Learning paths ‘70’

In the shoes of …Goal: Understand the role of senior managementMethod: Join one day a senior manager in his daily workDuration: One dayCompetency; leadership competenciesAvailability; not in learning curriculumDevelopment & action plan; HR/Learning decision and actionAvailable materials;

o Presentation on earlier ‘In the shoes of’ initiative in Lighting

o Presentation on earlier ‘In the shoes of’ initiative in CL

o Link to information outside Philipshttp://www.educationplanner.org/counselors/job-shadowing.shtml

Fly on the wallGoal: Understand how a peer project manager is dealing with his day-to-day responsibilitiesMethod: Join one day a peer project manager in his daily workDuration: One dayCompetency; functional and sector-specific competenciesAvailability; not in learning curriculumDevelopment & action plan; HR/Learning decision and actionAvailable materials;

o Link to Fly on the Wall training Healthcare: http://pww.healthcare.philips.com/apps/c_dir/e1450401.nsf/pages/flyonthewalltraining

Special assignmentGoal: Share project management capabilities with other departmentsMethod: Limited period assigned to another department in another country to improve the maturity of project management profession in that particular department; preferably cross sector for grades > 60Duration: Limited, 2 monthsCompetency; functional and sector specific competenciesAvailability; not in learning curriculumDevelopment & action plan; HR/Learning decision and action

Special task within another projectGoal: To become experienced in a specific knowledge areas of the PMI methodologyMethod: Execute a specific project management task, coached by responsible project managerDuration: Depending on the contentCompetency; functional competenciesAvailability; not in learning curriculumDevelopment & action plan; HR/Learning decision and action

Use expert knowledge for applying new (project management) methodologies Goal: Learn by applying expert knowledge inside the project teamMethod: By setting up the project team include an expert as team member external or internalDuration: Depending on contentCompetency; Functional competenciesAvailability; not applicableDevelopment & action plan; Organize within project.

Make use of co-appraiser of other /cross BL/BGGoal: Assess the maturity of the project management skills in another department/sectorMethod: Use fresh pair of eyes to perform the assessment and identify improvement opportunitiesDuration: NACompetency; leadership and functional competenciesAvailability; function in standard PPM, 360 degree feedback.Development & action plan; no action needed.

Peer-to-peer mentoringGoal: Coach for an individual project manager by someone of another department/sectorMethod: Use fresh pair of eyes to perform the assessment and identify improvement opportunitiesDuration: NACompetency; leadership and functional competenciesAvailability; unknown (coaching initiative status?)Development & action plan; HR and Learning decision and action. Role for PM Practice?Available materials;

o Links to information outside Philips; http://www.ccsf.edu/~mentor/HTML_Pages/PeerMentoring.html#Bottom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer_mentoring

Trainee ship for PMGTCompetency; leadership, sector specific and functional competenciesAvailability; unknownDevelopment & action plan; HR and Learning decision and action.

o Link to information from Philips Benelux

CL: succession planning Stretched assignmentGoal: Prepare for next career step Method: Complete an assignment outside your comfort zoneDuration: NACompetency; leadership and functional competenciesAvailability; unknownDevelopment & action plan; HR/Learning decision and action

o Link to information from Philips CTM Benelux