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PM01 Manage Stakeholder Relationships PM02 Manage Development of the Plan for the Project PM03 Manage Project Progress PM04 Manage Product Acceptance PM05 Manage Project Transitions PM06
Evaluate and Improve Project Performance
Each of these units is further broken down in detail and has associated competencies. PMI Project Manager Competency Development Framework (PMCDF)
The PMCDF provides an overall view of the skills and behaviours one would need to develop competence as a project manager (Project Management Institute, 2007). It provides a framework for the definition, assessment and development of project management competence. The framework also defines the key dimensions of competence and identifies those competencies that are most likely to impact project management performance. The framework outlines the key dimensions of competency and identifies those competencies that are most likely to impact performance (Pellegrinelli and Garagna, 2009).
Shao (2006) offers the following brief description of the PMCDF:
1. Three project management competency dimensions are defined as Knowledge, Performance and Personal. These dimensions are further divided into four levels, i.e. Unit of Competence, Competency Cluster, Element which is specific to each competency cluster and Performance Criterion which is specific to each element.
2. The Knowledge and Performance Competence dimensions draw upon the nine knowledge areas as well as the five project management process groups as outlined in the PMBOK® Guide (Project Management Institute, 2008).
3. The Competency Scorecard is used for self-assessment and identification of training needs.
4. This framework is not used to select project managers due to the limitation of understanding of the relative weighting that must be applied to each of the elements.
Figure 1 is a graphical depiction of the PMCDF. The green indicates a competent project manager, implying that project managers must be fully competent in all three dimensions. The red indicates the current competency of a project manager. The distance between the red and green indicates competency gaps that need to be addressed.
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Personal Figure 1: PMCD Framework THE DISPARITY BETWEEN PROJECT SUCCESS AND PROJECT MANAGERS' COMPETENCIES 1109