The exercise calls for you to form an assessment of yourself as a possible project manager and then to, if at all possible, confirm it with another person

May 28, 2014 0 Comment

The following items will be assessed in particular:

The degree to which you have carried out the assignment completely, or clarified why you could not and investigated alternatives
Your ability to describe your experiences clearly and draw conclusions from them, not just narrate events
Your ability to focus on the overall purposes of the assignment, not just its specific steps
Your use of some in-text references to what you have read, where appropriate; please cite all sources properly

When you have completed the assessment, to the degree that you are able to, think about it for a bit; then prepare a short paper describing the following:

a brief summary of your experience taking the assessment, noting anyone else who was involved and what you did (if possible, attach a copy of your actual instrument)
the areas that emerged from the assessment as your particular strengths, as shown on the assessment instrument that you’re attaching
any areas that emerged from the assessment as areas in which you would like to strengthen your competence, also as shown on the assessment instrument that you’re attaching
anything that surprised you about the results of this assessment, if anything
what specific steps you could take to strengthen your project management competence — be as specific as you can, in the interests of getting the most value from the exercise for yourself
your overall opinion of this instrument as a measure of project management competence — what it measures well, anything that you believe it does not measure well or at all

It is really important that you get a second opinion about your skills from someone who knows you, preferably in the work context. If for some reason you can’t get a second opinion as part of this exercise, be sure that you explain well why it’s not possible.