An examination of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) version 7

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Brown, Jason. 2020. "An examination of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) version 7." International Journal of Information Management. 51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.102058

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Article Title	An examination of the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) version 7
ERA Journal ID	17947
Article Category	Article
Author	Brown, Jason
Journal Title	International Journal of Information Management
Journal Citation	51
Article Number	102058
Number of Pages	11
Year	2020
Place of Publication	United Kingdom
ISSN	0268-4012
	1873-4707
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.102058
Web Address (URL)	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268401219305237
Abstract	The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) is a popular international skills framework for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector for which version 7 was released in June 2018. This paper provides an overview of this most recent version of the framework and compares it to the previous version, version 6. Some potential issues with the framework are then discussed, perhaps the most important of which is that version 7 is not backwards compatible with version 6, which can lead to undesirable results when two users of the framework (e.g. an employer and job applicant) interact with one using version 6 and the other using version 7. Other issues examined are the lack of universal certification criteria for objective assessment of skills (which affects the portability of the framework between users), the complexity of the framework in terms of skill/proficiency mapping, the representation of soft or transferable skills and the limited scope for automating skill management tasks. Some solutions to these issues are offered, including structuring the skill definitions to include mappings between different SFIA versions and creating mappings to recognised formal qualifications, industry certifications and job experience.
Keywords	SFIA, ICT, technical skills, transferable skills
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020	460507. Information extraction and fusion
	461008. Organisation of information and knowledge resources
	460908. Information systems organisation and management
	460911. Inter-organisational, extra-organisational and global information systems
Byline Affiliations	School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Institution of Origin	University of Southern Queensland

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