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WE ALSO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF PROJECT SUPPORT SERVICES. Learn more about THESE by selecting from the links below...

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it outlines our complete project management service profile, including training, consultancy and specialist services.

Project Management Maturity Assessment

If you are considering a review of your organisation's capability or use of the APM's competence framework we can help.

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proselect - Selection and Assessment Centre

Assessing Individual’s Development Needs
In most cases your organisation will manage projects utilising the collective experience of each individual in the project team, these people may have a collection of other qualifications.  Edison firmly believe that there is little point in repetitive proselectdevelopment and will therefore use a range of approaches to identify each individuals specific development needs.
 
Approach to Individual Assessment
There are several choices we can make in assessing your people;

  • One to one interviews using members of our consultant team, most of whom are experienced project managers in a variety of business environments. Interviewers are trained to identify competency elements in individuals and map these to best practice international standards.

  • Questionnaires that we have developed are constructed to identify capability and are mapped to the APM Body of Knowledge (BoK). Each individual receives a full feedback report outlining their existing skill set in relation to each section of the BoK.  The report is in an easy to read format using spider plots and bulleted information together with a full summary of personal development recommendations.

  • Edison proselect is a two day assessment centre which can be used to either recruit new project managers or assess project managers against 30 elements of capability. proselect is more commonly used to assess or select more experienced project managers over the complete life cycle of the project. A comprehensive report is produced on each individual showing evidence of capability and comprehensive feedback on areas for improvement.
  • Specific psychometric instruments that will test specific areas of strength and development needs.  These may be in areas such as leadership, team roles, emotional intelligence or conflict management.  proselectThese questionnaires are administered by qualified occupational psychologists to ensure that all analysis and feedback is conducted in the most effective way possible.

What assessment method works best?
It is common for us to use a combination of assessment tools depending on the objectives of the process. Tools choice used for assessment may differ from those used in the selection process or training needs. Whatever we decide you can be assured that the decisions made, based on the information obtained from the assessment process, will be the best possible.

In response to the assessment process Edison can then provide full ongoing support.  This may take the form of specific training courses to supplement existing skills and knowledge and coaching or mentoring to develop more advanced skill sets. We will help you make the best decisions and ultimately ensure that your project managers become better at managing projects, managing people and managing your business...

SUPPORTING YOUR PROJECTS:

proselect If you are either ptutting your project team together or looking at ways in which you can develop the performance of your existing team Edison's
pro-select can help. Through the use of diagnostic tools and dynamic feedback and reporting, your teams individual and collective strengths become visible.

So before you make the next decision about your team contact us to find out how pro-assess or pro-select can help.
The higher the level of a project's complexity, the greater the impact of outstanding individual performance on the success criteria. Top project managers can add or destroy huge economic value, and the higher the level, the higher the leverage - so the higher the impact. We are talking about "hard" results such as improved project performance from higher productivity, increased efficiency and lowered costs as well as "softer" results as increased morale and motivation, greater cooperation, lower turnover and loss of talent.  Need help? Talk to one of our support team. team

WHAT IS XCHANGE?

xchangeXCHANGE is an event facilitation method that provides the complete solution to managing the output of your meetings and workshops. Whether it is a project start up, vendor appraisal or business case analysis you only get one chance to ensure that all contributions have been evaluated in the best way possible and that decisions and actions you are now going to take are the best you can possibly achieve.

apm corporate accreditation using edison's pro-assessPMMA

APM have launched corporate accreditation. Achieving APM Corporate Accreditation will help your organisation stand out as an exemplar in the development of project management professionals. It provides assurances to your customers and suppliers and allows you to attract and retain the best project management talent in the country.

But how does your organisation measure up? well that's where Edison Personal Development can help. Our pro-assess competency and benchmarking process can help your organisation get fit for accreditation. Developed directly from the APM's Body of Knowledge and also recently updated to take account of the APM's competency framework, pro-assess will help your organisation identify not only how it will measure up to the APM's accreditation standards but how it will also compare to our increasing data from organisations that have recently used pro-assess from a wide range of industries.

View a sample of our benchmarking report