PM Rapid Assess™

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Rapid Assess

Rapid Assess
Online Assessment Duration: 45-60mins
Cost: Price on Application

PM Rapid Assess is a baseline and gap analysis tool used by organisations around the world to help understand where they are today in terms of competency as a group and identify where each individual within the group is particularly strong or in need of assistance.

PM Rapid Assess can be implemented immediately within any organisation in any industry. PPG have successfully implemented PM Rapid Assess in Engineering & Construction, Banking & Finance, Management Consulting, Telecommunications, Energy and IT organisations in Australia and abroad.

PM Rapid Assess can be used to assess any number of candidates ranging from 5 to 500 or more. Each assessment takes approximately 60-90mins to complete. Results are made available to the candidate online immediately.

Once all individual assessments are completed PPG produces a corporate report summarising the group results and breaks the data down providing management with multiple views of the data at the different layers.

The web-based assessment is a three part assessment

  1. Experience
  2. Knowledge
  3. Skills & Behaviours

Experience

  • General experience questions
    • For example "How many years project management experience do you have?", "How many years business analysis experience do you have", "How many projects do you ordinarily manage at any one time?" Questions are fully (and easily) customisable.
  • Training courses attended
    • Training courses offered by the client organisation in the past or general courses can be specified. The system asks for completion or equivalents and in which year. This section is fully (and easily) customisable.
  • Qualifications
    • A list of qualifications and certifications is provided. Candidates are asked to identify which they hold and in which year they were obtained. For Example: PMP, AIPM RegPM, Bachelor, Masters of Project Management, CBAP. This section is fully (and easily) customisable.

Knowledge Assessments

The knowledge assessment consists of a set of randomly generated multiple choice questions that assesses knowledge of accepted Project Management terminology and concepts. There are several tests to choose from or alternatively they can be customised to your organisational requirements.

  • At the completion of the knowledge test candidates are presented with their summary results (sample provided in Appendix B) on screen. The results detail the candidate's
    • Score out of 100
    • Target score
    • Suggested development by either Reading and/or Training
    • If reading is suggested a reference will be provided based on the individual questions that were answered incorrectly
    • Specific training course recommendations are not made to the individual; these are made to the client organisation as part of the corporate reporting. This is done to maintain control of candidate expectations and training expenditure.
  • Several knowledge tests are available, and additional tests can be created or customised
Topic Reference Units
Project Management PMI PMBoK®Guide 2008 Integration
Scope
Time
Cost
Quality
HR
Communications
Risk
Procurement
Project Management Various Change Management
Benefits Management
Project Management APMBoK V5.0 Project Management and Context
Planning and Strategy
Executing and Strategy
Techniques
Business and Commercial
Organisation and Governance
People and Profession
Project Management PRINCE2 2009 General Question on Prince2
Initiating a Project
Directing a Project
Controlling a Stage
Managing Product Delivery
Managing Stage Boundaries
Closing a Project
Planning
Risk
Project Management PMI Program Management Standard 2008 Program Integration Management
Program Scope Management
Program Time Management
Program Communications Management
Program Risk Management
Program Procurement Management
Program Financial Management
Program Stakeholder Management
Program Governance
Business Analysis IIBA BABoK V2.0 BA Fundamentals
BA Planning & Monitoring
Elicitation
Requirements Management & Communications
Enterprise Analysis
Requirements Analysis
Solution Assessment & Validation
Techniques

Skills Assessment

The skills assessment is based on existing performance based standards. Performance based standards are designed to assess "what" people do while performing the role of project manager or business analyst.

  • At the completion of the skills assessment candidates are presented with their results (sample provided in Appendix B) on screen. The results detail
    • Their competency score
    • Their target score
    • Suggested development by either Training and/or Work Experience
    • Specific training course recommendations are not made to the individual; these are made to the client organisation as part of the corporate reporting. This is done to maintain control of candidate expectations and training expenditure.
  • The skills assessment is available in several different formats. The following provides some details of the topics and reference for each option.
Topic Reference Units
Project Management GAPPS Global Project Manager Manage Stakeholder Relationships
Manage Development of the Plan for the Project
Manage Project Progress
Manage Product Acceptance
Manage Project Transitions
Evaluate and Improve Project Performance
Project Management Australian National Standards for Project Management Integration
Scope
Time
Cost
Quality
HR
Communications
Risk
Procurement
Project Management Various Change Management
Benefits Management
Project Management APM Competency Framework Technical Competencies
Behavioural Competencies
Contextual Competencies
Project Management PRINCE2 2009 Starting Up a Project
Initiating a Project
Directing a Project
Planning
Controlling a Stage
Managing Product Delivery
Managing Stage Boundaries
Closing a Project
Project Management IPMA ICB Technical Competencies
Behavioural Competencies
Contextual Competencies
Project Management PMI PMCDF Performance Competencies
  • Initiating a Project
  • Planning a Project
  • Executing a Project
  • Monitoring & Controlling a Project
  • Closing a Project
Personal Competencies
  • Communicating
  • Leading, Managing
  • Cognitive Ability
  • Effectiveness
  • Professionalism
Project Management GAPPS Draft Program Manager Standards Provide Leadership for the Program
Manage Stakeholder Relationships
Craft the Program
Orchestrate Delivery of Benefits
Sustain Program Progress
Direct Contract
Business Analysis Australian National Standards Gather data to identify business requirements
Model data processes
Translate business needs into technical requirements
Develop detailed test plan
Perform unit test for a class
Develop and conduct user acceptance test
Lead and manage teams
Implement process re-engineering strategies in an organisation

Reports

Summary results for candidates are available on-line immediately detailing

  • The candidate's results for the knowledge assessment scores
  • The candidate's results for the competency assessment scores
  • Suggested Development Plan from a Gap Analysis