The Professional Competencies are displayed in detail below, however, a PDF version is also available to download.
Competency Level 1 - Explorer
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Underpinning |
► Has basic factual knowledge related to business agility |
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Agile |
► Can address very simple agile problems; requires assistance with unexpected problems |
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Business |
► Can organise own work ► Can carry out routine activities in an agile environment ► Has sufficient communication skills for effective teamwork and collaboration with colleagues |
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Personal |
► Follows code of conduct, ethics and organisational standards related to business agility ► Is aware of health and safety issues ► Complies with essential organisational and personal security practices |
Competency Level 2 - Practitioner
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Underpinning |
► Has basic knowledge and understanding of facts, procedures and ideas related to business agility |
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Agile |
► Can apply generic agile knowledge to solve straightforward problems ► May contribute to routine issue resolution using agile techniques |
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Business |
► Can use agile techniques and practices to organise and prioritise own work within an agile environment ► Can work with others using basic agile frameworks, tools, and processes ► Has sufficient communication skills for effective collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners |
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Personal |
► Contributes to identifying own development opportunities related to business agility |
Competency Level 3 - Master
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Underpinning |
► Has factual, procedural, and theoretical knowledge and understanding of business agility and its application within a field of work |
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Agile |
► Can use agility to address problems that while defined, may be complex and non-routine ► Uses discretion in identifying and responding to complex agile issues and assignments |
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Business |
► Can collaborate with others to work competently within a particular approach to prioritisation ► Works under general levels of empowerment and understands their level of authority within a particular scenario ► Can demonstrate delivery of business value |
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Personal |
► Identifies and negotiates own development opportunities related to business agility ► Can reflect on their personal engagement with business agility ► Able to successfully mentor others |
Catalyst
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Underpinning |
► Can apply their knowledge effectively in unfamiliar situations in the context of business agility and actively maintain own knowledge ► Understands and can evaluate different perspectives and frameworks related to business agility and justify their use in context |
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Agile |
► Is able coach and/or train agile frameworks in context ► Performs an extensive range and variety of complex technical and/or professional work activities using agile techniques ► Undertakes work which requires the application of fundamental values and principles related to business agility in a wide and often unpredictable range of contexts |
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Business |
► Can select appropriately from agile principles, frameworks and tools ► Can review and reflect on how effective agile approaches and actions have been ► Is able to build and develop effective teams, working in an agile environment ► Is able to deliver business value in a wide range of contexts within the organisation |
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Personal |
► Maintains an awareness of developing agile practices and their application and takes responsibility for driving own development ► Able to successfully coach others |
Thought Leader
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Underpinning |
► Promotes the application of generic and specific bodies of knowledge related to business agility in own organisation ► Has developed business knowledge of the activities and practices of own organisation and those of suppliers, partners, competitors and clients ► Critically analyses, interprets and evaluates complex information, concepts and theories related to business agility in order to produce modified conceptions |
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Agile |
► Performs highly complex work activities covering technical, financial and quality aspects of business agility ► Has advanced cognitive and practical skills to address problems in an agile way that have limited definition and involve many interacting factors ► Inspires the organisation with respect to business agility, and influences developments within the industry at the highest levels |
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Business |
► Demonstrates creativity, innovation and ethical thinking in applying agile solutions for the benefit of the customer/ stakeholder ► Leads on the formulation and implementation of strategy associated with business agility ► Makes decisions critical to organisational success ► Demonstrates thought leadership in context |
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Personal |
► Demonstrates good intellect, emotional intelligence, energy and an agile growth mindset ► Can recognise and promote these characteristics in others |