Assesses and documents the impacts, threats and opportunities to the organisation of specific technologies, products, services, methods and techniques. Considers their applicability within business and IT strategy, and their potential to influence strategy.
SFIA Skills: Strategy and planning
Implementation and controls (IRMG)(Level 4)
Ensures implementation of information, and records management policies and standard practice, ensuring that information is protected, available and accessible, and can be retrieved as required. Complies with all relevant information and data security policies and procedures.
Evaluation and selection (ARCH)(Level 6)
Establishes policy and strategy for the selection of data architecture components and takes responsibility for the strategy and methods used in implementing a data architecture in a significant area of the organisation. Manages the organisation’s data strategies, policies, standards and practices, ensures that they are applied correctly, and promotes consistency.
Data architecture development (ARCH)(Level 6)
Leads development of data architectures for complex solutions, ensuring consistency with specified requirements agreed with both external and internal customers. Takes full responsibility for ensuring that data architectures balance functional and non-functional (e.g. service quality and systems management) requirements within a significant area of the organisation.
Initiatives and assignments (INOV) (Level 6)
Initiates investigation and development of innovative methods of exploiting IT assets, to the benefit of organisations and the community. Carries out analysis at a strategic level and develops business proposals to exploit technology in line with the organisation’s mission, objectives and strategy.
Idea stimulation (INOV) (Level 6)
Leads the communication and an open flow of creative ideas between interested parties and the set-up of innovation networks and communities.
Coordination (ARCH)(Level 6)
Manages or co-ordinates the applicable architecture function within an organisation.
Technical assurance (ARCH)(Level 6)
Takes responsibility for the technical integrity of designs, ensuring for example that reusable elements are recognised, and that work is not unnecessarily duplicated. Ensures that all changes are managed effectively and contributes to formal reviews and evaluations when projects and programmes end.
Change programmes (ARCH)(Level 6)
Within a business change programme, manages the programme’s target design, policies and standards, working proactively to achieve stable, viable designs, and ensuring consistency of design across projects within the programme. Defines the migration path from current mode of operation to the future mode.
Idea stimulation (INOV) (Level 5)
Encourages and motivates innovation communities, teams and individuals to share creative ideas and learn from failures. Manages and facilitates the communication and open flow of creative ideas between interested parties and the set-up of innovation networks and communities.
Technical exceptions (ARCH)(Level 5)
Monitors technical progress, informing project management of major technical issues and making recommendations on their resolution. Advises on the impact of technical exceptions (including requests for changes, deviations from specifications, etc), and ensures that there is proper technical assessment of all exceptions. Informs project management of major technical issues and makes recommendations on their resolution.
Innovation initiatives (INOV) (Level 5)
Investigates and develops innovative methods of exploiting IT assets, to the benefit of the organisation and the community. Develops business proposals to exploit technology in line with the organisation’s mission, objectives and strategy, clearly articulating, and formally reporting benefits.
Technical assurance (ARCH)(Level 5)
Advises on appropriate technical assurance criteria, and the conduct of quality reviews of technical products. Ensures change control is applied to specifications and designs. Ensures the adequacy and effective use of quality control procedures in relation to solution architecture components.
Change programmes (ARCH)(Level 5)
Within a business change programme, leads the preparation of technical plans and in liaison with business assurance and project staff, ensures that appropriate technical resources are made available.
Change programmes (ARCH)(Level 4)
Supports a change programme or project through the preparation of technical plans and application of design principles that comply with enterprise and solution architecture standards (including security).
Technical assurance (ARCH)(Level 4)
Participates in quality reviews (e.g. fitness for purpose, quality attributes, non-functional requirements, risk) of solution architecture components.
Budget management (Level 6)
Sets, negotiates, agrees and manages all financial budgets and targets, ensuring there is adequate funding for all targets and plans, especially to meet development and capacity needs. Monitors and communicates the budget versus actual history.
Budget management (Level 5)(FEDIP)
Postholder manages a delegated budget. Works with capital budgets, operating budgets and cash budgets. Integrates budget data and processes from multiple and diverse areas and participates in establishing procedures for planning, implementing and monitoring budgets.
Data security and protection toolkit (Level 6)
Is accountable for ensuring that the Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT) is completed and used effectively within the organisation to protect the security of information assets and ensure personal information is handled correctly.
Information asset management (IRMG)(IG)(Level 6)
Maintains an overview of the organisation’s information assets and supports information asset owners in managing their assets to support organisational priorities and in line with appropriate regulation, good practice and organisational policies.
Caldicott Guardian/SIRO and DPO advice and support (IRMG)(Level 6)
Provides highly complex and strategic advice and support to the Caldicott Guardian and Senior Information Risk Owners. Provides support to the DPO.
Information asset management (IRMG)(IG)
Manages the process of information asset management. Supports and trains information asset owners to create and maintain an inventory of data and information assets, which are subject to relevant legislation.
Caldicott Guardian/SIRO and DPO advice and support (IRMG)(Level 5)
Provides complex advice and support to the Caldicott Guardian and Senior Information Risk Owners. Provides support to the Head of Information Governance and the DPO.
Caldicott Guardian/SIRO and DPO advice and support (IRMG)(Level 4)
Provides straightforward advice and support to the Caldicott Guardian and Senior Information Risk Owners. Provides support to the DPO as required.
Data security and protection toolkit (IG)(Level 4)
Uses the Data Security & Protection Toolkit (DSPT) to provide assurance that information assets are secure and handling personal information correctly.
Strategy formulation (Level 6)
Sets out the business architecture for the organisation aligning to business functions, the business strategy and the competitive landscape. Describes the architecture in different ways for different audiences by creating specific architecture views. Demonstrates stakeholder concerns are addressed and gains agreement for the proposed architecture.
Environmental scanning (Level 6)
Taking account of the business objectives and culture of the employing organisation, evaluates major options for providing IT services effectively and efficiently and recommends solutions such as outsourcing, new approaches to recruitment and retention, and global supply contracts. Develops and presents business cases for high-level initiatives to executive management for approval, funding, and prioritisation.
Strategy formulation (Level 5)
Creates, manages and maintains a business operating model that includes information, organisational, process, performance, people skills, economic and systems architecture.
Environmental scanning (Level 5)
Maintains an awareness of current and emerging digital information and communications technologies, processes and methods. Identifies and evaluates potential opportunities to establish relevance and feasibility for inclusion in strategy formulation.