EXPERIENCE/TRAINING:
 
1 – Is the project team trained in project management?
2 – Has the project team been trained in problem solving?
3 – Does the project team know how to use project management tools?  (e.g. Work Breakdown Structure, Gantt chart, Critical Path/network planning, variance analysis).
4 – Is the project team cross trained to perform each other’s duties?
5 – Does the project team have prior project management experience?
6 – Does the team have the technical experience to do the job?
7 – Team believes they have the training, supervision and equipment to do the job?
8 – Is staff development done to study the current trends and share expertise?
9 – Team knows how to operate the systems/ tools related to the job?
 
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COMMITMENT:
 
1 – Do team members understand the importance of their job function to the overall project?
2 – Is the project team goal oriented?
3 – Do the project team members have a personal stake in the outcome of the project?
4 – Do team members understand the importance of this project to management?
5 – Does the project appear to have a definite identity?
6 – Is the team producing accurate and timely reports?
7 – Does senior management/ PM understand the project’s actual situation?
8 – Does the team follow guidelines as given by management?
9 – Is the project team enforcing quality standards?
10 – Does the team act like a team to solve problems?
11 – Does team work more than 40 to 50 hours per week?
12 – Is team often on-call during weekends/ holidays?
13 – Does team often work 12 hour plus days?
14 – Must team work 2 to 4 weekends every month?
15 – Is project at a point where team is saying “it’s not worth it anymore”?
16 – Is the team citing crew fatigue/ excessive multi-tasking as a barrier to better performance?
17 – Is it difficult to get employees to work extra hours? (Yes = blue)
18 –  Is the team stretched to the limit and unable to complete assigned tasks? (Yes = blue)
19 – Do on-call people have any input, so they can attempt to balance their personal schedules? (Yes = green)
20 – Do team members embrace the company’s vision and values? (Yes = good)
 
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ORGANIZATION:

1 – Does a personnel succession plan exist to replace outgoing personnel?
2 – Do “Desk Top Procedures” exist to orient replacement personnel to the duties of the incumbent jobholder?
3 – Does the team consist of between 5 to 8 people?
4 – Can the project team function in a cross functional mode?
5 – Is the team properly organized to perform its assigned goal?
6 – Are enough people available to do the work?
 
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VISION:
 
1 – Does the project team understand the industry that the project represents?
2 – Does the project team understand the market that the project represents?
3 – Does the team understand management’s vision for this project?