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Self Assessment
Every
project professional is recognised to have a unique capability.
PMSelect need to understand and appreciate this as a set of
competencies and professional experience. We seek to appreciate
the pattern of career that has been followed and the professional
strengths that have been acquired.
PMSelect
consultants have found that people vary in the capacity to
communicate their abilities as a project management and therefore
their value as a professional. This can be because the subject
has been too close to them or that articulating their story
is unfamiliar. We have developed a number of approaches to
overcome this and the Self Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ)
is one. Completing the SAQ draws-out their experience under
a series of project management headings.
Professionals,
as candidates and when undertaking a career review, (see
Career Pointers), have valued this tool for exploring
career options. They find that it helps them to see their
capability more objectively and can highlight their strengths
and learning needs. Often, they have not before considered
their professional work with such insight. We have found the
SAQ to be a valuable source of information and understanding
when conducting career reviews and when assessing candidates
for particular project executive or consultant appointments.
The following
lists topics from a typical SAQ
- Sector
and technical knowledge/aptitude
- Project
Management tools and techniques
- Deploying
multi-function/discipline teams
- Specifying
the solution
- Project
Planning and control
- Managing
the stakeholders
- Customer
relationships
- Delivering
contract profitability
(for work delivering value to an external customers)
- Delivering
organisation change
(for work delivering improved internal processes/structures/performance)
- Quality
and continuous improvement
- Identifying
and managing development needs of staff
- Problem
solving
- Promotion
of project working
- Use
of IT.
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