V Skill HF-D1.3-003 transversal 9 skills
Modelling and abstraction
Turns a real situation into a simplified representation, such as a diagram, formula or flow chart, with explicit assumptions and limits.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Work sample test, Portfolio
- Competency (50-framework)
- Conceptual thinking
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- rising
The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Fills in an existing diagram or template and names which part of the work belongs where. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Builds a diagram of a work process independently, names the assumptions and tests the model against real cases. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Develops models that several departments use, states their limits of validity and manages their versions and changes. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Creating a flow chart Flow chart · Process diagram | Turns a work process into a diagram with steps, decision points and outcomes that others can follow. | stable |
| V | Modelling a process in BPMN BPMN · Business process modelling | Records a business process in BPMN notation with roles, events and decision points in swim lanes. | stable |
| V | Mind mapping Mind mapping · Concept mapping | Works out a topic in a tree of main and side branches to make coherence visible. | stable |
| T | Building a calculation model in Excel Excel modelling · Financial model | Builds a spreadsheet model with input fields, formulas and outputs and documents the assumptions used. | stable |
| V | Documenting assumptions and model limits Model assumptions · Model limitations | Records with a model which assumptions apply and for which situations the model is not valid. | rising |
| V | Designing a conceptual data model Conceptual data model · ERD | Describes which entities, attributes and relations are needed to capture a reality in data. | rising |
| V | Constructing a decision tree Decision tree · Decision table | Records a choice process in a tree of conditions and outcomes so that like cases are treated alike. | stable |
| V | Choosing the level of abstraction Level of abstraction · Granularity | Determines how coarse or fine a representation must be for the question and the audience using it. | rising |
| V | Running a sensitivity analysis Sensitivity analysis · What if analysis | Varies the assumptions in a model and shows which assumption drives the outcome most strongly. | rising |