V Skill HF-D4.4-003 transversal 11 skills
Working in projects
Delivering a defined result through phases, milestones and role division, controlling time, money, quality and risks and reporting at fixed moments.
How hrmforce measures this
- Assessment method
- Work sample test · rho 0.33 (SD 0.09)
- hrmforce instrument
- Knowledge test (client-specific), Work sample test, Competency Check
- Competency (50-framework)
- Planning and Organizing
- Trainability
- high
- Demand outlook 2026 to 2030
- stable
The candidate performs a representative work sample under standardised conditions.
Behavioural anchors
| Level | Behaviour at this level |
|---|---|
| N1 Guided | Delivers assigned project tasks on time and updates the project plan with own progress. works under supervision and follows instruction · routine, one variable at a time · own task |
| N3 Proficient | Draws up project plan, schedule and risk list for a medium sized project and reports periodically to the sponsor. sets own approach and seeks input proactively · several variables, some ambiguity · own team or process |
| N5 Leading | Establishes the project approach of the organisation, decides on starting and stopping programmes and safeguards coherence between projects. sets the standard and the policy · strategic, under high uncertainty · organisation, value chain or profession |
N2 and N4 are deliberately not anchored. Raters place them between the anchors, following the O*NET convention.
Underlying skills
These skills inherit the assessment route and the behavioural anchors of this construct.
| T | Skill | Definition | Demand outlook 2026 to 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|
| V | Drawing up a project plan Project plan | Records the goal, result, approach, planning, roles and budget of a project in an approved document. | stable |
| V | Creating a work breakdown structure Work breakdown structure | Splits the project result into deliverables and work packages with an owner per package. | stable |
| T | Building a Gantt chart Gantt chart | Puts work packages, durations and dependencies in a bar chart planning and tracks progress there. | stable |
| V | Maintaining a project risk log Project risk log | Maintains project risks with likelihood, impact, measure and owner and reviews them each progress meeting. | stable |
| V | Briefing a steering group Steering group briefing | Prepares the steering group with status, choices and requested decisions in a short report. | stable |
| V | Managing scope and changes Change control | Tests change requests against goal, time and budget and formally records approved adjustments. | stable |
| V | Running sprint planning Sprint planning | Chooses with the team which items fit in the coming sprint and records the sprint goal. | rising |
| V | Producing a project report Project reporting | Reports per period on progress, hours, costs, risks and deviations against the baseline plan. | declining |
| V | Closing and evaluating a project Project closure | Hands over the result, closes budget and file and records the lessons learned. | stable |
| K | Applying the PRINCE2 method PRINCE2 | Knows the processes, roles and products of PRINCE2 and tailors them to the size of the project. | stable |
| T | Using project management software Project management software | Manages tasks, hours, documents and reports of a project in a project management package. | stable |