125 – Are there any activities spending/ about to spend more than their budgeted costs/ time estimates? (Yes = bad)

126- Is the PM committed to troubleshooting on a daily basis? (Yes = good)

127- Has SM/PM created a visual dashboard display to monitor the project’s key performance measures/indicators? (Yes = good)

128- Does PM know what resources are in short supply? (Yes = good)

129- Can/does PM respond on-the-spot when s/he observes fluctuations in performance? (Yes = good)

130- Does PM have access to the firm’s financial data, such as:  (Yes = good)

1. Quarterly reports?
2. Company filings?
3. Investor presentations?
4. Media coverage?
5. Satellite imagery?
6. Transactional data?
7. GPS tracking?

131- Does SM/PM understand how their project’s supply chain works? (no = bad)

132- Has SM/PM considered developing/sharing a supply chain road map? (Yes = good)

133- Has SM/PM had cause to investigate resources being siphoned off and not being used to complete the project (e.g. theft, misappropriation)? (Yes = blue)

134- Are there any budgeted resources still unused? (Yes = blue)

135- Can/has PM’s staff detect if packaging has been tampered with? (Yes = good)

136- Does PM receive regular work performance reports/data from field managers in a timely manner? (No = red)

137- Does the PM ensure the math is performed correctly in the reports being submitted? (No = bad)

138- Does PM/QA compare their results against a hypothetical baseline to help them gauge their project’s performance?

139- Does the SM/PM know their number of ongoing projects and their cost performance data? (Yes = good)

140- Does SM/PM question the areas where the project’s performance risks falling short of its goals? (No = bad)

141- Does SM/PM/QA travel to the sites where the work is being performed to get a better understanding of the situation? (Yes = good)

142- Are rising costs/schedule slippages hard to see? (Yes = bad)

143- Has PM evaluated the project’s execution of activities compared to their original plan, such as? (Yes = good)

1. Took longer to complete/much more expensive than planned
2. Completed faster
3. Plan is right on target
4. Completed slower

 

144- With overtime, does PM know: (Yes = good)

a The reason for the work being performed?

1. Where the work was performed?
2. Who performed the work?

145- Does any money get paid out on autopilot (without human oversight)? (No = blue)

146- Has PM conducted a comprehensive accounting of (Yes = good)

1. How much has been spent on the project?
2. How much is obligated to be spent (such as accruals)?
3. How much remains in the budget?

147- Is more money being spent on overhead costs than on work actually being performed? (Yes = bad)

148- Is there too much red tape associated with dispersing the resources? (Yes = blue)

149-  Is PM paying contractors to perform work that is already being paid for by other organizations? (Yes = bad)

150- Can any savings be found that can offset any additional expenses? (No = blue)

151- Is overtime excessive because of staff absences? Do workers who perform overtime receive 4 hours sick time? (Yes = blue)

152- Are checkpoints built into the project plan to:

1. Demonstrate safety (Yes = good)
2. Observe/report side-effects (Yes = good)
3. Determine any long-term adverse events (Yes = good)

153- Are random spot checks performed? (Yes = good)

154- Are people performing the right job (according to plan)? (No = bad)

155- Are people working double and triple shifts? (Hint: Possible staffing issue).  (Yes = red)

156- Is there rampant abuse of policies and procedures? (Yes = red)

157- Are daily attendance reports evaluated to determine the percent of staffing available? (Hint: divide the number of sick or otherwise unavailable by the total number employed)

* Do managers/supervisors know how many people are supposed to be working today? (No = bad)

* Does management know who and where people are working? (No = bad)

* Does leadership know the primary reasons for absence? (No = bad)

*Are workers/leaders.managers hiding out/socializing/absent from their assigned workspaces without authorization? (Yes = bad)

* Is there a high ratio of managers/supervisors to workers? (Yes = bad)

*Are excused and unexcused absence categories further broken down into subcategories? (Yes = green)

158- Can instrumentation measure any part of the process? Operation? (Yes = good)

159- Is anypne reviewing the project’s quality indicators? (Yes = green)

160- Does PM know what contracts are in effect now? (Yes = good)

161- Does SM/PM have trouble tracking spending? (Yes = bad)

162- Does SM/PM inform anyone when red flags appear? (No = bad)

163- Does PM know how the contractor is operating their business?  (No = bad)

1. # of shifts
2. # of hours per day?
3. # of days per week?

164- Are inaccurate reports distorting the true picture of the project’s status? (Yes = bad)

165- Does SM/PM have detailed information at their fingertips? (No = blue)