Key Competencies

Question 1

What is meant by “enabling decision making?”

Answer 1

Helping team members feel empowered from the stat of a project by making decision-making process collaborative.

Question 2

What is communicating and escalating?

Answer 2

Bringing up issues to the appropriate parties in an effective way, approaching with both the problem and potential solution or suggestions.

Question 3

What are some tools that demonstrate strong organizational skills?

Answer 3

-Planning and scheduling software (templates, workflows, calendars)
-Collaboration tools (email, collaboration software, dashboards)
-Documentation (files, plans, spreadsheets)
-Quality assurance tools (evaluations, productivity trackers, reports)

Question 4

What are some ways to show Flexibility?

Answer 4

-Assess external constraints-
-Plan for risks and challenges
-Calculate “float” in your schedule

Question 5

Name examples of an external constraints

Answer 5

-National holidays
-team members vacations or sick days
-Inevitable events

Question 6

How can you plan for risks and challenges?

Answer 6

-assess risks by looking at historical data
-coming up with a list of people who may be able to join the team if someone is unavailable
-Add float or slack to the schedule to help with resource management, scheduling, and keeping track of the project

Question 7

How can you handle ambiguity during a project?

Answer 7

-Keep calm
-Express empathy
-Communicate what you know clearly
-Make decisions and stick to them