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Architecture communication

Communication involves conveying information using the most effective medium and language for the audience.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • show an awareness of different ways of creating architecture representations for a limited audience, including technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • gather and explain information to be used in architecture representations
2. Working

You can:

  • listen to the needs of technical and business stakeholders
  • create and use different architecture representations to communicate effectively, achieving agreement with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • provide support in discussions about architectural topics within a multidisciplinary team
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • lead the communication of complicated, complex or risky architecture topics with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • communicate with senior stakeholders across your organisation
  • adapt your message and communication techniques to your audience
  • advocate on behalf of a team to other stakeholders
  • manage stakeholder expectations effectively
4. Expert

You can:

  • communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, and across organisations, using architecture communication techniques​
  • mediate between people in difficult architectural discussions
  • gain support from business and technical stakeholders for architectural initiatives with high levels of risk, impact and complexity
  • coach and support others in architecture communication

Contains public sector information from the UK Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework (https://understand-digital-data-roles-skills.service.gov.uk/), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright.

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Enterprise architectEnterprise architect8aPractitioner
Senior enterprise architectEnterprise architect8bPractitioner
Lead enterprise architectEnterprise architect8cExpert
Principal enterprise architectEnterprise architect8dExpert
Associate solution architectSolution architect7Working
Solution architectSolution architect8aPractitioner
Senior solution architectSolution architect8bPractitioner
Lead solution architectSolution architect8cExpert
Principal solution architectSolution architect8dExpert
Associate technical architectTechnical architect6Awareness
Technical architectTechnical architect7Working
Senior technical architectTechnical architect8aPractitioner
Lead technical architectTechnical architect8bExpert
Principal technical architectTechnical architect8cExpert