AWS Competency Best Practice

 Best Practices to be followed across all Practices

• Create generic documents pertaining to each area the practice specializes upon for reference for future projects as well as well as for competencies. 
• Publish relevant blogs regularly for competency as well as for marketing companies skill relevance in the market. 
• Have thorough documentation for each project and preserve it in the Project channels as meticulously as possible so that it can be easily procured when needed for audits. 
• Have PMO related documents as well preserved in the project channels for reference. 
• Ensure all documents have proper dates and version control incorporated in them. 
• Capture Community contributions from employees and document
• Capture learning and certifications, internal and external trainings that attributed to the team's upskilling

Tips for Generic Practice Oriented Requirements 

• Create generic documents in case they haven’t been created already from a practice perspective. Ensure all documents have proper dates and version control incorporated in them. 
• Make sure you have at least one individual well versed with the requirements you are presenting in case any deep technical questions need to be addressed. 
• Try covering the key points mentioned in the requirement in your response and keep your responses as crisp and precise as possible 
• When introducing Project Management Practices ensure that you have PMO team members on the call for a smooth introduction. Also have at least one copy of each PMO related document to be showcased as a reference. 
• Have a tracker sheet prepared well in advance which mentions Primary and Secondary presenters along with links to evidences you have prepared. 
• Ensure that all case studies are published on the website before the audit. 

 

Tips for Project Specific Requirements 

• Ensure that you have sufficient evidence pertaining to the response that you have filled. 
• Try sticking to the key areas mentioned in the requirement and highlight them in your response. Use bullets wherever possible. Avoid creating responses in the form of a paragraph. 
• For each selected project ensure that it is completed in the appropriate timeline required for it to qualify for a competency.  
• In case if the project is not completed in the appropriate timeline ensure that the dates in the documentation are modified sufficiently when presenting it during the audit 
• Ensure that you have one key Engineer for each project you are presenting to respond to any deep technical questions when asked. 
• Ensure that all responses have been validated by the Engineers who have worked on the project for accurate presentation.