INFORMATION EXCHANGE: 1 – Are project reports understandable by all (Does management understand the project plan?)? 2 – Are reports submitted to management in a timely manner? 3 – Do any actual or potential language barriers exist within management, the project organization, vendors/suppliers/contractors or the customer? 4 – Do established policies exist within the organization …
85 – Firm routinely certifies the accuracy of audits to senior management or regulatory agency? No = Bad 86 – Firm has tight distribution and accountability system? No = Bad 87 – Firm periodically audits the contractor’s relevant project filing system? No = Bad 88 – Firm only uses approved contractors? No = Bad 89 …
CONTROL: 1 – Is project management software used? 2 – Are (were) project management tools used? 3 – Are regular review meetings held? 4 – Does the project have measurable goals? 5 – Does the firm have funding discipline (stay within the budget guidelines?)? 6 – Are good financial controls being used? 7 – Were/ …
85 – Are weekly activity reports prepared and distributed, timely? (Yes = good) 86 – Are daily task/ activity reports/ crew route sheets prepared and distributed, timely? (Yes = good) 87 – Do the daily tasks roll up, so that they can be reported in the weekly activity report? (No = bad) 88 – Does …
MONITORING: 1 – Does management have direct oversight of this project? 2 – Is the firm organized for project management? 3 – Management is aware of other competing projects? 4 – Does management read, understand and comment on project-related reports? 5 – Was a quality assurance plan developed for this project? 6 – Was the …
VALIDATION: 1 – Has the organization performed a change analysis to determine how it must change to accommodate the new idea? 2 – Is the proposed concept viable (technically, financially, politically)? 3 – Does this proposed project idea match the firm’s vision? 4 – Is there a big gap between what’s being proposed and what’s …
1 – Does Management have a strong commitment to this idea? 2 – Does the feasibility study have an executive summary? Is it in the front of the report? 3 – Is the firm’s vision statement either included or referred to in the feasibility study? 4 – Does the feasibility study have a table of …
ANALYSIS: 1 – Has a risk analysis been performed? 2 – Is this project worth doing? 3 – Was a market survey conducted? A proven market exists? 4 – Does management understand the customer’s problem? 5 – Have critical success factors (CSFs’) been identified? 6 – Was a feasibility study performed? 7 – Was an …
1 – was a start date agreed upon? 2 – does this projects’ mission still exist? 3 – were bad decisions made? 4 – was an independent pre approval audit conducted? 5 – are the project’s 3 main objectives being met? 6 – is management willing to tolerate big risks? 7 – are decisions made …
73–If project is being fast tracked, are the extra cost/ resources use sustainable over a long period of time? (No = blue) 74-Do investors have a major say in decisions made about the project? (Yes = blue) 75–Is staffing level appropriate to perform the scheduled workload? (Yes = green) 76–Has/ is progress on meeting the …