A competency framework helps organizations establish clear role requirements, create transparent career pathways, and design effective learning, development, and talent management programs.
The Professional Competency Modeling process includes the following stages:
- Review of organizational documentation, including the company structure, job descriptions, and departmental regulations
- Collection of insights from internal subject matter experts (SMEs) through interviews and focus groups
- Interviews with external subject matter experts possessing industry-specific expertise beyond the client's organization
- Benchmarking findings against industry standards and best practices
- Preparation of the professional competency framework for review and approval
- Development of competency indicators and validation of the final professional competency framework
- Job profiling by defining the required proficiency levels for each competency within the developed framework
Professional Knowledge Assessments are automated testing solutions designed to evaluate specialized technical and professional knowledge. They are fully tailored to an organization's requirements and can be deployed as an ongoing assessment tool.
Professional knowledge assessments can be delivered either through the client's own online platform or via ANCOR's PLANKA platform.
Depending on project requirements, development may involve university faculty members, external industry practitioners with relevant expertise, management consultants, or internal subject matter experts (experienced employees, managers, and technical specialists with deep domain knowledge).
The Professional Knowledge Assessment Development service includes the following stages:
- Definition of technical specifications, including assessment format, question types, difficulty level, number of test items, and platform deployment requirements;
- Identification and selection of information sources, including documentation and internal/external subject matter experts;
- Development of assessment questions in accordance with the approved technical specifications;
- Review, validation, and refinement of the assessment content;
- Organization and administration of a pilot assessment;
- Analysis of pilot results and implementation of necessary revisions;
- Delivery of a validated and pilot-tested question bank.
We continuously monitor changes in legislation and professional standards across different industries. When required, we recommend conducting a review of the assessment content to ensure ongoing compliance and updating the question bank accordingly.
