Getting Past Competency Model PTSD
Steven Forth,
TeamFit,
Nov 18, 2019
Here's what I have said about competencies in the past: "we have a hard problem, that of defining what it takes to be an engineer, or to be recognized as one. With competencies, we take this one hard problem, and create out of it, ten equally hard problems, of defining each of the competencies required." Or in this article: "Traditional competency models cause stress because they are rigid and top-down. They are generally kept in spreadsheets and Powerpoint, and in the more advanced applications, they captured deep into relational databases. By the time they are developed they are already out of date and because they tend to be developed by HR working with expert consultants the people whose work they describe do not recognize themselves or their work in the model." I don't actually think you can fix this (and certainly not by adding more structure). But hey, competencies still have their fans.
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