A 95%-accuracy gap map steering the 2026 training budget
Ahead of its 2026 budget cycle, the institute needed an evidence-based picture of skill gaps across its research and administrative staff. POTC delivered a full training needs analysis producing a 95%-accuracy gap map and a prioritized training plan.
The challenge
Previous training decisions were driven by departmental requests rather than actual performance data, scattering the budget across disconnected programs with no clear impact. With 2026 budget approval approaching, leadership needed a precise, documented diagnosis of the gap between current and target performance across both research and administrative staff — in a disclosure-ready format.
What we did
Strategic assessment linking the institute's goals and research agenda to the capabilities each department requires
360-degree surveys and in-depth interviews covering every department and job level
Building a gap matrix and heat maps that visualize development priorities for each organizational unit
Analyzing findings through the ADDIE methodology to translate gaps into precisely targeted training programs
Delivering a final 2026 roadmap, prioritized and tied to budget lines and the training calendar
The results
Gap-map accuracy
Approved, prioritized training plan
Better training-budget targeting
Disclosure-ready documentation
For the first time we presented the board a training plan built on data, not guesswork — every riyal in the 2026 budget now has a documented justification.