Architecture communication

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

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Closest ESCO skills

• apply technical communication skills (close match)
• use communication techniques (broad match)

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