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Strategy design

Strategy involves creating a plan to achieve a team or organisation's objectives.

Quoted from the UK GDaD PCF.

Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

  • explain how organisational objectives link to designing strategy
  • describe the purpose and application of strategy, standards, patterns, policies, roadmaps, vision, and mission statements
2. Working

You can:

  • support the development of a strategy or vision that aligns with organisational objectives
  • challenge requirements and assumptions, and identify opportunities to develop strategy
  • support the implementation of a strategy or vision, for example, by using a roadmap or plan
  • use architectural principles, patterns, and constraints when appropriate
3. Practitioner

You can:

  • define strategies or visions across teams that align with organisational objectives
  • direct the implementation of a strategy or vision, for example, by creating roadmaps or plans
  • define architectural principles and patterns
  • develop or maintain strategy in response to feedback and findings
4. Expert

You can:

  • define and connect strategies or visions across the organisation or wider government
  • enable the implementation of strategies or visions across the organisation or wider government, for example, by advocating for resources and removing blockers

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

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Role levels that expect this skill

Role levelRoleBandExpected level
Enterprise architectEnterprise architect8aWorking
Senior enterprise architectEnterprise architect8bPractitioner
Lead enterprise architectEnterprise architect8cExpert
Principal enterprise architectEnterprise architect8dExpert
Associate solution architectSolution architect7Awareness
Solution architectSolution architect8aWorking
Senior solution architectSolution architect8bWorking
Lead solution architectSolution architect8cPractitioner
Principal solution architectSolution architect8dExpert
Associate technical architectTechnical architect6Awareness
Technical architectTechnical architect7Working
Senior technical architectTechnical architect8aWorking
Lead technical architectTechnical architect8bPractitioner
Principal technical architectTechnical architect8cExpert