Project Management Skills & Competencies Data

Canonical data repository for Project Management skills and competencies expressed as Rich Skill Descriptors (RSDs) and CTDL Competencies.

This repository is the source of truth for Project Management competencies in the WGU Instruction as Code (IaC) ecosystem.

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What's in This Repository

• Individual skill files (skills/*.json) - Each file defines one skill as an RSD
• Individual competency files (competencies/*.json) - Each file defines one competency using CTDL
• Compiled collections (*-collection.json) - Generated aggregations for efficient consumption
• Compilation tools (tools/) - Scripts to validate and compile collections

Source-of-Truth Rules

1. Each file in skills/ and competencies/ is canonical

   • These are the source files, hand-edited by humans
   • All reasoning about skills/competencies should start here

2. *-collection.json files are compiled artifacts

   • Generated from individual skill/competency files
   • Must not be hand-edited
   • Regenerated via npm run compile

3. Git history is the governance layer

   • Diffs represent intentional changes
   • Tags represent versioned snapshots
   • Pull requests imply review and approval

Usage

As an npm Package

npm install @wgu-competencies/pm-skills-data

// Import the full collections
import skillsCollection from '@wgu-competencies/pm-skills-data';
import competenciesCollection from '@wgu-competencies/pm-skills-data/competencies';

// Import individual skills (if needed)
import specificSkill from '@wgu-competencies/pm-skills-data/skills/0a553cc4-86f0-429e-87b4-0ed9c1329f9a.json';

As a Git Submodule

git submodule add https://github.com/wgu-competencies/pm-skills-data.git data

Direct from GitHub

Access the compiled collections directly:

• Skills: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wgu-competencies/pm-skills-data/main/skills-collection.json
• Competencies: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wgu-competencies/pm-skills-data/main/competencies-collection.json

Or via the published site:

• Skills: https://wgu-competencies.github.io/Project-Management/skills-collection.json
• Competencies: https://wgu-competencies.github.io/Project-Management/competencies-collection.json

Development

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ (for compilation scripts)

Compiling Collections

After editing individual skill or competency files:

npm run compile

This regenerates the collection files.

Validation

Check that collections are up-to-date without modifying files:

npm run compile:check

This will exit with an error if the collections are out of sync with source files.

Schema References

Rich Skill Descriptors (RSDs)

Skills follow the Rich Skill Descriptor specification.

Key properties:

• id - Canonical URL for the skill
• uuid - Unique identifier
• name - Human-readable skill name
• skillStatement - What a learner can do
• categories - Skill classification
• keywords - Search and discovery terms
• alignments - Links to standards, occupations, jobs

CTDL Competencies

Competencies follow the Credential Transparency Description Language (CTDL) specification.

Key properties:

• @id - Canonical URL
• ceterms:ctid - Unique identifier
• ceterms:name - Competency name
• ceterms:competencyText - What the competency represents
• ceterms:hasChild - Links to component skills

How This Fits Into IaC

[ Learning Experiences / Courses ]
            ↑
[ Assessments, Rubrics, Activities ]
            ↑
[ THIS REPO: Skills & Competencies ]
            ↑
[ Standards, Schemas, Contexts ]

This repository:

• ✅ Defines reusable skills and competencies
• ✅ Provides versioned, machine-readable data
• ✅ Serves as upstream source for courses, credentials, assessments
• ❌ Does NOT contain course content or assessments
• ❌ Does NOT define learning experiences

Contributing

1. Edit individual skill files in skills/ or competency files in competencies/
2. Run npm run compile to regenerate collections
3. Commit both source files and updated collections
4. Open a pull request

Important: Always run npm run compile before committing. CI will validate that collections are in sync.

License

MIT License - See LICENSE for details.

Related Repositories

• Project-Management-Docs - Documentation site for this data
• WGU IaC Ecosystem - (links to other skill repositories)