Rebecca Randell

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HCIEd8 SFIA, Standards and Accreditation what
does industry want?

• Rebecca Randell

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HCIEd8 SFIA, Standards and Accreditation what
does industry want?

• Jonathan Earthy - BHCIG

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Public usability professional certification -
history

• Need recognition, evidence, framework
• Level practitioner or professional
• Scope specialist or generalist
• Progress Europe, worldwide
• Steps so far EUSC, BHCIG, UPA, EU future?

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BHCIG position

• Certification / Accreditation
• Professional Development
• Alignment with BCS services
• (UPA position from Nigel)

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SFIA structure and purpose

• E\HCIEd8\SFIA ref2_0.pdf
• SFIA plus
• Other frameworks
• NQF

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Revision of SFIA

• Ownership foundation IEE and BCS
• Scope evolution not revolution
• Future two year cycle
• Schedule complete mid-year
• Procedure meetings and web, controlled
• Holes so far

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BHCIG proposal for additional skills

• Skills can be divided into 3 categories
• 1. User Needs Analysis (level 3-5)
• 2. Usability in Design Systems Ergonomics
  (levels 3-5)
• 3. Usability Evaluation (levels 2-5)
• 3 further related categories within the scope of
  User Experience
• 4. Interaction, Interface and Graphic Design
• 5. Media creation (multimedia)
• 6. Documentation
• Development through any of these towards
  facilitating and influencing - "making it happen"
  in projects and organisations.
• 7. Human Factors Integration (level 5-7)