PPSO Staff Competences

What are they?

What should they be?

John Zachar, FAPM

Product Development Manager
Association for Project Management
Ibis House, Regent Park
Summerleys Road
Princes Risborough, Bucks., HP27 9LE
Ph 0845 458 1944 Fax 0845 458 8807
e-mail: john.zachar@apm.org.uk
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Disclaimer
This is me!
Im here using my PPSO SIG me.
Its my knowledge, built up over
a number of years (far too many to mention) and
expressing my own beliefs, not necessarily those
of the APM. However, I do have an ulterior motive.
APM is refreshing their BoK and CF. Im in the
thick of it, and I want to include PSO staff
competences in the CF. I may not be successful,
but until I know what they are . . . . . . . .
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People and Skills

(P3O roles and competencies)
People in a PSO come from many places, and develop
themselves in many ways.

Skills / competencies

Buddying / Mentors

Career development

Coaching

Secondments

Specific recruitment or
induction

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P3M3
Project
Programme
Portfolio
Management
Maturity
Model
Level 1 - initial process

Level 2 - repeatable process

Level 3 - defined process
Level 4 - managed process
Level 5 - optimised process

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P3M3 Stages & Processes

Processes

Maturity Levels

Project definition
1
Programme management awareness
2

Business case development

Programme organisation
Transition management
Information management
Organisational focus
Process definition

Training, skills & competency development

Integrated management & reporting

Lifecycle control
Inter-group co-ordination & networking
Quality assurance
Centre of Excellence (COE) role deployment

Management metrics
Quality management
Organisational cultural growth
Capacity management

Level 3 - defined process

Proactive problem management
Technology management

Continuous process improvement

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Competence Frameworks

IPMA

PMI

APM
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Roles & Responsibilities

Thanks to the P3O

manual amongst other things
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Skills, Behaviours & Per Quals

On the back of each role

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Role Marking Sheet

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Interactive session process

Facilitators / Table leaders

Discuss the role (10 mins)
What competences are required for that
role?  or add if not listed

Complete Role Marking Sheet and
pass to JZ

2 people on each table, change tables
(not facilitators)

Next role

Etc.
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John Zachar
Product Development Manager
john.zachar@apm.org.uk
(01844 271 659)

Questions
and

answers

Association for Project Management

Ibis House, Regent Park
Summerleys Road
Princes Risborough, Bucks., HP27 9LE
Ph 0845 458 1944 Fax 0845 458 8807
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