2003 IMTA Proceedings - International Military Testing Association

Results
As of October 2003, the TSA has deployed the integrated web solution with few difficulties,
with over 30,000 test batteries completed and over 7,000 candidates completing the second phase
assessment center procedures.
Summary
Business testing for selection and development is no longer done in isolation from other practices
and applications, and opportunities in corporate testing are increasingly tied to the ability to
integrate seamlessly with other systems.
The “best-of-breed” web services integration approach renders a solution characterized by
“emergent properties”; that is, the whole of the solution is greater than the sum of its parts, and
as such reflects a real innovation, that while portable in core respects, also is highly sensitive to
the client’s needs for customization. Such emergent properties avoid the generic drift of the
monolithic enterprise human capital processing installations, instead offering plug-in capability,
focused support, and design collaboration with (as opposed to imposition of design upon) the
client.
Testing providers who adapt their offerings to take advantage of web services integrations will
find a receptive audience among I-O psychologists and other responsible users of testing and
assessments.
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45 th Annual Conference of the International Military Testing Association
Pensacola, Florida, 3-6 November 2003