Domains unlock first
A domain score only appears once a candidate has completed three distinct simulations in that domain. Until then, they see progress — not a premature number.
The PlannerPath Competency Index
A score you can interrogate.
Most assessment platforms ask you to trust a black box. The PCI publishes its core principles — how readiness gating works, how evidence is weighted, why a single lucky attempt can’t inflate a score — so a firm, a university, or a candidate can understand exactly what a number means and how it was earned.
How it’s calculated
Bayesian by design.
Every candidate starts conservative. Each completed simulation pulls the score toward demonstrated ability — which means one good day can’t manufacture a 90, and one bad day can’t erase a strong record. The score is capped at 99, because nobody is finished learning.
- Standard simulations weighted 1.0×
- Case-file simulations weighted 1.5× — integrated work is stronger evidence
- Domain-level scores use a lighter confidence weight, calibrated to realistic evidence volumes
Overall PCI
More completed evidence means a candidate’s demonstrated ability outweighs the starting assumption more and more — exactly as confidence should work.
The exact formula and constants aren’t published. That’s deliberate: it protects the integrity of a score real firms and universities rely on from being reverse-engineered or gamed.
Readiness gating
No score is shown before it’s earned.
A number based on one lucky attempt isn’t information — it’s noise. The PCI refuses to show noise.
Then the PCI
A provisional PCI appears once two simulations are complete, clearly marked as provisional while your evidence base is still building. Full readiness — a PCI backed by evidence across all six domains, and the full benchmark report — needs at least three completions in each domain, eighteen in total.
Then the report
The full benchmark report — the document firms actually see — unlocks last. Everything in it is backed by the gating beneath it.
Anti-gaming, by architecture
The score resists being gamed.
✓ Latest attempt counts
Retaking a simulation replaces your score with the new result — improvement is rewarded, cherry-picking isn’t possible.
✓ Retry cooldown
A 24-hour cooldown between attempts on the same simulation closes the memorise-and-immediately-retake loophole.
✓ Weighted evidence
Deeper, integrated case-file work counts for more than isolated tasks — the weighting mirrors what the job actually demands.
✓ Badges are strict
A domain badge requires a sustained, high adjusted score across at least three distinct simulations. Consistent performance across all domains can unlock an advanced completion milestone. None of it is decorative.
PlannerPath reports are designed to support human judgement, not replace it. They should not be used as the sole basis for recruitment, rejection or employment decisions.
A transparent methodology
Transparent for everyone it measures.
Candidates see exactly how to improve. Firms see exactly what a number means. That’s the entire point.