Problem definition and shaping

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• explain the strategic context of your work and why it is important
• collect information that helps with understanding organisational problems
• use architectural representations produced by others, such as a problem definition statement, to support a team

2. Working

You can:

• help to frame a problem characterised by managed levels of complexity, complication, or risk so that a solution can be created
• help to create options for solving problems at an appropriate level of detail

3. Practitioner

You can:

• frame a problem characterised by medium complexity, complication, or risk so that a solution can be created
• produce architectural representations that enable different teams to have a shared understanding of problems throughout the life cycle
• describe options for solving problems so that appropriate delivery methods can be decided

4. Expert

You can:

• lead the framing of a problem characterised by high complexity, complication, or risk so that a solution can be created
• coach others in defining problems and describing appropriate options for solutions
• help others challenge requirements and assumptions, and identify opportunities when defining problems and solution options

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.

Closest ESCO skills

• create solutions to problems (broad match)
• root cause analysis (narrow match)
• analyse the context of an organisation (narrow match)

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