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SFIA Foundation releases SFIA version 3

The SFIA Foundation has released version 3 of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA).

SFIA was developed to provide a description of the skills required by IT professionals, and includes descriptions of what should be expected at different levels of expertise. The latest version covers 78 skills, at up to seven levels.

Employers of IT professionals can use SFIA free of charge as a skills management tool. The SFIA Foundation says SFIA is relevant to recruitment, deployment of staff on assignments, assessment, skills development planning, and resource strategy.

The new release follows consultation with the IT industry, consisting of public meetings and input on the consultation web site. A wide range of organisations participated, including government departments and organisations such as Norwich Union, IBM, Atkins Rail and the NHS. The SFIA Foundation says the IT Service Management Forum also provided valuable input.

"Input from users has enabled us to cater more effectively for organisations managing contractors," said Mike Chad, Chief Editor of the SFIA Update Project. "Users will also find that the areas of Business change, Service management, Security and IT Governance and compliance have benefited from the experience of a large number of organisations using SFIA."

The new version of SFIA was unveiled officially at the SFIA Skills Management Conference at the DTI on November 10.

"This release demonstrates SFIA's commitment to keeping up and staying relevant," said Ron McLaren, Operations Manager of The SFIA Foundation. "The timing is right, because the e-Government unit has just made SFIA its standard skills framework for IT people, as part of the Government Computing drive for professionalism. Katie Davis, who leads that drive, will be opening our conference and exhibition.

SFIA is coordinated by the SFIA Foundation which was formed in 2003 by the British Computer Society, e-skills UK, the Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS), and the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE).

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