This is the Plan Quality score.
This takes a number of things in the plan into account and then provides you with an overall score to indicate how effective your plan will be in the coming year.
It is meant to be a tool or a guide only, and the plan can be approved with any quality score percentage.
The important thing to be aware of is that the Plan Quality Score is not a performance rating. It will not stop your Manager from approving a plan, but it may indicate to them that there are ways to improve the plan.
This score is only visible on the draft version of plans.
Why do I need a plan quality score?
Quality of the plan is a huge issue for a lot of organizations. When plan quality is low, it's very difficult to accurately measure performance and ratings can be heavily biased and inaccurate. A clear plan helps to ensure that staff members are appraised fairly.
How is my Plan Quality Score calculated?
You can improve the quality score by having between 3 to 5 SMART goals, 3 to 5 competencies, and 3 to 5 development needs.
For example, if you have 2 SMART goals and add a third goal, your quality score increases. If you have 5 competencies and you add another one, the score will decrease.
Why is 3 to 5 of each optimal?
Marc Effron’s book “One Page Talent Management” suggests that if you have less than 3 there is not enough challenge in your plan, while a plan with more than 5 goals is more off a checklist rather than meaningful plan to achieve.
Plan Quality Score Best Practices
We recommend that users aim for a score between 50-70%, which is already more than 10 times better compared to plans with no artificial intelligence presence while creating their plans. So the idea is not to get to 100%, however, you should be aiming for a higher quality score:
- 50% and above is good
- 60% and above is very good
- 70% and above is great
- 80% and above is outstanding
- 90% and above is exceptional