Roksana Jahan Tumpa

In order to cope with the complex challenges of the project environment, project managers require a balanced mixture of soft and technical skills. However, employers are often dissatisfied that project management graduates are not well equipped with the right skills, often demonstrating a lack of soft skills. Despite higher education institutions' efforts to make graduates more job-ready with the demanded skills, the feedback from employers is not so pleasant. The research focuses on the function of group-based assessments to cultivate project management competencies in graduates. The study will identify the best practices of group-based assessments to inform its design and administration in higher education to enhance employability and readiness to join the workforce.

It is expected that the higher education sector will benefit from the outcomes of the research as the identified best practices for group-based assessments will guide academics to design and administer group-based assessments rigorously and systematically. In addition, if graduates are equipped with the right set of skills, the employability of project management graduates will be enhanced.