12. Manage Skill attributes

Owned by Graham Kennedy
Last updated: Apr 02, 2024
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Manage Skill attributes

Skill attributes are Attributes specific to your organization that lie outside the scope of the detailed SFIA Skill descriptions, and that you wish to have associated with specific Skills. As an example you may wish to have specific programming languages associated with the PROG skill. While SFIA describes what is required of that skill, it does not prescribe any programming languages, which would depend on organizational requirements. Attributes provide the ability to tailor aspects such as the technology skill requirements for your organization. These can then be included in Job definitions and people can select them in their skill profiles. Attributes can also from part of the skill gap determination.

Attributes such as:

  • Specific technologies (Program languages (e.g. C++, Java), Operating Systems (e.g. Windows, Unix, Linux) etc)

  • Products (e.g. ServiceNow, VMWare etc)

  • Processes (e.g. ITIL, Prince 2, ISO27001 etc)

  • Legislation (Tax, Immigration etc)

  • Specific Certifications

  • etc.

These can be added, updated or deleted in-situ or you can use the Export and Import functionality.

Changing an attribute in-situ

  1. Select the edit button of the SFIA skill you wish to update attributes to

    1. e.g.

  2. Select the Edit button for the specific Attribute you wish to change

    1. e.g.

  3. You can make changes to:

    1. Attribute (name)

    2. link if one is required - This is a hyperlink that will overlay the Attribute once selected in a persons Planner.

    3. isHidden options:

      • No - (Default) - The Attribute will be selectable via individuals Planners

      • Yes - The Attribute will NOT be selectable via individuals Planners (Useful for making Attributes available when required, or when being discontinued to prevent being selected. (Attributes can only be deleted when no longer selected by anyone)

  4. Use the Save button to save the changes for that attribute

    1. or Cancel to abandon the changes you have made

  5. Use the Back button to return to the list of Skills/Attributes

 

On this page:

Adding a new attribute

  1. Select the edit button of the SFIA skill you wish to update attributes to

    1. e.g.

  2. Select the +Add New button for the specific Attribute you wish to change

  3. Populate the fields as required:

    1. Attribute (name) - Required

    2. link - (Optional) - This is a selectable hyperlink that will overlay the Attribute once selected in a persons Planner.

    3. The isHidden options:

      • No - (Default) - The link will be selectable via individuals Planners

      • Yes - The link will NOT be selectable via individuals Planners (Useful for making Attributes available when required, or when being discontinued to prevent being selected. (Attributes can only be removed when no longer selected by anyone)

  4. Use the Save button to save the changes for that attribute

    1. or Cancel to abandon the Add

  5. Use the Back button to return to the list of Skills/Attributes

Delete an Attribute

  1. Select the edit button of the SFIA skill you wish to update attributes to

    1. e.g.

  2. Attributes that are able to be deleted (i.e. no one has selected it for their Skill Profile via their Planner) will show a Delete icon alongside the Edit icon

  3. Select the Delete icon to delete the Attribute and the Attribute will be removed from the list

 

If you wish to delete an Attribute, but it is still currently included in one or more persons Profile, then we recommend setting IsHidden = Yes, while you communicate with employees and request that they un-assign the Attribute from their skill profiles. Once everyone has unassigned the Attribute, it will become available for deletion.