, training and development by providing an up to date common reference model for the identification of the skills required for the effective development and deployment of information systems.

3. What we will look at The structure, coverage and skills
Addressing issues
Alignment with other frameworks
Cross referencing

4. Who is involved? The Project Team: To do the work
The Project Board: To direct and advise the project team on how best to achieve the objective of the project
The experts: To provide the input and shape the update

5. What has happened so far?
22 November 04: Planning meeting – workshops and website
December 04: Contacts invited to attend Pathfinder workshop
25 January 05: First Project Board meeting
26 January 05: Website went live
9 February 05: Pathfinder Workshop

6. The Pathfinder workshop
Areas covered included:
What is good/bad about SFIA?
What should be the drivers of the update?
Categories/sub-categories/skills/roles/tasks – what is missing or needs improving?
Levels – are there enough/too many/differentiated appropriately?

7. What next? Regional workshops during March
Comments submitted to website
Main issues and proposals posted on website in March
Editing process between March and June
Deliverables developed during July and August
SFIA v3.0 launched at SFIA conference October 2005
SFIAplus update

8. Deliverables A brochure – covering positioning and definitions
Implementation guide and presentation
Matrix chart
Website containing a full browsable version of the framework
CD containing the framework
Translation from version 2.0

9. Get involved 8th March – Manchester 11th March – London
15th March – Glasgow