Concepts Overview
Assessments relate to predefined objects: risks or controls for example.
Assessment is a mechanism enabling sending of questionnaires to an identified population to obtain assessments (qualitative or quantitative) on identified objects. The assessment is supplemented by results analysis tools.Assessment sessions and campaigns
An assessment is based on concepts:
• assessment sessions
An assessment session is an assessment carried out over a determined time period. When an assessment session is published, a questionnaire is sent to targeted users.• assessment campaigns
An assessment campaign enables creation and planning of several assessment sessions over a given time period.An assessment session is defined by a scope and a questionnaire template.
The scope of an assessment session is defined by the objects to be assessed, the context of the assessment, and the list of respondents.A respondent is a person in the enterprise questioned in the context of the assessment. This person should complete the assessment questionnaire and return it.Questionnaire templates and questionnaires
Assessment questionnaires are sent to appropriate respondents .
An assessment questionnaire is a list of questions relating to a particular object and addressed to persons questioned.Questionnaires of an assessment session are described in a questionnaire template defined:
• directly in the assessment session:
• in an assessment template.
The assessment template defines the assessment scope, the questionnaire template to be used, and if required, the aggregation schemas to be applied for interpretation of global results. The assessment template can also supply deployment queries activated from one session to another to better determine the scope of objects to be assessed, the context and even the respondents.A questionnaire template represents definition of questionnaire content: question group, questions, unique or multiple answers and possible answers. It can be associated with a questionnaire presentation specifying display options. The questionnaire template is defined either at assessment template level or assessment session level. Questionnaires sent to respondents are generated from the definition supplied in the questionnaire template.Quotation rules
Assessment session unitary results are then calculated from respondent answers according to Quotation Rules defined for the session.
A quotation rule defines the list of answers used to calculate the value of an assessment characteristic. It also provides the plugIn handling the calculation.Aggregation schemas
Assessment results are then consolidated according to one or several aggregation schemas.
An aggregation schema is a series of steps used to consolidate assessment results according to specified assessment rules.