Project Management and Business Analysis Assessment Tools for the Individual

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By measuring the existing knowledge and skill levels of an individual or team, learning can be readily targeted to employees’ needs, and therefore, can speed the development of job-related competencies.

Your organisation’s business analysis and project teams are made up of a wide variety of team members who bring varying skill sets to the table. Knowing each person’s grasp of standard business analysis methods, tools and techniques will give you a clear picture of potential training needs. With ESI’s BAAppraise® & PMAppraise®, 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.

Your own development needs and requirements for job performance are typically broken into three areas: knowledge & skills, abilities and behaviours.

• Knowledge and skills are elements that are taught in educational and training programmes and focus on the content areas of a job.
• Abilities, generally, are personal characteristics that are refined over time by the individual’s actual performance of his or her job.
• Behaviours may be learned in a classroom setting, however, making them second nature usually takes time, practice and experience.

ESI’s PMAppraise® / BAAppraise® are complete assessment tools that:

• Measure knowledge of best practices, as well as the knowledge areas of the PMBOK® Guide/ BABOK® Guide
• Compile a comprehensive group summary report that provides an overall picture of individuals and the group as a whole
• Provide recommendations for learning activities to help bridge knowledge gaps

Both the individual and group summary reports give you detailed information that:

• Summarises your individual or organisation’s results based on the best practices and the PMBOK® / BABOK® Guide knowledge areas
• Compares your results against other professionals in the project management industry
• Prioritises group and individual learning needs based on the mappings to key project management topics