The document summarizes the results of a survey evaluating the 2012 PMI SOC Mentoring Program. Overall, respondents agreed that the program provided value and improved their project management skills. Both mentors and mentees found the face-to-face meetings to be valuable. Some suggestions for improvement included providing more structure from the organization, setting guidelines for periodic check-ins between mentors and mentees, and allowing flexibility in mentoring objectives and hours. The evaluation indicated the program was successful in meeting participants' goals but could be enhanced with some adjustments.

1. PMI SOC Mentoring Progam 2012 Evaluation
Scale:
5 4 3 2 1 N/A
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
Mentor Mentee Evaluation 1.0 Combined Evaluation
1. I received value from this program
2. I have improved my project management skills as a result of this program
5
3. The face to face meetings between Mentor and Mentee were valuable
4 4. I was satisfied with the administration of the program
3 5. The Mentoring Committee was responsive to the needs of the participants
6. I met my expected outcomes.
2
7. The mid term session was valuable
1 8. I was satisfied with my Mentor/Mentee match
0 9. The initial 1 day training session was valuable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10. We followed the established ground rules
22 Mentors + 15 Mentees = 37 Respondents

2. PMI SOC Mentoring Progam 2012 Evaluation
Scale:
5 4 3 2 1 N/A
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
5 Mentees Evaluation
4
1.0 Mentees Evaluation
1. I received value from this program
3
2. I have improved my project management skills as a result of this program
3. The face to face meetings between Mentor and Mentee were valuable
2
4. I was satisfied with the administration of the program
5. The Mentoring Committee was responsive to the needs of the participants
1
6. I met my expected outcomes.
0 7. The mid term session was valuable
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8. I was satisfied with my Mentor/Mentee match
9. The initial 1 day training session was valuable
10. We followed the established ground rules

3. PMI SOC Mentoring Progam 2012 Evaluation
Scale:
5 4 3 2 1 N/A
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
Mentors Evaluation
1.0 Mentors Evaluation
6 1. I received value from this program
2. I have improved my project management skills as a result of this program
5
3. The face to face meetings between Mentor and Mentee were valuable
4
4. I was satisfied with the administration of the program
3
5. The Mentoring Committee was responsive to the needs of the participants
2 6. I met my expected outcomes.
1 7. The mid term session was valuable
0 8. I was satisfied with my Mentor/Mentee match
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9. The initial 1 day training session was valuable
10. We followed the established ground rules

4. Please provide suggestions on how to improve the Mentoring Program
1 As a mentor it was satisfying to see how sharing ones experience benefited another person
3 More structure from the organization and suggested methods of mentorship/coaching
11 Thank you for this great program! Looking forward to more of it again in the future
13 Overall the program was really valuable. Due to busy schedules, sometimes it is
easy to get off track with periodic meetings. I would recommend that there be
quarterly updates/submissions of logs to ensure that the mentor/mentee stay on
track. Other than that, thank you for co-ordinating this program. I believe this is a
great value add for both the mentors and the mentees.
16 I suggest for reducing mentoring hours to 30 instead of 36 hours. I feel it is sufficient
19 Mentors should adapt to changes of objectives of mentee. Sometimes
situations changes, goals change because of circumstances and mentors should not be rigid
21 Revise and update the manual
23 More reminders to the mentees during the initial workshop that it is up to
them to determine what they want to accomplish through the partnership,
and the mentor is there to help, but not to determine the objectiv
25 Suggestions - more meetings, 2 to 4 instead of only 1 - follow
ups and updated guidelines based on feedback
31 I believe if the mentoring training was conducted in the Fall and
Winter, it could have been more productive, since many people are on vacations during the Summer..!! :)
32 Change the coordinators and
format!
33 1) allowing mentors to choose mentees if there's a capacity available
with mentors to spend time with more than one person 2) promoting
having more small-group sessions for group leaning
35 The mentee I was working with was not fully committed to the the agreed to
timelines to meet. Mentees and Mentors MUST be committed and follow ageed
to times from the beginning. Follow-up actions from the previous meeting must
worked on otherwise the value of the mentoring sessions loose their effectiveness
and the sessions become working sessions on details that should not be the focus.
Given that the Mentees drive the meetings based on their needs, I suggest that as
part of the application and matching process they provide the objectives of the
mentoring they are looking for so that Mentors can assess their ability to provide
what the mentee needs. I was contineously frustrated with the lack of ownership
and progress from meeting to meeting and the request to change the meeting date
to accomodate the mentees' desire to play volleyball on our meeting date/time. I
send an email to the mentoring mailbox with this issue and notifying that we
have stopped our sessions and no help was provided.
37 For the initial 1 day training session, we got split into separate streams - one
for mentor and the other for mentee. I think it may benefit us all if everyone
get to participate in both the mentor and mentee sessions, if time permits.