Skills Matrix

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Matrix Structure

Skill Categories

Technical Skills
Business Skills
Leadership Skills
Soft Skills

Proficiency Levels

Novice - Basic understanding
Advanced Beginner - Limited experience
Competent - Independent work
Proficient - Deep understanding
Expert - Industry authority

A skills assessment worksheet uses autonomy, complexity, influence and knowledge as dimensions. It asks for completed tasks and help needed, unfamiliar constraints, decisions involving others, and explanations of trade-offs. Review questions make the evidence observable. It does not map the article's five levels to SFIA levels. — A proficiency label is more useful when backed by work observed in a specific context. This illustrative evidence worksheet draws on SFIA’s assessment attributes; it does not reproduce its level scale or convert the five levels above. Original diagram based on SFIA Foundation, SFIA 8: Level 4 — Enable.

Assessment Areas

Technical Competencies

Programming languages
System design
Data analysis
Tool proficiency

Business Acumen

Strategy development
Market analysis
Financial planning
Operations management

Leadership Capabilities

Team management
Decision making
Mentoring
Vision setting

Implementation

Assessment Process

Initial evaluation
Regular reviews
Progress tracking
Gap analysis

Development Planning

Training needs
Learning resources
Practice opportunities
Mentorship needs

Resources

Skills Development Hub - Central skills development resource
Skills Development
Career Planning
Learning Plan
Professional Development
Career Map

Further reading

SFIA Foundation
SFIA 8: Level 4 — Enable
Review how autonomy, complexity and demonstrated responsibility can inform a skills assessment.

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