Pre-assessment

It’s a good idea for both the Developer and assessor to individually go through the responsibilities and create a tough assessment of where you think the Developer is at in regards to level. Be honest when doing this, if you don’t know or are unsure whether a certain criteria is met then don’t provide a grade for it; similarly if you are on the fence about meeting the requirements for a certain level then it’s best to assume it isn’t met yet. Try to come up with evidence for your grading - especially for responsibilities where there is an element of uncertainty, or you believe there will be a difference of opinions.

It may be beneficial to start out with a broad overall scoring - eg: I believe the Developer should be broadly a level 4 - and use that number as a starting point for the assessment. In this way you’d begin assessing each responsibility from level 4, if they meet they requirement then maybe check level 5, otherwise look at level 3.