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Assessment Tools
ESI Assessment tools can help your organisation to measure individual employees and overall Project Management capabilities to target areas where training is needed.
Once the needs are determined and the training delivered, ESI will
help your organisation to best implement these new practices, processes
and tools into everyday project work and will ensure the transfer
knowledge is happening effectively.
1. PMAppraise® and BAAppraise® Assessment Tools
Your organisation’s project teams are made up of a wide variety
of team members who bring varying experience and knowledge to the
table and possess certain skill sets. Knowing each person’s comprehension
of standard project management methods, tools and techniques as
they relate to your projects can give you a clear picture of potential
training needs.
After completion, the assessment is scored automatically; and summaries
of the team results are sent to managers. The group summary report
from ESI provides a “snapshot” of a team’s project management and business analysis knowledge
level. ESI’s expert consultants are available to help you translate
the report into a tailored training programme for your organisation
or can recommend public classes for individuals.
By benchmarking the existing knowledge level of an individual or
team, you can readily target classroom training to employees’ learning
needs and, therefore, can speed the development of job related competencies.
With ESI’s PMAppraise®: A Knowledge and Skills Assessment,
you can evaluate your employees’ training needs and then select
the professional development programme that will both benefi t your
employees and yield the highest return for your training budget.
PMAppraise® is a complete assessment tool that:
- Measures knowledge of project management best practices
- Compiles a comprehensive report that provides an overall
picture of any knowledge gaps
- Offers an accompanying resource guide that recommends
appropriate courses and books
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With ESI’s BAAppraise®: A Knowledge Appraisal, you
can evaluate your employees’ business analysis training needs and
then select the professional development programme that will yield
the highest return for your training budget.
A team of experienced professionals and practitioners developed
a competency model for business analysts after spending three years
analysing this emerging role. BAAppraise® gives you a complete assessment
tool that measures knowledge of the eight competency areas as defined
by the BA Competency Model:
- IT Fluency
- Eliciting Requirements
- Building the Business Requirements Document
- Business Process Reengineering
- Structured Analysis
- Object-Oriented Analysis
- Designing Testing Strategies
- User Support
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2. PM360: A PM Competency Assessment™
PM360: A PM Competency Assessment™ is a
360-degree project management assessment that helps you examine
your employees’ abilities from every angle.
With PM360™ you can:
- Gather essential information about the project manager’s strengths and
weaknesses
- Identify and develop your best performers
- More effectively assign projects throughout your staff
- Identify the training your staff needs to improve their capabilities
PM360™ allows you to collect information about individual
performance in the following areas:
- Organisation and Industry Acumen
- Process Expertise
- Customer Focus
- Team Leadership
- Communication
- Personal Effectiveness
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3. Health Check
This is a one day, onsite assessment whereby an ESI consultant
will interview a cross-section of the PM community to gauge how
they are carrying out the various PM functions, ask to see documented
proof of which tools are being used and what processes, etc. By
the end of the day, he will be in a position to report back to the
company how well the project community is performing, how much they
have implemented, and recommend what more may need to be done.
4. State of Project Management Assessment (SoPMA)
ESI’s State of Project Management Assessment (SoPMA) is a
consulting exercise performed by our vastly experienced Project
Mangement consultants. This is a detailed assessment in which
we hold up your organisations current practices, processes
and tools against the industry standard for “Best Practice”,
as defined by the Project Management Institute (PMI®).
Assessment
Scope of the Engagement
The assessment requires participation of project members at
all levels, from sponsors and stakeholders right through to
project team members. Via a series of interviews by ESI consultants,
we are able to discern current individual and organisational
capabilities within your project management community.
Technical Approach
The following steps are performed to evaluate, analyse and
report on the current State of Project Management at the client’s
organisation.
1 - Conduct Initial On-Site Meeting
ESI’s consultants, who are highly experienced in the performance
of organisational assessments relative to project management,
will travel to the client organisation’s premises to conduct
an in-briefing for the purpose of reviewing the schedule of
assessment activities to be accomplished, become acquainted
with the clients participants, and gain familiarity with the
client’s facilities and meeting locations.
2 - Assess Current Project
Management Practices
Following the initial meeting, a series of interviews with
a crosssection of your Project Management community will be
conducted. Using a “Best Practice” structured diagram of the
project management life cycle, ESI’s experts will evaluate:
- The current organisational and management support in conducting
projects
- The current level of upper management involvement in project
management activities
- The nature of project support provided by functional organisations
- The responsibilities for elements of project success held
by these managers
- The current participation in project selection activities
and the techniques used by various levels of management
- The need for management information and oversight desired
by the client’s functional and senior managers. The ESI team
will conduct a departure meeting on the final day of our visit
to provide insight to initial assessment findings. State of
Project Management Assessment (SoPMA)
3 - Prepare Assessment Report
and Recommendations
Our expert consultant will prepare a report on the findings
of the assessment for delivery to the client that identifies
its current state of project management. The report will outline
our findings regarding current project management practices
and the organisational structure that supports project management
activities. It will also identify the differences between
our findings and best practice project management capabilities.
The report will conclude with our recommendations for further
actions, taking into account those already put into place,
that will enable the client to enhance organisational competency
and capability in project management.
4 - Conduct Presentation:
The State of Project Management
The ESI team will re-visit the client’s premises to conduct
a presentation of its assessment findings. This will be followed
by an open discussion and the further presentation of ESI’s
proposed solution to address the weaknesses that surface in
the report.
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