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Performance Review
Tips on completing your own self-assessment appraisal form, and preparing for your appraisal
Be as truthful as you can without exposing yourself unnecessarily. Obviously if your company and/or boss does not have a positive and fair approach be careful not to create vulnerabilities for yourself.
360 degree feedback and appraisals
360 degree appraisals are a powerful developmental method and quite different to traditional manager-subordinate appraisals (which fulfil different purposes).
Appraisals timing with pay reviews
Some people advocate separating appraisals from pay review, however this does not make sense in organizations which require staff to be focused on their contribution to organizational performance, especially where there are clear accountabilities and measures.
How to make performance appraisals easier?
Performance appraisals are essential for the effective management and evaluation of staff.
360 degree appraisal form design template guidelines
Job descriptions are a useful starting point for (but by no means the full extent of) establishing feedback criteria, as are customer/staff survey findings in which expectations/needs/priorities of appraisee performance are indicated or implied.
Project Management
Project management process
Agree precise specification for the project. Often called the project 'terms of reference', the project specification should be an accurate description of what the project aims to achieve, and the criteria and flexibilities involved, its parameters, scope, range, outputs, sources, participants, budgets and timescales (beware - see note below about planning timescales).
How to plan the project - standard way
Plan the various stages and activities of the project. A useful tip is to work backwards from the end aim, identifying all the things that need to be put in place and done, in reverse order.