tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74168729481207871162024-03-18T09:47:46.316+00:00The KnowledgeSmart BlogLeading developer of online skills assessment tools for CAD, BIM and Engineering software tools - used by AEC firms everywhere! www.knowledgesmart.netKnowledgeSmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839078716568780898noreply@blogger.comBlogger240125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-85388229674627212412019-01-29T22:18:00.001+00:002019-01-29T22:18:22.627+00:00Collaborate With Confidence - Build Your Updated Skills Inventory in 2019
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<span style="color: #444444;">If we are going to see improvement in project collaboration all stakeholders will need to start interacting much earlier on. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Collaborating using Autodesk Revit software for example requires a specific skillset e.g. interference checking, model linking, working with worksets, understanding the copy/monitor tool and more.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Within a couple of minutes, KnowledgeSmart administrators can build an assessment in KnowledgeSmart focusing around assessing their team on these specific aspects. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">Having access to up to date skills inventories across all participating companies can help build a successful team that is adept at working together. It can also help assess suitability for collaboration and where collaboration should take place ideally. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">One of the biggest costs of projects is waste and I am not just referring to physical waste. Wasted resources and poor resource planning can cost companies millions.</span></div>
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The above image shows the results from two firms looking to collaborate. Visual slicers on the right include: company name, certificated training (yes or no), 2Yrs+ Project Experience (Yes/No), Current Project Focus, Project Manager, Elapsed Time and Hire Date. We can assess collaboration suitability and even map out optimal project teams.</div>
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The above visualisation uses a radar chart to compare the skills gaps across two companies. The process involves focusing on the skills that the project needs. If the skill gaps are too considerable for training to solve, at this point, the project management team would consider collaborating with a further company or hiring internally focussing on the relevant skills required. Using the 5 unique datafields that KnowledgeSmart allows you to capture our analysis contains richer data. In this case: office location, hire date, project area focus, years of project experience and certificated training (yes or no).</div>
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The above image shows a slightly different way of looking at skill gaps across the collaborating companies and these can be analysed according to current team structure or even on an individual bases. </div>
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Using the same filters as described above we can now also identify the best possible project mentors between the two companies. Who are the people that can offer the most support to teams on either side of the collaboration? </div>
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All these visualisations can easily be added to a dashboard that can be shared across the management team and stakeholders so that improved, more insightful decisions can be made very early on.</div>
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KnowledgeSmart can help companies collaborate with more confidence both internally and externally.<span style="color: #444444;"> This will identify potential risks and problems early on and make sure the right people are assigned to the right elements of the right project.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461976147821752588noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-58160967776964787792018-12-17T12:57:00.000+00:002018-12-17T12:57:13.131+00:00New BIM360 Assessment Collection in Development<br />
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We have recently had our annual technical workshop in Bath and future library content is always on the agenda.<br />
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As the AEC (architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry requires a flexible configuration to cater for multiple disciplines collaborating across sites, companies and geographical locations, it requires design tools that can support such setup.<br />
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BIM 360 covers all aspects of a construction project, enabling project managers, subcontractors, designers, architects, and other construction management professionals to have total control over the processes and phases of their project. From conceptualization and design all the way to the commissioning and handover, BIM 360 has all the solutions and the tools to help you and your team perform to your optimum best.<br />
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The below list of features will help guide us on developing this new content but we will also be focusing on assessing a user's knowledge of best practice workflows.<br />
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If you want to give any input as this new assessment collection take shape please feel free to email us <a href="mailto:info@knowledgesmart.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461976147821752588noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-28768543820262499132018-12-17T12:34:00.000+00:002018-12-17T12:34:26.304+00:00KnowledgeSmart Skills Matrix Update<br />
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With the new KnowledgeSmart skills matrix tool (currently under development) you will be able to capture the Qualifications, Certifications and Skill Levels of your staff in defined topics.<br />
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“Skills” is a collective term for an individual’s knowledge, qualifications, certifications and abilities. The Skills Record is populated from a Skills Survey, which is built using the Survey tool.<br />
Surveys can easily be created which are purely Skills related. Skills specific Modules are assembled from the Skills Library questions. The construction of the Survey can be related to the role of the User. This way a Designer may receive a different Skill Survey compared to a Project Manager<br />
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You will have the ability to issue multiple Skills Surveys. For example, one on Engineering Software Skills, one on Microsoft software, one on Business Skills, etc. <br />
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This information will be used to,<br />
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2. Identify strengths and weaknesses in staff Skill levels. This should inform training needs, and ensure training investments are made in the correct area<br />
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The benefits of the KnowledgeSmart skills matrix will stretch from the individual to the team, the organization and even to external clients.<br />
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So just where will you start? Identifying the core set of skills your project demands or team needs is a fundamental step to any skills matrix process.<br />
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When creating your list, include:<br />
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<li><b>Future skills or experience:</b> Skills or experience that your team will need in the future as you plan to use new approaches or tools.</li>
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The first phase is then to issue a skills survey whereby you ask the individual team members to provide feedback as to how they rate themselves on these skills.<br />
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There are a number of different scales available but the most common one seems to be a 5-point scale<br />
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We hope to give you a little flexibility in designing your own scale.<br />
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Your skills defined in the first phase will help you structure your actual competency assessment.<br />
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This would be the skills assessment process already in place within your KnowledgeSmart admin dashboard.<br />
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The third phase is an interesting one and often overlooked. A KnowledgeSmart Skills Survey question can also be used to get information on the User’s interest level in a Skill. For example, a question on Revit Architecture competency could be followed by one on Revit Architecture level of interest, and/or desire for training.When people enjoy what they are doing productivity tends to rise speedily.<br />
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We hope to have a way to allow a User’s Manager to approve the User’s self rating. A Skills Record will be created and stored for each KS User. It will be accessible though the KS Admin and User Dashboard, and through a Team Page or Dashboard for a Manager. Once this information is available the results can be populated on a matrix. Users will be able to log in to update Skills Surveys or view Skills Survey results.</div>
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What we are hoping to achieve with the new development is to build a bridge between the above results and actual skills assessment results. We have found it very often that a user's understanding of his own skill level is very different from actual results. Managers will then gain new insight in looking at the combination of the assessment result as well as the skills survey. <br />
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From a reporting perspectice the outputs we hope to deliver include a Skills Matrix, People or Talent Finder, Heat Maps and related charts. And in light of our big focus on Microsoft PowerBI we will also make sure there is a PowerBI friendly export.<br />
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The better the data the better the insight. We will keep you updated but hope to have this development live within the first quarter of 2019.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461976147821752588noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-45767535464201619912018-09-12T13:47:00.000+01:002018-09-12T13:51:38.683+01:00Critical MS Excel Areas to Test – Prior to Hiring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I recently came across a great article by <a href="https://www.goskills.com/Excel/Articles/Excel-essentials">Kat Boogaard from GoSkills</a> which goes through six critical things any Microsoft Excel user should know how to do.</div>
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According to a course curriculum structured by the <a href="https://www.coursera.org/instructor/~5180246">Macquarie University taught by Dr. Yvonne Breyer</a>, Director, Learning and Teaching the following skills would be essential to master their beginners <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/excel-essentials">Excel Skills for Business Specialization</a>:<br />
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I am sure we can all agree that Microsoft Excel is one of the most widely used business tools today and with it becoming increasingly important to isolate the data needed as fast as possible.</div>
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During a typical interview, the panel might prompt the candidate to elaborate on their current Excel skills and possibly examples of projects they have worked on. The response from the candidate is entirely subjective and based on self-perception.</div>
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Imagine you could include a well-designed skills assessment as part of the evidence you gather to evaluate for feasibility, acceptability, and desirability. A skills assessment based on these 6 critical areas highlighted by Kat Boogard and Macquarie University?</div>
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KnowledgeSmart skills assessments are valid: they measure what they are supposed to measure. Our Microsoft Excel (amongst other) assessments offer two levels, i.e., fundamentals and advanced. From the results of these assessments, an employer or potential employer would easily be able to ascertain who has a good understanding of the program and who doesn't. Two elements are reported namely score (accuracy) and elapsed time (the time the candidate took to complete the assessment, module or specific question). </div>
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The one area that I particularly like is that independent skills assessments do not discriminate between people based on anything other than their ability to demonstrate and apply their skills.</div>
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The next time you are facing a possible new hire consider including an independent skills assessment as part of your decision matrix analysis. KnowledgeSmart skills assessments are entirely customisable which means the assessment can be adapted to your exact requirements. There are also some unique datafields that allows administrators to personalise the background data captured.</div>
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<span style="color: #444444;">We use KnowledgeSmart to enable our clients to recruit smarter candidates and to prove their ability; we find that it ensures better outcomes. By replacing guesswork with the KnowledgeSmart skills assessment, our clients know precisely how and where their candidates will add value to their organisation before they hire them.</span></h4>
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I am sure we are all in agreement that your employees, your people, are the company's most important asset. Sadly many companies place a lot of emphasis on their recruitment and interview process, and the investment stops there. Most people are expected to just get on with it. Employees only meet expectations when they are clear about what's expected and connected to the short to medium-term goals for the company.</div>
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It is, of course, true that some companies are very passionate about people development and training but get they tend to get lost in a sea of training content that managers subjectively believe their teams need to be trained on. Without focus, a quantifiable case study of why the training is mission critical right now, defined time frameworks and evident ROI's, the senior management team are not likely to sign off on any training plans anytime soon.</div>
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While training initiatives may ultimately contribute to a company's long-term success, which of them are critical to the short to medium term goals of the company.</div>
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Go through the proposed training plans and identify the ones that you believe will grow the knowledge with the power to make or break your company right now. </div>
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How critical is this training initiative for your company's success in the next 3-12 months? According to an interesting Randstad Survey, many employees are aware they need upskilling, but they are frankly not taking ownership of this. The survey reveals over a third of U.S employees have done nothing to upskill in the last 12 months, even though they knew it was important. The reasons survey respondents gave for not charging ahead with their own upskilling was as follows: 67 percent of U.S. employees say they feel they need more training and skills to stay up-to-date. Nearly 40 percent of U.S. employees say their employers have not offered and paid for anything related to upskilling. 40 percent of U.S. employees say they wouldn’t arrange for and pay out of their own pockets to upskill themselves. I would agree that employees need to take personal responsibility for their own upskilling but that employers must take more interest in enabling and encouraging them to do so.</div>
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Another insightful article worth a read is from the Harvard Review focusing on the fact that managers are not doing enough to upskill their employees for the future. This article advocates employees being invited to contribute to the process of identifying the knowledge, skills, and abilities they’ll need in the short and long run.</div>
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I would agree with a more collaborative approach, but this must always be underpinned with good objective data as employees opinions might not be precise. What we think we know and need, is sometimes very different, from our actual knowledge or what the business critically needs right now.</div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">One such enabling tool is Degreed. Degreed is an education technology company that is engaged in enabling and recognizing professional and lifelong learning and skills. The platform allows users to learn, develop and measure their skills. Degreed is free for individuals. An enhanced version, Degreed for Enterprise, connects internal learning and talent systems to global ecosystems of free, open and paid learning resources, and is available to organizations for a fee as a hosted cloud-based solution. I recently analyzed how KnowledgeSmart background and results data could integrate with solutions like Degreed, and it was an insightful exercise.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461976147821752588noreply@blogger.com5Bath, UK51.3810641 -2.359016699999983851.301778600000006 -2.5203781999999837 51.4603496 -2.1976551999999838tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-35394014698720231652018-07-30T13:21:00.001+01:002018-07-30T13:21:16.384+01:00How do your users' Revit skills measure up?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2017/08/08/five-must-know-revit-skills/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="5 Must-Know Revit Skills for Beginner Revit Users" border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOzW7I1dO3TuzL1hR8jU64FTDuw_p7_XH2TCVpvZ8PLOLH1-GXOd4M8z8Ys8JtokWP8-W-sx7stx3mqdUS9_j-VcRrKn5WVVyf2bf0nqL6-_H_PLuzla5DRA6MZ25QvNzc_y0ogVFSZnA/s400/KnowledgeSmart+Fice+Must-Know+Revit+Skills+B.png" title="KnowledgeSmart Skills Assessments" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
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I came across a great article this morning written by <span style="color: #bf9000;"><a href="http://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/author/loboarch/">Jeff Hanson</a></span> called <span style="color: #e69138;"><a href="http://blogs.autodesk.com/revit/2017/08/08/five-must-know-revit-skills/" target="_blank">Five must-know Revit skills for beginners</a><span id="goog_650522700"></span><span id="goog_650522701"></span></span>. Autodesk's content experience team has developed some valuable video content on the five must-know Revit skills for beginners.<br />
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The article identifies these skills as:<br />
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<li>Trim and Extend Elements</li>
<li>About the Crop Region</li>
<li>Best Practices: Printing</li>
<li>About Curtain Wall Panels (Add a Door to a Curtain Wall)</li>
<li>Workflow: Select Fields for a Schedule</li>
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<a href="https://knowledge.autodesk.com/community/collection/5-must-know-revit-skills" target="_blank">You can find the videos here.</a><br />
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This brings me to a couple of salient questions:</h4>
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<li>How does your users' measure up in terms of these skills?</li>
<li>Should they be spending valuable company time watching these videos at all?</li>
<li>Are there more relevant videos based on their skill gaps?</li>
<li>What percentage of people on your team do need more training on these topics?</li>
<li>What is the percentage skill gap amongst your users?</li>
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The only way to accurately and objectively answer the above questions is through a skills assessment process. Each user starts their Revit journey with a unique set of skills and knowledge, and a one-size-fits-all training policy is hardly ever appropriate.<br />
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Skills assessment and training go hand-in-hand - always!<br />
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So could skills testing help a company align the right training? Absolutely! KnowledgeSmart customers strategically use skill-based testing to identify learning needs, highlight areas of strength and expose areas of growth both before and after employment.<br />
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So how did I create the visual above?</h4>
I analysed some of the KnowledgeSmart demo data based on question performance. I isolated all questions with training tags linked to the 5 skill areas the Autodesk article identifies and then sorted them in order of priority in Microsoft PowerBI. Based on my industry experience and the fact that these five skills were compiled from Autodesk customer data I agreed with Autodesk's findings that these Revit skills were important for users. Looking at my results data, it would appear that worksharing, view properties, detailing and worksets were priority areas for my group.<br />
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Next I can start thinking about slicing this data based on office location or perhaps based on some of the other valuable background data that KnowledgeSmart offers. But I will save that for another day.<br />
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Focus your time and efforts and assign training where it is needed most. Increase productivity and reduce project risk.<br />
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According to the <a href="https://thinkingportfolio.com/the-6-secrets-of-good-project-resource-management/">Thinking Portfolio team</a>, there are 6 secrets to good project resource management.<br />
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There are of course many different types of resources in any project, e.g. people, machinery, materials, technology, property and anything else required to deliver the work. Many project plans also demand internal and external resources to be managed.<br />
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Here at KnowledgeSmart, we tend to focus on people, possibly one of most critical resources project managers have to manage.<br />
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<b>Resource Estimation</b><br />
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Before you are able to do any kind of estimation you need understand your team's expertise and job responsibilities. The KnowledgeSmart skills assessments and customisable datafields can be great to gather this important data.<b></b><br />
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Don't just analyse your KnowledgeSmart results data. Remember your 5 unique datafields which can be customised to your requirements as well as the default background data KnowledgeSmart captures during the assessment process.<br />
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Once you have analysed your data think about how best to include it in your resource plan. With KnowledgeSmart being a cloud-based tool and working on all devices your team and you will be able to reflect, learn and repeat the process as many times as is needed.<br />
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A good resource plan</h4>
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The KnowledgeSmart data query tool, charts, and benchmarking tools can make a valuable contribution to your resource plan.<br />
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The KnowledgeSmart user profile area encourages engagement to make sure that all team members are aligned and working towards common objectives.<br />
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Schedule Development</h4>
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If you know the project requires certain aspects of the project to be delivered within a tight timeframe, you can allocate your top 10 users to this component for the critical days. Use the KnowledgeSmart Data Query Tool to filter to your top users within seconds. Allocate the right people to the right segments of the right projects based on actual skills.<br />
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Negotiating for resources</h4>
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When negotiating for resources, there are a few components that require consideration. The negotating parties might include your client, other project stakeholders or other functional managers within your organisation. In all cases, there might be differing opinions on project feasibility. There is no doubt that your negotiation skills will be tested. To negotiate about resources you need a clear understanding of the other party's needs and be able to clearly explain how you plan to meet those needs.<br />
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Having a solid understanding of the skill levels and skill gaps of the team behind you is indeed good ammunition.<br />
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No more guesswork, data-driven decisions.<br />
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Let KnowledgeSmart be one of the project resource management tools you can't live without.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461976147821752588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-25629130689969955932018-05-14T15:01:00.004+01:002018-05-14T15:01:53.444+01:00The abounding value of KnowledgeSmart (Part 3)Once you have done your analysis on the current status quo and formulated realistic, achievable goals and objectives, it is time to use your KnowledgeSmart data to help you get back on track.<br />
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This phase of strategic planning includes typically:<br />
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With the results analysis of your current resources in place, you can now quickly identify where new resources might be needed to support any growth plans. You can also make sure that you hire the right people for the right projects. You can start using your 'star users' easily identified from your KnowledgeSmart results to help support team members who need further training and development. Department managers can restructure their project teams according to skill level and project requirement using both the score and time aspects of your KnowledgeSmart results. You might even grow your competitive advantage by identifying unique resources or capabilities within your team that may be difficult for other organizations to emulate? <br />
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The efficacy of training/coaching and mentoring plans can be tracked by doing follow up assessments customised to the contents of those plans. These types of assessments are short and very useful. Training budgets are often tight, and with your KnowledgeSmart results, you can direct training only where it is needed and prioritise which teams should get assistance first. Monitor improvement in scores, time elapsed, improvement in self-rating scores and a reduced number of training requirements and personal skill gaps.<br />
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Bid for new projects with confidence knowing the team that is behind you will be able to deliver.<br />
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The KnowledgeSmart Tools deliver so much more than skill assessments and should instead be seen as an essential strategic management tool.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461976147821752588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-80723556775982287352018-05-08T13:16:00.000+01:002018-05-08T13:16:21.812+01:00The abounding value of KnowledgeSmart (Part 2)Following on from our previous post, let's consider the second strategic question.<br /><h4>
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During this significant phase of strategic planning, a company can use their KnowledgeSmart assessment results combined with research on future trends and competitor analysis to formulate a series of positioning statements.</div>
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Look beyond just the assessment results in terms of score and elapsed time. Consider the additional data captured by KnowledgeSmart by default such as:</div>
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This step in strategy development might also include:</div>
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KnowledgeSmart Assessment data can also be beneficial in helping companies formulate realistic, achievable goals and objectives.</div>
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Once companies have an objective measurement of the current situation, they can set more realistic achievable goals and objectives. Companies can even use KnowledgeSmart's internal or global benchmarks to influence their goal setting. Repeat assessments can assist with measuring interim outcomes as plans progress.</div>
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<b>How will you align your teams with your strategic goals?</b> Use your KnowledgeSmart data to restructure according to skill and productivity.</div>
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<b>What are the roles and responsibilities going to look like?</b> Use your assessment results to identify your star users and retain them through additional development and recognition. Focus learning just on what is needed and re-assess after training interventions to report a positive ROI. Have confidence in your team when pitching for new projects.</div>
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No more guesswork. Reliable, objective, valuable data to influence this phase of strategic planning.</div>
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KnowledgeSmart helps businesses calibrate the data they need to answer the 3 most important strategic questions for any business:</h4>
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During an assessment KnowledgeSmart captures data that can, together with your results data, influence your analysis and strategic decision making. This data includes: Number of years experience, Primary Learning Method, Learning Country, Frequency of use </div>
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Strategic planning is not only about having a clear direction to steer towards, but also about building resilience and agility to respond to change. KnowledgeSmart data can be an instrumental part of your environmental scan and evaluation of your current strengths and weaknesses.</div>
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This assessment looks at knowledge of using Newforma, across a range of core functions, and is written primarily with novice users in mind. <br />
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KnowledgeSmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839078716568780898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-23104913841223893392018-04-10T19:38:00.004+01:002018-04-10T19:38:49.902+01:00BIM Implementation Workshop - 25 April - LondonEvolve’s BIM Awareness Workshops help AEC businesses prepare and develop a strategy for adopting BIM on design and engineering projects. KnowledgeSmart will be talking about the importance of skills assessments, measuring BIM capability and capturing key business metrics to support a wider learning and development framework.<br />
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Through interactive one-day workshops presentations, best practice advice, discussion, and hands-on project-based exercises the Evolve team make sure AEC firms appreciate how BIM integrates with existing workflows and production of project deliverables. By the end of the day, teams will be able to identify key actions and prepare a company-wide, office or project BIM strategy.<br />
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DEFINING BIM<br />Assessing what Building Information Modelling really means and how it applies to your business.<br />
<br />BS1192<br />Understanding the basic requirements for data production & exchange.<br />
<br />PAS1192<br />Understanding the expectations of BIM Level 2 and managing projects.<br />
<br />THE PILLARS OF BIM<br />Additional documentation designed to align BIM methodologies across design teams.<br />
<br />COLLABORATION<br />Appreciating the issues of digital production and data exchange.<br />
<br />INTERNAL UNDERSTANDING<br />The education process; maintaining production while minimising risk.<br />
<br />NEXT STEPS<br />Formulating an action plan and the necessary strategies to implement BIM.<br />
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We have put together a <a href="http://www.knowledgesmart.net//media/1045/10-best-practice-tips-for-writing-custom-assessments-knowledgesmart-skills-assessments.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #444444;">handy guide</span></b></a> with 10 best practice tips for writing custom assessments.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461976147821752588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-7357935822512698402018-03-09T11:15:00.000+00:002018-03-09T12:06:41.669+00:004 WAYS TO GARNER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FOR YOUR SKILL ASSESSMENT PLAN<div>
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<b>The most critical element of any skills assessment activity is to draw together support from management to drive the process and ensure a successful deployment and adoption.</b><br />
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Experience shows that it is helpful to gain support from the following key business areas: </div>
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<li>Technology and Building Information Modelling Management (to ensure alignment with company CAD / BIM standards and protocols e.g. BIM Level 2)</li>
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Without collective management support, your skills assessment activity might turn into a very frustrating, futile exercise.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Clarify the concept of skills assessment</span></h3>
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People’s perception of skills assessment may be very different. Make sure that you define your interpretation of skill assessments, keeping in mind the priorities for each business division and ensuring alignment. </h4>
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Once the definition is clarified it is substantially easier to explain the resulting benefits. Since most people have an adverse reaction when the word ‘test’ is mentioned, it is often a good idea to start with a quick comparison between ‘test’ and ‘assessment’. In most cases, the purpose of most tests is to assign a score. They offer limited diagnostic information to identify areas for improvement. Users often report feeling judged when tested and fear results might be used for other purposes than skills development.</div>
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To achieve the ultimate purpose of assessment - to improve learning and development - we need to answer not only questions on how our teams have learned but also questions on how they learned and why specific results occurred. Thus, an assessment is a far-reaching concept, focalising its efforts on learning, and serving the purpose of enhancement and development through a variety of ways.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YJQxXfr5hCzfk-p3o2t1335_06fQ0bLlhOtxwKiTo-B438wOjVc9J1r7aM8xJh1BpvvVnAyVMRL2ulzLmV3kth8Lv8YPXd3nzM4hBKeutwhjXR7QAeXxBggzmfmZNPDOqwbASYfTJOg/s1600/website-performance-business.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YJQxXfr5hCzfk-p3o2t1335_06fQ0bLlhOtxwKiTo-B438wOjVc9J1r7aM8xJh1BpvvVnAyVMRL2ulzLmV3kth8Lv8YPXd3nzM4hBKeutwhjXR7QAeXxBggzmfmZNPDOqwbASYfTJOg/s200/website-performance-business.jpg" width="200" /></a>Firstly, your influencing skills will be tried and tested. There is no doubt that you will have to demonstrate how a skills assessment process can help your organisation with quantifiable benefits. </h4>
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Linking the skills assessment benefits to a current strategic goal will undoubtedly go a long way towards helping to spark and keep management attention.</h4>
The most important benefits typically focus on the company’s recruitment process, efficient use of training budgets, productive skills development plans and optimised project resourcing. The challenges that each business division face might differ, but you will often find they are symbiotically interlinked.<br />
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In some cases, it is best practice to identify a ‘pilot’ group within the company first and develop a compelling internal case study before rolling out an assessment plan across your whole organisation. Stay aware of the tangible benefits of each business division. It is not productive for managers to continually fight fires. A successful assessment process shines a light on the root causes of some of the challenges faced. A successful skills assessment plan allows for the necessary course correction to be identified and implemented.<br />
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Make sure you understand how your management team is measured and what their current strategic deliverables are. Connect the outcomes of the assessment programme to the overall metrics that management needs for reporting and to the overall strategic priorities and you will have a better chance of getting approval and buy-in. </h4>
At RTKL – a global architecture, engineering, planning and creative services organisation – HR leadership challenged its BIM management team to source a BIM skills analysis tool to help the firm make smarter, more well-informed data-driven decisions about people’s CAD and BIM skills when resourcing project teams. The team reviewed the market and selected KnowledgeSmart based on reasons described by Andrew Victory, an Associate at RTKL, London, UK.<br />
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HR now understands ‘why’ people were hired and provides a high-level view of the firm’s talent base, but historically it has not fully appreciated some of the finer details about CAD and BIM skills. The nature of project-centric resourcing determines that individuals are moved from one project team to another as the workflow rises and falls across a project’s lifecycle, and their BIM skill-levels will critically influence their ability to contribute to their new team. With KnowledgeSmart results and analysis in hand, HR now has perhaps the most comprehensive oversight of all staff and their skills.”<br />
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Remember that a big priority for any successful management team is to show a good return on investment or prove financial benefits. Make sure you illustrate how the outcomes of your proposed assessment plan can lead to those management priorities. </h4>
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A quick cost-benefit analysis focusing on one of the following factors could be helpful:</div>
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<li>the cost to employ inappropriate personnel over a 3-month period the cost of losing top performers (due to lack of recognition, support or training)</li>
<li>retaining an under-performing user (due to poor performance management)</li>
<li>project productivity gains due to identified performance improvements (being able to deliver on projects faster or with fewer resources</li>
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KnowledgeSmart is an invaluable tool for professionals that helps businesses capture knowledge on a wide range of software tools, workflows and, standards. More information is available at <a href="http://www.knowledgesmart.net/"><span style="color: #444444;">www.knowledgesmart.net</span></a></h4>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461976147821752588noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-88371915009260486262018-02-11T14:28:00.000+00:002018-02-11T14:28:04.229+00:00KS Value Proposition - an Explanation<div class="gmail_default" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">
A KS software subscription price is determined by two factors: number of users to be tested (in a year) and number of required library topics to be included in the assessment mix.</div>
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There are 4 KS license types:<br />KS Pro1 - 1 primary library topic, i.e. Revit Architecture<br />KS Pro2 - 2 primary topics, i.e. Revit Architecture, Revit MEP<br />KS Pro3 - 3 primary topics, i.e. Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, Revit Structure<br />KS Enterprise - 4 or more primary topics</div>
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We also have different user number bands, to help identify firm size, i.e. 1-25, 26-50, 51-100, 101-250, 251-500, 501-1,000, etc. </div>
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For firms who only need to perform a small number of assessments each year, the 'pay-as-you-go' cost is $50/£50/E50 per test.</div>
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Before deciding on the best type of KS license, an AEC business should give due consideration to both of these factors.</div>
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It is important to establish precisely how many primary test topics they plan to use. If it is 4 (or greater), then KS Enterprise is the best fit. If they want to focus on fewer titles, then perhaps a KS Pro1, Pro2 or Pro3 would be more appropriate. </div>
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Also, we do not monetise 'secondary' library titles, if a customer has invested in one or more 'primary' titles.</div>
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Revit Architecture, Revit MEP, Revit Structure, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, InfraWorks, Plant 3D, Inventor, AECOsim, MicroStation, GEOPAK, InRoads, ProjectWise, ARCHICAD, MS Office, BIM L2, Primavera P6, MS Project, Newforma.</div>
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Bluebeam, Design Review, Photoshop, InDesign, Rhino, SketchUp, <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Navisworks, </span>Glue, Solibri, Vault, <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Revit Process, </span>BIM Fundamentals, <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 13.33px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">BIM Software Management, BIM Coordination, BIM Authoring, </span>USACE BIM.</div>
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To further clarify, a 'test topic' refers to<span> </span><i>all related assessment titles under an '<span class="il">umbrella</span>' heading.</i> For example, to assess <i>Revit Architecture</i> skills for a company would require a KS Pro1 license, but might include the following titles:</div>
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<b>Example:</b></div>
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Revit Architecture for occasional users</div>
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Revit Architecture fundamentals</div>
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Revit Architecture – Xpress </div>
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Revit Content Creation</div>
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Revit for Interiors</div>
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Revit Project Process</div>
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BIM Authoring with Revit</div>
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BIM Software Management (Revit)</div>
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BIM Coordination (Revit)</div>
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Practical BIM fundamentals</div>
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Navisworks</div>
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Glue</div>
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Solibri</div>
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Vault</div>
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If a customer exceeds their user count by a small margin, we tend not to worry about it, and will review their future needs at the license anniversary. If they find their requirements go up by a bigger number (part-way through the license), then we typically have a conversation and sometimes upgrade to the next user band before the anniversary swings around. In this circumstance, they pay the difference between price bands, pro-rated to the license anniversary date. Customers are not blocked from using the tools at any time.</div>
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KnowledgeSmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839078716568780898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-19736033945345786602018-02-04T21:44:00.001+00:002018-02-04T21:44:27.253+00:00Developing Group Learning StrategiesWe talk a lot about collaboration in the AEC industry... particularly in the context of delivering BIM projects.<br />
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Group learning, also known as “collaborative learning”, refers to the instructional strategy of having learners work together in groups in order address a task or goal.<br />
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The clever folks at efront Learning wrote an articulate and informed <a href="https://www.efrontlearning.com/blog/2016/11/group-learning-boost-workplace-productivity.html" target="_blank">blog</a> about developing a better approach to group learning strategies.<br />
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By taking a new approach to group learning, AEC businesses can develop an effective strategy to increase employees’ team spirit, collaboration skills, and workplace productivity. <br />
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Group learning which includes a mix of mentoring, lunch and learns, classroom training and focused E-learning - backed up with effective skills gap analysis - allows businesses to implement a blended, collaborative learning program that allows employees to study and work together to achieve common goals for themselves and the wider organisation.<br />
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Read the full post here: <a href="http://www.bimplus.co.uk/people/are-w1e-undere6stimating-val5ue-bim-assessments/" target="_blank">'Are we Underestimating the Value of BIM Assessments?'</a><br />
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John makes a number of perceptive points about the organisational and process challenges facing AEC businesses, on their journey to BIM excellence.<br />
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There is no 'right or wrong' way to capture useful business intelligence, if it feeds into a wider BIM improvement plan. As Ford points out in his article, there are many effective methods for analysing data and metrics around the topic of BIM experience and capability, both within an organisation and across the wider industry supply chain.<br />
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A mix of formal assessment, self-assessment, survey responses, RAG tables and industry certification offer AEC firms all the tools they need, to create a clearer picture of BIM experience and credentials.<br />
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KnowledgeSmart has been working consistently in this space for the past 5 years, creating software and library content designed to help AEC businesses measure BIM maturity, skills gaps, training needs and technical expertise.<br />
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Here is a <a href="https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/1500811767965731591" target="_blank">link</a> to a recent KS webcast, which provides all the necessary tools and benchmark data for Global AEC businesses to create their own tailored BIM excellence plan.<br />
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To slightly misquote management guru, Peter Drucker, 'If you can't measure it, you can't manage it'. Wise words.<br />
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RKnowledgeSmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839078716568780898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-26299966898745516032017-10-25T18:55:00.000+01:002017-10-25T18:55:15.784+01:00KS Webinar - Demonstrating Individual and Team BIM Level 2 CapabilityEarlier today, we recorded our first Webinar to support the upcoming launch of our new KS library material: The presentation is titled, "Demonstrating Individual and Team BIM Level 2 Capability".<br />
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KnowledgeSmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839078716568780898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-85063027971638691962017-10-09T16:17:00.001+01:002017-10-09T16:17:30.619+01:00New Feature - Bulk Question UploadKS customers have a number of options for editing existing library content and also creating new assessment questions from scratch.<br />
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<br />The column names of your spreadsheet must match the column names in the template file. The first column denotes the question type. This can be one of 5 values: FT, MC, PL, OL, or TF. These represent the question types: Free text, Multiple choice, Pick list, Order list and True or false respectively. <br />
<br />For all questions, the QuestionName, QuestionSummary and QuestionText values are mandatory. <br />
<br />Enter your category tags and training tags in the fields provided. Separate each entry with a comma. These are extremely important for later gap analysis and charting, so be sure to include them!<br />
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<strong>Free Text</strong><br />For free text questions, enter your answer into the Answer1 column. With free text questions, you can also provide the following details: <br />FTNumeric - enter True if the answer is numeric. <br />FTCaseWhitespaceVariance - enter True to enable case and white space variance. When true, the marking will disregard incorrect case and white spacing. <br />FTAllowVariance - for numeric questions, enter True to enable variance.<br />FTPercent - when variance is true, your can enter a percentage value. <br />FTLower - when variance is true, enter the lower threshold.<br />FTUpper - when variance is true, enter the upper threshold.<br />FTPrecisionHint - for numeric questions, enter True to enable precision hint.<br />
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<strong>Pick List</strong><br />For pick list questions, enter the available options in the columns Answer1 through to Answer10. You can prefix multiple correct answers with the * symbol. <br />PLPartialScoring - for pick list questions, enter True to enable partial scoring.<br />
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<strong>Order List</strong><br />For order list questions, enter the answers in the columns Answer1 through to Answer10. You should enter the answers in the correct sequence.<br />
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RKnowledgeSmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839078716568780898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-8735277991318301512017-09-21T20:36:00.000+01:002017-09-21T20:36:44.050+01:00Assessment Suite - BIM Level 2 Capability<b>Introduction</b><br />
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Do you manage BIM projects? Do you have responsibility for implementing BIM in your business? Can you generate a detailed report for your management team of your current organisational BIM strengths and weaknesses? How does your firm compare to your peers in the wider AEC Industry?<br />
To comply with PAS91, how do you assess BIM training and skills? How do you demonstrate on your PQQ that you have all the necessary metrics in place?<br />
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This comprehensive library of skills assessments will empower your organisation to capture helpful, relevant and accurate metrics, to better demonstrate individual and organisational BIM capability. The results data and gap analysis will also inform your training and hiring plans, so you can continuously improve your performance in this business-critical area.<br />
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<b>BIM Management and Process</b><br /><br />
<b>BIM01_UK BIM Level 2 Awareness</b><br />
The foundation-level knowledge required by everyone involved with BIM in your organisation.<br />Understand the implications and value proposition of BIM. Understand the implications and value proposition of BIM within your organisation.<br />
Modules include: What is BIM?, BS1192, PAS1192-2, PAS1192-3, PAS1192-2-EIR, CIC BIM Protocol, RIBA-Plan of Works.<br />
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<b>BIM02_UK BIM Level 2 Management Fundamentals</b><br />
Understand the implications and value proposition of BIM within your organisation.<br />
Understand the requirement for the management and exchange of information between supply chain members and clients as described in the 1192 suite of standards and PAS55 / ISO 55000.<br />
Modules include: Project Start-up Requirements, PAS1192-2-BEP, BS1192-CDE, BS1192-Container Naming, PAS1192-Roles, BS1192-4, PAS1192-5, Government Soft Landings.<br />
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<b>BIM03_UK BIM Level 2 Learning Outcomes Framework</b><br />
Understand the requirement for the management and exchange of information between supply chain members and clients as described in the 1192 suite of standards and PAS55 / ISO 55000.<br />
Understand what BIM is, the contextual requirement for BIM Level 2 and its connection to the Government Construction Strategy and Industrial Strategy 2025. <br />
Topics include: UK Govt BIM L2 LOF Part 1, UK Govt BIM L2 LOF Part 2, UK Govt BIM L2 LOF Part 3.<br />
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<b>BIM04_Practical BIM Fundamentals</b><br />
This assessment looks at knowledge of a range of general BIM management tasks, including; General BIM Principles, Implementation, Modelling, Information Exchange and Project Coordination.<br />
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<b>BIM05A_BIM Authoring with AECOsim (Fundamentals)</b><br />
This assessment for Information Originators looks at basic concepts of BIM authoring and knowledge of the DPSM (Digital Production Standards Manual), for firms using Bentley AECOsim. Topics include: Purpose, Documents, Coordinates, Parameters, Validation, Model Types, File Naming, Layer Naming and Drawing Coordination. <br />
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<b>BIM05R_BIM Authoring with Revit (Fundamentals)</b><br />
This assessment for Information Originators looks at basic concepts of BIM authoring and knowledge of the DPSM (Digital Production Standards Manual), for firms using Autodesk Revit. Topics include: Purpose, Documents, Coordinates, Parameters, Validation, Model Types, File Naming, Layer Naming and Drawing Coordination.<br />
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<b>BIM06A_BIM Authoring with AECOsim (Advanced)</b><br />
This assessment for Information Originators looks at more advanced concepts of BIM authoring and knowledge of the DPSM (Digital Production Standards Manual), for firms using Bentley AECOsim. Topics include: Project Setup, Compound Cells, Project Items, IFC Import, IFC Export, IFC Modelling, IFC Validation.<br />
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<b>BIM06R_BIM Authoring with Revit (Advanced)</b><br />
This assessment for Information Originators looks at more advanced concepts of BIM authoring and knowledge of the DPSM (Digital Production Standards Manual), for firms using Autodesk Revit. Topics include: Project Setup, System Family, IFC Import, IFC Export, IFC Modelling, IFC Validation.<br />
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<b>BIM07A_BIM Software Management (AECOsim)</b><br />
This assessment for Task Information Management (Reviewers) looks at basic concepts of BIM Software Management, for firms using Bentley AECOsim. Topics include: Uniclass1.4 / Uniclass 2015, Information Validation, Project Review.<br />
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<b>BIM07R_BIM Software Management (Revit)</b><br />
This assessment for Task Information Management (Reviewers) looks at basic concepts of BIM Software Management, for firms using Autodesk Revit. Topics include: Uniclass1.4 / Uniclass 2015, Information Validation, Project Review.<br />
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<b>BIM08R_BIM Coordination (Revit)</b><br />
This assessment for BIM Coordinators looks at basic concepts of BIM Software Coordination, for firms using Autodesk Revit. Topics include: Revit Configuration, Project Resources, Parameters, View Templates, Family Editor.<br />
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<b>Project Process (Revit)</b><br />
This assessment for BIM Coordinators and Managers looks at the impact of using Autodesk Revit in a Project environment. Topics include: Views, Families, Worksharing and Schedules. Sample data sets for the task based questions are based on Revit Architecture.<br />
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<b>BIM Software </b><br />
<b></b><br /><b>AutoCAD Civil 3D Fundamentals</b><br />
This online skills assessment covers a selection of core AutoCAD Civil 3D skills. The content is split into 4 parts, as follows:<br />
Part 1: Surfaces, Alignments and Profiles<br />
Part 2: Corridors, Sections and Parcels<br />
Part 3: Pipe Networks, Grading and Finalizing a Project<br />
Part 4: User Interface, Civil 3D Environment and Survey Tools<br />
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<b>AutoCAD Civil 3D – Xpress</b><br />
A short skills assessment for AutoCAD Civil 3D, designed for interviews. This assessment comprises questions covering a range of basic AutoCAD Civil 3D skills.<br />
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<b>AutoCAD Civil 3D Road Design (Advanced)</b><br />
Web based skills test for more experienced users of AutoCAD Civil 3D, with a particular focus on Roadway Design.<br />
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<b>InfraWorks 360</b><br />
Detailed skills assessment and training needs analysis for InfraWorks 360.<br />
This assessment comprises questions covering a range of basic InfraWorks 360 skills, relating to Importing, Data, Options, Styles, Exploring models, Menus, Themes, Objects and Measuring.<br />
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<b>Revit Architecture Fundamentals</b><br />
This test comprises questions covering a range of basic Revit Architecture skills, including: Basic Element Creation; Views & Sheets; Detailing; Keynotes & Annotation; Worksharing; Dimensions & Rules; Interoperability; Families & Parts; Scheduling; Coordinates & Orientation; Output.<br />
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<b>Revit Architecture Xpress</b><br />
A short skills assessment for Revit Architecture, designed for interviews. This assessment comprises questions covering a range of basic Revit Architecture skills. Modules covered include; Basic Element Creation; Views & Sheets; Detailing; Keynoting & Annotation; Worksharing; Dimensions & Rules; Interoperability; Families & Parts; Scheduling; Coordinates & Orientation; Output.<br />
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<b>Revit Architecture Occasional</b><br />
Skills assessment and training needs analysis for casual/novice users of Revit Architecture. This test comprises questions covering a range of basic Revit skills. Modules covered include; Navigation, Views & Sheets, Measuring, Exporting Data, Families, Element Selection.<br />
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<b>Revit Architecture Advanced</b><br />
Detailed skills assessment and training needs analysis for Revit Architecture. This test comprises questions covering a range of advanced Revit skills.<br />
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<b>Revit Content Creation</b><br />
This assessment looks at Content Creation and Families in Revit. Sample data sets for the task based questions are based on Revit Architecture.<br />
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<b>Revit Architecture for Interiors</b><br />
A short skills assessment for Revit Architecture, as it is applied to the Interiors discipline. This assessment comprises questions covering a range of basic Revit skills.<br />
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<b>Revit MEP Fundamentals (Mechanical)</b><br />
Detailed skills assessment and training needs analysis for Revit MEP, as it is applied to the Mechanical discipline.<br />
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<b>Revit MEP Fundamentals (Electrical)</b><br />
Skills gap assessment and staff training needs analysis for Revit MEP, as it is applied to the Electrical discipline.<br />
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<b>Revit MEP Fundamentals (Plumbing)</b><br />
Online skills assessments and gap analysis tests for Revit MEP, as it applies to the Plumbing discipline.<br />
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<b>Revit MEP Xpress</b><br />
A short skills assessment for Revit MEP, designed for interviews. This assessment comprises questions covering a range of basic Revit MEP skills, across all disciplines.<br />
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<b>Revit MEP Advanced</b><br />
These assessments comprise questions covering a range of advanced Revit MEP (Mechanical and Plumbing) skills.<br />
<br /><b>Revit Structure Fundamentals</b><br />
Detailed skills assessment and skills gap analysis for Revit Structure, covering a variety of core skills, including: The Project Environment; Creating the Model; Editing the Model; Detailing the Model; Documenting the Model.<br />
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<b>Revit Structure Xpress</b><br />
A short skills assessment for Revit Structure, designed for interviews. This assessment comprises questions covering a range of basic Revit Structure skills. Modules covered include; The Project Environment; Creating the Model; Editing the Model; Detailing the Model; Documenting the Model.<br />
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<b>Revit Structure Advanced</b><br />
Skills gap assessment and staff training needs analysis for more experienced users of Revit Structure.<br />
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<b>BIM 360 Glue fundamentals</b><br />
Skills assessment and training needs analysis for BIM 360 Glue. This test comprises questions covering a range of basic BIM 360 Glue skills, including: Objects, Clashes, Administration, Model Management and General Operation.<br />
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<b>Navisworks Manage fundamentals</b><br />
This test comprises questions covering a range of basic Navisworks skills, including: Quantification, Rendering, TimeLiner, Appearance Profiler, Clash Detective, User Interface, File Formats, Measuring and Operations.<br />
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<b>Vault fundamentals</b><br />
This test comprises questions covering a range of basic Vault skills, including: File Details, Version History, File Check Out, File Relationships, Searching, Saving, Working Folders, Opening Files.<br />
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<b>Solibri fundamentals</b><br />
This test comprises questions covering a range of basic Solibri Model Checker skills, including: User Interface, Model Review & Annotation, Data Interrogation, Model Checking, Model Comparison.<br />
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<b>Bentley AECOsim Building Designer fundamentals (Architectural)</b><br />
This test comprises questions covering a range of basic AECOsim Building Designer skills, including: Families and Parts, Element Creation, Element Modification, DataGroups, Annotation, Drawings, Data Exchange, Setting Out, Scheduling (Output), Spaces.<br />
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<b>Bentley AECOsim Building Designer fundamentals (Structural)</b><br />
This test comprises questions covering a range of basic AECOsim Building Designer skills, including: Families & Parts, Setting Out, Data Exchange, DataGroups, Element Creation, Element Modify, Annotation, Drawings & Views, Scheduling.<br />
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<b>Graphisoft ArchiCAD fundamentals (Parts 1-4)</b><br />
This test comprises questions covering a range of ArchiCAD skills, including: User Interface, Navigation & Workflow, General Drafting, General Modelling, Model Management, Printing & Plotting.<br />
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Capture helpful, relevant and accurate metrics to demonstrate individual and organisational BIM capability. Use results and gap analysis data to inform training and hiring plans, with the aim of continuously improving performance in this business-critical area.<br />
<br />If you would like to find out more about our suite of BIM assessments, please get in touch.<br />
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<i>"This suite of educational resources and assessment material from KnowledgeSmart is World Class and an essential resource for any AEC business that is serious about upskilling their team's BIM knowledge and practical capability. Most firms claim to have the ability to deliver projects to BIM Level 2, but how many really know where their strengths and weaknesses lie? Now, there can be no excuses. Capturing performance metrics and measuring staff capability should be a mandatory part of every BIM deliverable."</i><br />
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<i>Global BIM Lead, Top 20 UK Multidisciplinary Firm</i><br />
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RKnowledgeSmarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17839078716568780898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7416872948120787116.post-23600351474533858532017-08-29T18:35:00.000+01:002017-08-29T18:35:29.170+01:00New Test Title - BIM Level 2KnowledgeSmart's skills assessment library helps AEC businesses capture evidence of individual and corporate skills capability, across a wide variety of essential technical software titles and business processes.<br />
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This includes popular software products from major vendors, including Autodesk, Bentley Systems, Graphisoft, Oracle, Adobe and Microsoft.<br />
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One of the most popular requests in recent months has been to create new assessment content for BIM Level 2.<br />
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This assessment looks at knowledge of BIM process and policy, across 3 key sections: <br />
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1) Understand what is BIM, the contextual requirement for BIM Level 2 and its connection to the Government Construction Strategy and Industrial Strategy 2025. <br />
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2) Understand the implications and value proposition of BIM within your organisation. <br />
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3) Understand the requirement for the management and exchange of information between supply chain members and clients as described in the 1192 suite of standards and PAS55 / ISO 55000.<br />
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The official AEC Industry BIM Learning Outcomes Framework (LOF) document can be downloaded <a href="http://bim-level2.org/globalassets/pdfs/learning-outcomes-framework.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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This question set enables AEC businesses to undertake a gap analysis for all staff involved in delivering projects using the Government' s published documents and tools.<br />
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Section 1 of the LOF sets out the requirement for an awareness of the industry concerns, the global context, the changes required in communication and collaboration and the relevant standards that address information requirements, contracts, team appointment, project planning, collaboration, roles and responsibilities, data security and operational information requirements.<br />
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This assessment is not intended to formally 'certify' BIM knowledge. Rather, to help clarify the understanding of 'why' we should work in this manner and what is needed at project and company levels in order to reduce waste and increase efficiency. This will help to identify further training needs and ensure the project delivery has all the aspects of project management that it needs to succeed.<br />
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Applicable to company directors through to project delivery teams, this question set is an ideal start to your BIM implementation business success.<br />
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This set of questions has been written in partnership with our friends at <a href="http://www.evolve-consultancy.com/" target="_blank">Evolve Consultancy</a> and <a href="http://www.digitalgreen.io/" target="_blank">digital green</a>.<br />
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