At the Planning and Scheduling Symposium he will be presenting: Project Planners and their unique value based judgements - a new approach to selection and development.
Assumptions of performance are typically based on knowledge and experience. Personality and psychometric test are also often used in attempting to predict performance but, whatever the measuring criteria; a crucial factor influencing either success or failure of any project is judgement.
Judgement involves much more than simply making decisions. Our own individual judgement is being continuously formed, shaped and developed as we grow. The change may be good or bad and it affects our values. Our judgement and our values influence our behaviour, choices and decisions. Judgment is a critical part of decision making, problem solving and interacting with one’s environment.
If judgement is a key factor in predicting success how can project planners benefit from measuring and developing their respective value based judgement? Additionally could this be an effective means of improving their professional development and in their future employability? If we can measure a set of value based judgements that have been benchmarked against actual performance indicators in a robust capability framework then we can predict future performance capacity and key factors for development.
We will consider over 70 different indicators as we develop this initiative and they will include factors of judgement such as: people skills, task and process ability, strategic capacity and even stress and energy issues that often block or degrade learning and performance.
Project Planners – Are they different?
Over the past 3 years work and research has been in progress to determine the value based judgements of those who work within the project field. This has included identifying common traits within high performers and mapping specific judgement indicators against the capability frameworks produced by the Academy for Project Management at Leeds University. The results have given a unique insight to specific qualities that a Project Planner will possess and which can be developed. Not only will this facilitate the ability to predict performance but it will also highlight areas for development in a very precise way, which makes the material an essential part of the development toolkit for project planners. Not surprisingly the profile and capability framework will be subtly different from those of a Project Manager or other role within the sector. Project Planners will be unique and require a unique approach to development and hiring consideration.
Capability Frameworks and Judgement Indicator Mapping
A capability framework identifies the finite detail of those capability areas required to perform within a specific role. If we take ‘Team and Collaborative Working’ as an example and then break that down into different human factors that make up the capability, we could find indicators that stretch beyond the typical ‘People Skill’ evaluation areas. These could include factors such as energy to deal with difficult situations, work ethic etc.
Having the means to identify and measure the key components that impact on the performance of that capability provides us with a great opportunity to improve an individual’s or a team’s capability with appropriate intervention, as well as calculating the risk in recruiting specific individuals.
What and Who – Judgement Index™
Judgement Index (UK) has taken the best practices and research developed over the past 40 years by its USA partners and translated them into research studies and development tools in a range of environments within the UK including Government, Corporate, Sport and Military. Our material and training is supported by a highly qualified group of academics and trainers who have unique experience in the understanding and application of ‘Value Based Judgement’. The Judgement Index provides usable information and processes for predicting performance and developing areas of weakness and risk.
What is the Judgment Index? It was researched and created by Nobel nominated Dr Robert Hartman and is a tool that enables the measurement, monitoring and improving, in quantifiable terms, an individual’s capacity for good judgement. It works by asking an individual, based on their unique personal value system, to rank two sets of 18 selections from best to worst. Even though it only takes about 15 minutes to complete, the logic and mathematics used to score the Index are highly sophisticated. The resulting assessment creates 70 plus indicator patterns that are used to identify strengths or areas in need of development.
What does the Judgement Index measure? Data can easily be sifted to highlight the key relevant attributes for specific roles: project planners, managers or leaders. The assessments of individuals who are top performers will be similar in any social setting, whereas the assessments of individuals or groups who are experiencing work stress, personal stress, job dissatisfaction or who may be a risk within a given environment will highlight the potential problem issues.
Who should try the Judgement Index?
Those project planners who are conscious and strong enough to look deep inside them for the purpose of raising self-awareness.
Those project planners who wish to have their value based judgement indictors measured against a framework that matches the very best in their sector.
Those project planners who seek cutting edge material and support from which to develop themselves towards the performance standards that elite Project Planners achieve.
Those Project Planners who believe they have what it takes to succeed and are motivated and creative enough to invest in themselves.
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