SISALThe process starts with preselection. 80 applicants, 15 selected, 15 passed.
Evidence from past work, not proof of the current product
This case applies to the engagement and period it describes. It does not prove outcomes of the microcourses, training, workshops, qualification or human evaluation that betaPlan offers today.
- Applicants
- 80
- Completed the assignment
- 44
- Selected and trained
- 15
- Passed both exams
- 100%
Preselection first
Filter before you teach.
SISAL asked for Java developers trained to a known standard. We did not start with a classroom. We started with a pre-bootcamp assignment, sent to every applicant between 31 March and 9 April 2022, and scored on time taken, attempts made and an exam. Only the best rated entered the cohort.
The assignment window lasted 10 days. 73 of the 80 applicants received it and 44 completed it, taking between 1 and 6 days each, 2.7 days on average, over 1 to 8 attempts. Each completed assignment was scored on three criteria, time, attempts and exam, for a total out of 33.
The 33 best rated scored between 27 and 33. From that list 15 were selected for SISAL and 11 were held on a waiting list. The 15 selected averaged 29.7 in total and 9.4 of 10 in the exam. The other applicants did not go forward.
The funnel
Applicants in, developers out.
Each step is a count from the selection workbook and the cohort roster. Nothing is estimated.
Applied
Java, spring 2022
Received the assignment
31 March to 9 April
Completed the assignment
Scored on time, attempts and exam
Best rated
Total 27 to 33
Selected and trained
11 on the waiting list
Passed both exams
Web Fundamentals 9.0 to 10, Java 9.2 to 10
The outcome
What the cohort delivered.
The 15 started Web Fundamentals on 5 May 2022 and finished Projects and Algorithms on 9 September 2022, 18 weeks of teaching. Attendance held at 100% across the 8 Web Fundamentals sessions, 99% across the 16 Java sessions and 77% across the 8 final sessions.
All 15 sat the Web Fundamentals exam and scored between 9.0 and 10. All 15 sat the Java certification exam and scored between 9.2 and 10. That is what preselection is for: a cohort in which nobody fails.
Start with the filter.
In this 2022 engagement, an assignment came before the classroom, and the client received a scored list, the cohort record and the exam results. A new engagement would need the work defined afresh and a new agreement.