Strategic thinking
Strategic thinking involves creating a plan to achieve a team or organisation's objectives.
Levels
- 1. Awareness
You can:
- explain the strategic context of your work and why it is important
- support strategic planning in an administrative capacity
- 2. Working
You can:
- work within a strategic context and communicate how activities meet strategic goals
- contribute to the development of strategy and policies
- 3. Practitioner
You can:
- define strategies and policies, providing guidance to others on working in the strategic context
- evaluate current strategies to ensure business requirements are being met and exceeded where possible
- 4. Expert
You can:
- lead the design and implementation of strategy, directing the evaluation of strategies and policies to ensure business requirements are being met
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Role levels that expect this skill
| Role level | Role | Band | Expected level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trainee business architect | Business architect | 6 | Awareness |
| Associate business architect | Business architect | 7 | Working |
| Business architect | Business architect | 8a | Practitioner |
| Lead business architect | Business architect | 8b | Practitioner |
| Deputy chief clinical information officer | Chief clinical information officer | 8d | Practitioner |
| Chief clinical information officer | Chief clinical information officer | 9 | Expert |
| Head of clinical informatics | Clinical informatician | 8c | Practitioner |
| Data architect | Data architect | 8a | Awareness |
| Senior data architect | Data architect | 8b | Working |
| Chief data architect | Data architect | 8c | Practitioner |
| Data governance manager | Data governance manager | 7 | Working |
| Lead data governance manager | Data governance manager | 8b | Practitioner |
| Head of data governance | Data governance manager | 8c | Expert |
| Digital portfolio analyst | Digital portfolio manager | 5 | Awareness |
| Digital portfolio manager | Digital portfolio manager | 6 | Awareness |
| Senior digital portfolio manager | Digital portfolio manager | 8a | Working |
| Head of digital portfolio | Digital portfolio manager | 8c | Practitioner |
| Junior frontend developer | Frontend developer | 5 | Awareness |
| Frontend developer | Frontend developer | 6 | Working |
| Senior frontend developer | Frontend developer | 7 | Practitioner |
| Lead frontend developer | Frontend developer | 8b | Expert |
| Head of frontend development | Frontend developer | 8c | Expert |
| IT service analyst | IT service manager | 4 | Working |
| IT service manager | IT service manager | 6 | Working |
| Senior IT service manager | IT service manager | 7 | Practitioner |
| Head of IT service management | IT service manager | 8b | Expert |