WORK PLAN & METHODOLOGY Sample Clauses

WORK PLAN & METHODOLOGY. This section of the proposal identifies the actual work plan. We believe that our detailed explanation of methodology and work tasks clearly distinguishes our approach and comprehensiveness. Our approach is to complete the classification and job evaluation before completing the compensation review. The reasons for this include:  The description of the work performed and the requirements for that work are, in the minds of the employees and their supervisors, inextricably associated with the “worth of that work” or compensation, which is often a highly emotional issue. Separating the two phases of the study, even though elements of phases may be conducted concurrently, tends to produce more objective classification results.  The compensation review will be completed when there is a full understanding of the work of the City, thereby ensuring that the data developed from the labor market and City classifications is accurate. PHASE I: CLASSIFICATION STUDY Task A. Initial documentation review/meetings with study project team and management staff This phase includes identifying the City’s Study Project Team, contract administrator, and reporting relationships. Our team will conduct an orientation and briefing session with the Study Project Team to explain process and methodology; create the specific work plan and work schedule; identify subsequent tasks to be accomplished; reaffirm the primary objectives and specific end products; determine deadline dates for satisfactory completion of the overall assignment; determine who will be responsible for coordinating/scheduling communications with employees, management, and the City Council and/or City Manager; and develop a timetable for conducting the same. Included in this task will be the gathering of written documentation, identifying current incumbents, and assembling current class descriptions, organizational charts, salary schedules, budgets, memoranda of understanding, personnel policies, previous classification and compensation studies, and any other relevant documentation to gain a general understanding of City operations. City terminology and methods of current classification and compensation procedures, as well as the written questionnaire instrument for the classification study that will be used in the job analysis phase will be reviewed and agreed to. We will discuss methodology and agree to a class description as well as compensation format and identify appropriate comparator agencies, benchmark classi...