| Employee Data Section | |||||||
| Appraisal Purpose: | 2004 Annual Appraisal | Performance Period: |
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| Employee's Name: | ANDERSON, DEREK C | Operating Group: | Federal Sector | ||||
| Employee's CSC Shortname: | dander46 | Business Unit: | Defense Group | ||||
| Job Title: | SMTS (Senior Member of Technical Staff) | Department Name: | FED-DEF ES - Aerospace | ||||
| Global Functional Role: | Application Developer | Department Number: | 0002006601 | ||||
| Local Functional Role: | Application Developer | Matrix Manager #1: | |||||
| Employee Location: | Maxwell AFB, AL | Matrix Manager #2: | |||||
| Appraiser's Name: | JAMES L FLEMING | Matrix Manager #3: | |||||
| KRA Description: | Collaborated with other developers, suggest process improvements, and provide technical guidance to AUSC management. |
| Individual or Shared: | Individual |
| Measure (What): | Assist developers working on other projects with technical guidance. Evaluate tools and services being considered by AUSC management and provide feedback and technical guidance concerning planning, process improvement and development methodologies. |
| Timing (When): | Periodic |
| Productivity Conditions (What is needed for me to do a good job?): | A willingness to assist others and help them quickly resolve problems. Evaluate tools and products with an open mind and provide management with an honest, objective assessment with both pros and cons of a product, process or tool. |
| Feedback (What kind of feedback will I get and how often?): | Immediately following such an activity or service. |
| Employee Approved: | Approve - 06 Apr 2004 |
| Appraiser Approved: | Yes - 03 Apr 2004 |
| KRA Status: | Open |
| KRA Description: | Complete Development Activities Identified in Approved Individual Development Plan |
| Individual or Shared: | Individual |
| Measure (What): | Documentation of Completion of Planned Development Action Items |
| Timing (When): | End Of Appraisals Period |
| Productivity Conditions (What is needed for me to do a good job?): | Employee Commitment and Manager Support for Agreed-upon Development Activities |
| Feedback (What kind of feedback will I get and how often?): | Quarterly Status Discussion With Manager |
| Employee Approved: | Approve - 06 Apr 2004 |
| Appraiser Approved: | Yes - |
| KRA Status: | Open |
| KRA Description: | Apply and enhance our Software Development Process to make it more efficient and robust. Provide regular and timely updates to our production and development servers. |
| Individual or Shared: | Individual |
| Measure (What): | Participate in all phases of the software development process including: Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing and Implementation. Suggest, demo and implement development process changes to facilitate developer-developer, developer-manager and developer-customer interactions. |
| Timing (When): | Daily |
| Productivity Conditions (What is needed for me to do a good job?): | Participate in JAD sessions, translate business processes into customer requirements, design a software solution, code, test and implement the solution with customer participation at all stages. |
| Feedback (What kind of feedback will I get and how often?): | Customer acceptance of the software and periodic feedback from appraisal manager, program manager and customer. |
| Employee Approved: | Approve - 06 Apr 2004 |
| Appraiser Approved: | Yes - 03 Apr 2004 |
| KRA Status: | Open |
| KRA Description: | Implement Web-based Education Management System for Air University Resgistrar with J2EE Architecture. |
| Individual or Shared: | Individual |
| Measure (What): | Code, Test and Debug various components of the J2EE framework including JSPs (including Javascript), servlets, models, data access objects, and other Java classes. |
| Timing (When): | Daily |
| Productivity Conditions (What is needed for me to do a good job?): | Exhibit expert knowledge of the J2EE framework and demonstrate proficiency in Java programming (including Java servlets, beans, DAOs), Web programming (including Java Server Pages, DHTML, JavaScript), and Database access via Java components(JDBC). |
| Feedback (What kind of feedback will I get and how often?): | Continuous oral and periodic written feedback from appraisal manager, program manager and customer. |
| Employee Approved: | Approve - 06 Apr 2004 |
| Appraiser Approved: | Yes - 03 Apr 2004 |
| KRA Status: | Open |
| Key: | Surpassed | The KRA objective was achieved more successfully than originally specified, and/or additional milestones were achieved. |
| Met | The KRA objective was achieved as specified. | |
| Missed | The KRA objective was missed, and timely, corrective action was not taken by the individual. | |
| No Longer Achievable | The KRA objective was not achievable, due to circumstances beyond the individual's control. |
| KRA | Rating | Comments |
| Collaborated with other developers, suggest process improvements, and provide technical guidance to AUSC management. | Surpassed | Derek works well with his peers, with other teams in the organization, and with AUSC management. He is assertive and pushes for team and organizational .excellence.. He consistently provides technical guidance to management concerning networking issues, system administration, software architecture, and various development tools, techniques and strategies. He provides honest, informative feedback and is instrumental in helping customers, peers, and management make informed decisions over a wide range of issues. |
| Complete Development Activities Identified in Approved Individual Development Plan | Surpassed | Derek has enrolled in a local university and his pursuing a BS degree in Math. He also obtained his Java 2 Programmer Certification from Sun Microsystems. He is an avid reader and stays current in all aspects application development. His technical understanding of both software and hardware and his ability to communicate his knowledge to others has allowed the development team to provide timely and accurate technical recommendations, not only to our customers and to management, but also to other development teams in the organization. |
| Apply and enhance our Software Development Process to make it more efficient and robust. Provide regular and timely updates to our production and development servers. | Surpassed | Derek has not only demonstrated his knowledge of software development but he led the development team in successfully executing a modified .XP style. development process. This has been invaluable in getting software from the design stage to the fielded system. He has participated in JAD sessions to capture user requirements, analyzed those requirements and created appropriate J2EE designs. He has coded, tested, debugged and deployed J2EE implementations to the production environment. He consistently produces high quality code and he has led the team in developing utility classes which are used by all of the development team. |
| Implement Web-based Education Management System for Air University Resgistrar with J2EE Architecture. | Surpassed | Derek is an expert in J2EE architecture and has consistently demonstrated extraordinary knowledge and understanding of all J2EE development activities. He has designed, coded, tested and deployed JavaServer pages, Servlets, JavaBeans, Data Access Objects, XML, XSL and JDBC with Oracle 8i. He has been the key player in all aspects of our current J2EE development environment. He maintains our Linux server as well as CVS and our defect tracking software, Bugzilla. He has consistently surpassed expectations in all J2EE development areas of EMS and he has been a leader in making design recommendations that have been paramount in the success of our project. He consistently delivers well-written, well-designed, portable J2EE compliant programs that meet or exceed project requirements and customer expectations. He does an excellent job of writing extensible, reusable code that is beneficial to all members of the development team. |
| Additional Accomplishments | ||
| Derek interacts with our customers and users
regularly to gain understanding of their business processes and software
requirements. He successfully translates those requirements to produce
supportive database structures and software applications. His work
encapsulates all phases of software development including application
design, coding, testing, deployment and sustainment. Derek is well
respected by his peers, his customers and by AUSC management. He promotes
process improvement and his efforts have been crucial to the success of
the Air University Registrar.s EMS project.
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| At CSC, it is not enough to focus on results or job-specific objectives. The manner in which we achieve these results is equally important. Please consider the extent to which the employee has demonstrated these CSC values and ethical behavior during this appraisal period. |
| Select the appropriate rating of the employee's demonstration of CSC values. |
| Comments required for all ratings except 'Demonstrates.' |
| Key: | Among the Best | Is strong model for this value - sets an example for others. Can be counted on to demonstrate the associated behavior in all circumstances, including under extreme pressure. |
| Demonstrates | Demonstrates these behaviors on a daily basis in both words and actions. | |
| Needs Coaching | Is inconsistent in demonstrating these behaviors. Would benefit from coaching and feedback. |
| Values | Rating | Comments |
| Client Focus: Listens to clients and uses that information to exceed expectations. | Among the Best | Derek is heavily focused on the needs of his customers, the team and the organization. He captures his customer.s requirements, builds a quick prototype, gets customers .buy off., and implements solutions that consistently exceed the customer.s expectations. He is assertive yet he respects his customers and always tries to help them achieve their expectations. |
| Initiative: Takes personal responsibility to make the right things happen. | Among the Best | Derek is the standards bearer for showing initiative. He consistently finds new, innovative solutions that either simplifies a complex process or exceeds customer expectations. He works closely with customers to fix processes that are broken or do not meet customer expectations. |
| Excellence: Provides the highest standard of service in everything done. | Among the Best | Derek always pushes himself and his peers to a higher level of excellence. His broad knowledge of a wide range of topics is important in the day-to-day decisions made by the team lead, by AU customers, and by AUSC management. |
| Integrity: Is honest and truthful in all that is done. | Among the Best | Derek.s candor is the cornerstone of the highest of integrity. Although others do not always agree with his suggestions, they always know his ideas are well thought out and based on fact instead of feeling. He is very well respected by his customers, his peers, and organizational management alike. |
| Diversity: Values differences in perspective and experience and uses that information to foster innovation in solutions. | Demonstrates | Derek is very assertive but is always open to new ideas and will quickly change his opinion if he discovers he is wrong or there is something better. |
| Respect: Treats everyone with professionalism. | Demonstrates | Derek always demonstrates a high degree of professionalism in all aspects of his work and he treats everyone with dignity and respect. It is also important to note that people know they have Derek.s respect even if he doesn.t agree with their opinion or decision. |
| At CSC, it is not enough to focus on results or job-specific objectives. The manner in which we achieve these results is equally important. Please consider the extent to which the employee has demonstrated these CSC values and ethical behavior during this appraisal period. |
| Evaluate the employee's compliance with CSC Ethical Guidelines. Select 'Yes,' 'No,' 'N/A' (Not Applicable). |
| Ethic | Rating |
| Ethics Awareness. Attends company-sponsored ethics training programs; is knowledgeable of ethics policies contained in company publications. | Yes |
| Business Conduct and Ethical Compliance. Conducts business transactions in accordance with the company's published Code of Ethics and Standards of Conduct; reports violations known or suspected. | Yes |
| Timekeeping and Expense Reporting. Adheres to company timekeeping policies/procedures and expense reporting guidelines; asks questions about situations or procedures to ensure compliance. | Yes |
| Truth in Negotiations (Management/Supervisory). Takes action to secure compliance with applicable law, company requirements and guidelines, and division-specific procedures. | Not Applicable |
| Employment Practices (Management/Supervisory). Takes action to secure compliance with applicable country law and company requirements and guidelines in hiring, promotion, and other employment practices, especially as they apply to Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity. | Not Applicable |
| Performance Factors | Rating | Comments |
| 1. Quality of Work Output The quality of deliverables and services produced (in terms of errors, rework required to meet standards and waste), not considering other things like timeliness or quantity. |
Outstanding/Far Exceeds Expectations | Derek consistently produces high quality, reliable software that meets customer expectations. He has often created new and innovative libraries, classes and methods that aid other developers in quickly and reliably implementing complex functionality. He always exceeds expectations in the quality and maintainability of his code. |
| 2. Timeliness of Delivery Timeliness of deliverables and services (in terms of schedules, deadlines, delivery goals and target) without regard to other factors like quality and resourcefulness. |
Consistently Exceeds Expectations | Even with the aggressive programming schedules, frequent meetings and numerous interruptions, Derek manages to consistently keep deliverables close to estimates. |
| 3. Quantity of Work Output Quantity or amount of work produced personally (on assignments, tasks, projects, products, or services) without regard to any other factors like quality or timeliness of the work. |
Outstanding/Far Exceeds Expectations | For the customer, Derek often produces more than expected by anticipating customer expectations and providing functionality that was not included in the customer.s original requirements. He adjusts well to changes in priorities and provides consistently produces more functionality than is expected. Derek also provides much technical insight both to the development team and to AUSC management. |
| 4. Use of Resources The efficient use of time, money, materials, and people to produce the required deliverables and services without considering factors like timeliness or quality. |
Consistently Exceeds Expectations | Derek makes excellent use of his time and manages it wisely. He is very good at multitasking and has very little "dead time". In addition, Derek helps the team improve the development process by finding and using high-quality, open-source tools that match or exceed those costing thousands of dollars. |
| 5. Customer Impact/Value Added The extent to which the deliverables and services produced meet the expectations of internal and/or external customers. |
Outstanding/Far Exceeds Expectations | Derek does an outstanding job of weeding through the customer.s description of business processes and quickly extracting the real requirements for a task. He is very innovative and quickly delivers prototypes to get customer feedback. He consistently delivers products that include extra features, value-adds or methodologies that exceed customer requirements and expectations. |
| 6. Independent Work Ability The amount and intensity of supervision and unplanned support necessary to perform up to expectations. |
Outstanding/Far Exceeds Expectations | Derek requires little or no supervision. He works independently and he gets the job done even with frequent interruptions to provide technical guidance. He prides himself in superior quality and sets very high standards for himself. He knows what to do and he does it. |
| 7. Team/Unit Contribution Consider, unrelated to personal performance, whether the employee was helpful to others on the team or in the organization in terms of helping to get work out directly, sharing knowledge, and setting a tone of teamwork and cooperation within the unit. |
Outstanding/Far Exceeds Expectations | Derek consistently makes significant contributions to the project, the process, the team, and the organization. He is very assertive and offers suggestions and solutions to problems presented by our users, our customer, management, and by other software developers. His contributions have been both numerous and exceptional and his efforts have been vital to the continued success of the Air University Registrar.s EMS project. He continues to be a model for .project enthusiasm.. |
| 8. Work Habits Consider whether the employee's overall work style is effective and productive in terms of time management, setting objectives and priorities, adhering to standards and guidelines, and following up on commitments across a variety of work challenges. |
Meets/Occasionally Exceeds Expectations | Derek is consistent in his work habits and has demonstrated his willingness, when necessary, to stay late and complete project milestones. If the workload demands it, he adjusts his schedule to meet project requirements. |
| 9. Adding Skills and
Capabilities Consider whether the employee added (learned) additional capabilities to his/her personal portfolio of skills, attitudes and knowledge to get work done and out on time and be prepared for future roles/assignments. |
Outstanding/Far Exceeds Expectations | Derek has enrolled in a local university and his pursuing a BS degree in Math. He also obtained his Java 2 Programmer Certification from Sun Microsystems and he attended a JBoss boot camp His technical understanding of both software and hardware and his ability to communicate his knowledge to others is extremely valuable, not only to our customers and to management, but also to other development teams in the organization. |
| Considering the employee's KRA results and the description of performance (CSC Values and Performance Factors), my overall evaluation of the employee's performance is as follows (select appropriate rating): |
| Comments required for all ratings except 'Meets/Occasionally Exceeds Expectations.' |
| Outstanding/Far Exceeds Expectations | Contribution had a substantial business
impact Surpassed objectives in all Key Result Areas Exceeded expectations in all or most Performance Factors, no issues noted Set example for others in demonstrating CSC Values | |
| Consistently Exceeds Expectations | Surpassed objectives in most Key Result
Areas, no issues noted Exceeded expectations in most Performance Factors, no issues noted Consistently demonstrated CSC Values | |
| Meets/Occasionally Exceeds Expectations | Met objectives in all Key Result
Areas Met and at times exceeds expectations in Performance Factors Consistently demonstrated CSC Values | |
| Partially Meets Expectations | Missed objectives in some Key Result
Areas and/or Below expectations in some Performance Factors and/or Inconsistently demonstrated CSC Values | |
| Below Expectations | Missed objectives in many Key Result
Areas and/or Below expectations in many Performance Factors and/or Failed to demonstrate CSC Values | |
| Overall Evaluation Comments | ||
| Derek.s knowledge of J2EE and object-oriented software development has been essential to the success of EMS. The quality and quantity of Derek.s output has been superb for two consecutive years and his contributions to this project have been nothing short of outstanding. He is involved in every aspect of EMS software development and he is a key player in many technical decisions that are made by this team and the AUSC organization. He is always a major contributor in the area of .process improvement. and he consistently surpasses expectations in all areas. Derek has proven himself worthy and I have no reservations about recommending him for advancement. His accomplishments speak for themselves and he is very capable of managing his own project. Derek is an extremely valuable resource to CSC but his full potential has not yet been exploited. | ||
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| NLA Name | Comments | Action | Date |
| DODDS, DAVID J | I concur with Jim.s comments. Derek is a key asset to the task and CSC. Derek is highly motivated and technically knowledgeable, with excellent interpersonal sills. | Approved and Returned | 07 Apr 2004 |
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| Appraiser Name | Comments | Action | Date |
| JAMES L FLEMING | Released to Employee | 13 Apr 2004 |
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| Employee Name | Comments | Action | Date |
| DEREK C ANDERSON | I just want to say that Jim Fleming
is a wonderful boss to work for. While he does not seek the role, he has a
unique talent for managing software development projects. (more so than
any other boss I.ve had) His proper balance of trust, direction,
encouragement and constructive criticism has been critical to my ability
to contribute fully to this project. Thanks Jim. |
Acknowledged | 13 Apr 2004 |