Question Writing - Entrance Exam, OPM3 Certification Training
For those of you brave enough (Foolish enough?) to volunteer to write questions for this exam, I got some very good answers from Nancy Wilkinson, about what we are trying to do with the entrance exam. Hereare her answers: (after my questions)
Jim:
So this entrance exam, is it to screen out weak applicants? (Tougher questions.) Do we want people with consulting experience, or will that be covered in the course, to the extent that we want them knowledgeable?
Questions about the standards – just to check they know principal (principle) concepts? OR standard details?
OR is it just to make sure they have a good round knowledge of the PMI standards?
Will any questions be weighted heavier than others?
Nancy:
Well, I think they’re all excellent questions. We want it to be a screening mechanism for OPM3, so they know what OPM3 is and how to apply it rather than asking what it is in class. They should have familiarity with the standards and how they apply in the business world. We don’t want to have to teach them OPM3 in the certification class, or have them ask OPM3 questions since that slows the class down….we want to screen those people out.
We’re not trying to test them on whether they’re a good consultant and the certification class will not teach them to be a consultant because they should already have that skill; they will have to prove that in the experiential requirement process. We can teach them more sophisticated ways to apply OPM3 using ProductSuite once they’re in the class…..but they’ll need that basic knowledge to build on. No questions will be weighted more than others.
Think about the certification class you were in, and what knowledge you think people should come to class with so they can spend their time learning the ProductSuite tools. Let me know if you still have questions. (You’re questions are so good I should put them in the discussion portion of the BlueStep site!)
Thanks!
Nancy
These are due near the end of the month, so if you are writing, and good quality questions are hard to do, get busy!
Nancy didn’t say how many, so I’m going to try for 10 by the due date.
Jim SLoane, OPM3CC, PMP, CM
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