| Category | Comments |
| Adaptability | Dean is very adaptable and flexible, and masters new tasks quite easily, handling various assignments without trouble. |
| Attitude | Dean's attitude is usually very positive and his enthusiasm a bit catching. |
| Attitude | Dean has continued to exhibit a positive attitude and a team spirit, even through the recent trying times. His willingness to sacrifice weekends for recent projects with no notice also exemplifies his positive attitude. |
| Attitude | Excellent attitude. Dean is willing to help others and always shows a high interest in his work. |
| Communications | Dean has excellent communications skills, and the ability to express ideas and concepts in a manner easily understood by others. His oral and written skills are both excellent. |
| Communications | Dean is an effective communicator, and has the ability to express complex concepts to almost any audience. |
| Decision Making | Dean has demonstrated he is able to make timely decisions on matters of all complexities, is very sure of his own abilities, and is able to implement his decisions effectively. |
| Dependability | Dean's dependability far exceeds expected norms. He is always at work and on time and keeps others informed in the event special circumstances arise. Very dependable. |
| Dependability | Dean is 100% dependable. He is adept at maintain a positive and professional attitude even in the face of a pressure situation. |
| Dependability | Dean is reliable in the extreme, and has often shown willingness to work long hours to see a critical project through to completion. He maintains a professional demeanor and positive attitude even when faced with looming deadlines. |
| Initiative | Dean is a positive contributor both within his own department and to the greater organization. He has worked on projects and given his time and input to a wide variety of missions often beyond the scope of just getting his job done. This quality is recognized and appreciated by his team, others in the company, and me. |
| Initiative | Dean shows initiative that far exceeds most requirements. He is definitely a self-starter, and goes out of the way to accept responsibility and see it through. He is very alert for new opportunities and constructive. |
| Initiative | Dean and his team continue to not only complete projects on time, but they also produce side projects that benefit either the company or enhance the team's productivity |
| Initiative | Dean has been a key contributor to the success of the Federal office in many ways. As Desktop 5 project manager, he has had a direct positive effect on the future revenue of this office. He has been instrumental in interviewing and recruiting new staff, and has made siginificant improvements to work processes in the office, and continued to be a key resource in supporting IT which affect everyone in the organization. |
| Interpersonal Skills | Dean has excellent interpersonal skills and anticipates and responds to the needs of others with tact and diplomacy. He is able to create a cooperative spirit in others to achieve desired results, and is effective at dealing with multiple business and personnel issues while directing his team. |
| Job Knowledge | Dean's knowledge of the process and tasks involved in the software development life cycle and in testing products is thorough. I have promoted him in the technical staff heirarchy where his proficiency and professionalism should continue to serve him well. |
| Job Knowledge | Dean's knowledge of technical issues is excellent. Dean has proposed many, many ideas and his suggestions are always creative, covering the gamut from product changes to business processes. |
| Job Knowledge | Dean has a through knowledge of how systems work on a technical level as well as an in-depth understanding of how the company works. He uses his knowledge to provide guidance for his team as well as to get products and programs launched on time. His knowledge about these procedures has directly contributed to solving many problems. |
| Management Skills | Dean has an excellent understanding of the most complex corporate policies, procedures and objectives and has demonstrated excellent management skills. |
| Management Skills | Dean has shown sensitivity to the increased workload and changes that his team has gone through. At the same time, through his diligence in thoroughly understanding process and procedure, he has been able to coach the team to higher levels of performance and production. He has also recognized and created plans to deal with certain weaknesses on his team. While the hiring freeze has impacted his ability to bring on new talent in the last couple of months, the employees previously hired by him are all performing at exceptional levels. |
| Management Skills | Dean's understanding of process and how things get done give him the ability to set reasonable goals and objectives for his team. This understanding coupled with his commitment to the mission of the team results in a high standard of performance that is critical to the function of the organization, and produces results in a professional and timely manner. |
| Management Skills | Dean is a solid performer and an outstanding leader. He constantly looks for ways to improve the performance and focus of his team and contributes to the overall success of the organization. |
| Planning And Organization | Dean has a very systematic and organized approach to solving problems or organizing job tasks or functions. He has shown excellent leadership by creating new procedures for the team that have solved many problems and gotten programs and products launched on time. |
| Quality of Work | The quality of Dean's work is consistently excellent. His work product is well organized and well presented. |
| Work Under Pressure | Dean often seems to thrive on pressure, and do some of his best work in periods of tight schedules and complex tasks without compromising the quality of his work. |
| Work Under Pressure | With his tight schedules and multiple projects, Dean met or exceeded every deadline. He seems to thrive under pressure. |