Competency Development

THE CHALLENGE

As a leader in an enterprise business you are familiar with a highly structured, matrix environment. A colleague may belong to one or several projects. At the same time, they are a part of the functional office or a competency center. The competency centres take care of the professional development by enhancing existing skills and developing the skills that will be needed to meet the organisational needs of tomorrow.

This brings some challenges, for example:

Which skills should we invest in?
How to achieve the right mix between training, re-training and hiring people with the necessary skills?
How can we put the new skills into practice?

In essence, the systemic and scalable development of an organisation requires the balance between the key components, such as strategy, human capital, processes and ongoing initiatives or projects, as illustrated in the infographic:

COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT MINDSET

At Computools, as part of the company's evolution in the last 10 years, we went through the process of building the centres of excellence. These centres support our colleagues when they transition between the projects and ensure the team members are up to date on all the latest frameworks and technology updates.
This systemic thinking helped our company to grow organically from 4 people in 2013 to nearly 250 colleagues in 2023, serving clients around the world, and maintaining the skill set and knowledge relevant in the rapidly changing environment.
As we are facing the new technology revolution, driven by AI, data analytics and machine learning, we keep on top of the latest trends by investing in the education of our engineers and analysts.

PARTNERSHIP FOR COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT

In our opinion, a partnership where each party is invested in the future success, is the best way to tackle uncertain, ambiguous challenges. Our definition of successful partnership is when you receive tangible benefits and reduce your risks:

The partnership benefits:

Your team has access to the expertise of competency centres development, so you can avoid common mistakes and pitfalls.
Your partner takes the effort of market screening and recruiting off your team, you control the qualification levels and training requirements.
Your partner takes care of the onboarding process while you facilitate access to key individuals and internal onboarding resources.
Your partner takes care of the continuous professional development of the team members, while you review the expectations and modify, as necessary.

Partnership as a risk reduction:

You can try the approach as a limited, focused pilot, and expand when you see value.
You can tailor the training requirements as the business needs change, or if market dictates new requirements.
You can change the size of competency centers, with a reasonable notice, depending on the pipeline of your projects.
You can, with a reasonable notice, close the competency centre or transition the expertise in-house.

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

We offer a partnership where you can build your competency centres while taking less risk compared to developing expertise entirely within your organisation. Our service includes:

01. Defining Strategic Skill Sets

We can define the strategic skill set required by your business, core and additional competencies that need to be developed around the emerging technologies, such as data analytics, Al and machine learning.

02. Defining of Competency Matrix

We can define a competency matrix for you, including qualification levels, transition paths and career plans.

03. Ensuring Predictable and Scalable Team Growth

We can ensure predictable and scalable growth of the team according to your operational plans.

04. Maintaining the Levels of Training and Experience

We ensure maintaining the levels of training and experience in case a team member leaves the business.

05. Integrating Operational Practices

We integrate the operational practices with your business processes and standards, so the team members can perform as part of your team.

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