Skill description
Establishing and deploying an environment for developing, continually improving and securely operating software and systems products and services.
Guidance notes
This skill involves interdisciplinary approaches to developing and operating software and systems across their entire lifecycle. Commonly associated with terms such as DevOps, DevSecOps, site reliability engineering, developer productivity engineering.
This skill extends beyond continuous improvement. It focuses on integrating technical practices and collaborative methods, automation and lifecycle processes essential for system reliability, security and operational excellence.
Activities include, but are not limited to:
- establishing secure, reliable software lifecycle practices.
- developing a supporting framework of methods, tools, processes, procedures and skilled personnel.
- deploying this environment with teams responsible for developing and operating software and systems .
- building repeatable, reliable capabilities through trial, feedback, learning and continual evolution.
- adapting practices to specific products and services.
- defining, controlling and improving lifecycle processes.
- incorporating risk management, quality, security, privacy and safety.
- maximising automation.
- establishing architecture and design principles to support lifecycle processes.
- focusing on mission, value and customer needs.
- cultivating a culture of collaboration, learning, adaptation and resilience.
- integrating industry frameworks to guide improvements.
Level 3Apply
Provides support for implementing systems and software lifecycle practices by applying established methods and procedures.
Supports automation and continuous integration processes under direction.
Monitors and reports on the effectiveness of lifecycle management activities.
Contributes to the documentation and maintenance of lifecycle tools and practices.
Level 4Enable
Elicits requirements for systems and software lifecycle working practices and automation.
Prepares design options for the working environment of methods, procedures, techniques, tools and people.
Selects systems and software lifecycle working practices for software components and micro-services.
Deploys automation to achieve well-engineered and secure outcomes.
Level 5Ensure, advise
Collaborates with those responsible for ongoing systems and software lifecycle management to select, adopt and adapt working practices.
Supports deployment of the working environment for systems and software lifecycle working practices.
Provides effective feedback to encourage development of the individuals and teams responsible for systems and software lifecycle working practices.
Provides guidance and makes suggestions to support continual improvement and learning approach.
Contributes to identifying new domains within the organisation where systems and software lifecycle working practices can be deployed.
Level 6Initiate, influence
Obtains organisational commitment to strategies to deliver systems and software lifecycle working practices to achieve business objectives.
Works with others to integrate organisational policies, standards and techniques across the full software and systems lifecycle.
Develops and deploys the working environment supporting systems and software lifecycle practices for strategic, large and complex products and services.
Leads activities to manage risks associated with systems and software lifecycle working practices.
Plans and manages the evaluation or assessment of systems and software lifecycle working practices
Level 7Set strategy, inspire, mobilise
Represents and leads systems and software lifecycle working practices at the highest level in the organisation.
Identifies opportunities for innovation in systems and software lifecycle working practices to achieve organisational goals and objectives.
Leads the essential cultural and environmental changes and communicates the benefits to all stakeholders.
Oversees the quality of the work performed and delivers measurable business benefits.
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