PE Award Assessors Trainings 2010
IPMA Award Management Board is organizing two PE Award Assessors Trainings in 2010:

• Frankfurt (Germany) on 12-14 February 2010
• Beijing (China) on 4-6 December 2009.

In order to apply for the training please fill in and send to the Award Office (award@ipma.ch) the assessors training application form.
The assessors training application forms for the training in Frankfurt are collected by 10th of January 2010. The list of training participants will be announced on 11th January 2010
The training fee for the potential assessors is 250 euro (Frankfurt) and 4800 RMB (Beijing). More information about training fee can be found in the application form.

Download application form

The assessors training is not obligatory only for those who:

• acted as an assessor in the year 2009

If you meet the above point and you are willing to act as an assessor in 2010 please contact the Award Office: award@ipma.ch

PE Award Assessors
The assessors are the heart of the assessment process. In each Project case four or five assessors work together on an application in accordance with the IPMA Project Excellence Model. The PE Award Assessors represent IPMA externally and are expected to be good ambassadors for IPMA in general and for the IPMA Project Excellence Award and project excellence in particular. The assessors are also the main point of contact with the applicant and have a key responsibility to establish good relationships with each client enabling a continuation and deepening of the relationship with IPMA at all levels (personal, organisational, “IPMA Project Excellence Award”, IPMA certification etc.).
 

Requirements for Award Assessors:

Each PE Award Assessor should cover the following requirements:

• Proactive participation in the assessors training workshops and successful completion of the test at the end of the assessors training (when active assessor: in every three years);
• To be a professional in project management, preferably possessing an IPMA certification or similar experience;
• To be above 30 years old
• To have an experience in working as a project manager: min 5 years
  or to have an experience in working as a consultant in project management: min 7 years
• To be a team player;
• To be flexible and open to new ways and procedures;
• To be tolerant for cultural diversity;
• To be reliable and diligent in carrying out all duties in the award process from start to end.

• Taking part in an assessor training session to get to know the IPMA Project Excellence Model for assessing projects and to be prepared to be appointed as an Award Assessor;
• Gaining experience in dealing with the IPMA Project Excellence Model and in objectively assessing projects on the basis of an original application;
• Detailed insight to the acting activities of a project team, applying for the Award and discussion with them onsite about methods, plans, procedures, as well as matters of success and problems;
• Opportunity for discussions and exchange of views and experiences with well-experienced colleagues during the training and in the assessment team;
• Development of special capability to assess impartially the quality of a project and to make it comparable to others. This ability will be useful for the assessor, her/his company and customers;
• Opportunity to get first hand experiences of international benchmarks in project excellence and being able to compare it with own project experience;
• Establishing and becoming part of an international network of peers in the project management environment.
• Recognition as professional with a highest level of experience, trust and confidence.

• Self preparation: 2-3 days (the preparation for the training has to be of high quality so that the assessor can follow the discussions and perform actively in the working group sessions);
• Assessor Training: 2-4 days;
• Successful completion of the assessor’s training including the assessor's test.

First assessor's decision when participating in the Assessment Process:

• Individual assessment: 2-3 days (about 20 hours);
• Consensus meeting with the other assessors: 1/2 day (virtual or physical).

Second assessor's decision:

• Site visit: 2 or more days plus travel time (normally ½ day preparation, 1.5 day site visit and ½ day wrap-up);
• Consensus, Assessment and decisions – (before leaving the place of site visit the team must achieve a final consensus result and the main messages have to be given to the Award Jury).

• To contribute best quality of the expected deliverables at agreed dates;
• Not to drop-out before the end of the assessment process i.e. active participation in the whole assessment process (starting with the Individual Assessment till the preparation of the Benchmark Report);
• To be totally sincere and to provide strictly confidential work;
• To have no access to any third persons;
• Not to use any of the materials or information other than what would be formally agreed with the IAMBo and Award VP;
• To have no direct contact with the applicant before and after the Site visit (exception: travel and visa arrangements).