Institutionalized process for rating objects in a planned, structured, and standardized manner. Object are rated using criteria to evaluate the past, present, and future. Appraisals are defined by specifying an appraisal type, form of appraisal, and appraisal procedure.

Each appraisal is created using an appraisal model. An appraisal model contains the following information:

• Form of appraisal (object types that are allowed, and who appraises whom or what)

• Criteria and criteria groups (also: qualifications)

• A rating scale for each appraisal element (including descriptions of the individual proficiencies)

• Weighting of appraisal elements

• A calculation type (for calculating the results of appraisals) for every appraisal criterion

• Sort sequence and numbering of the appraisal elements

• Notes function for each appraisal element

You can define the following information for each appraisal:

• Appraisers and appraisees

• Name of the appraisal

• Period appraised

• Period in which the appraisal is to be created (in the case of multisource appraisals, this is specified for each appraiser)

• Date on which the appraisal was created

• For appraisals of the appraisal type Individual appraisal or Multisource appraisal: whether or not the appraisers remain anonymous when the appraisal is displayed

• For appraisals of the appraisal type Multisource appraisal: the number of anonymous appraisers