CONTROLS: 1 – Firm relies heavily on vendor to police itself? Yes = Bad 2 – Firm routinely certifies the accuracy of audits to senior management or regulatory agency? No = Bad 3 – Firm has tight distribution and accountability system? No = Bad 4 – Firm periodically audits the contractor’s relevant project filing system? …
PLANNING/CONTROL 1 – Have safety/ cyber matters been adequately addressed? 2 – Have maintenance concerns been properly addressed? 3 – Are specifications known and available? 4 – Is a large amount of re-work being performed? 5 – Are penalties/ rewards given for inappropriate/exemplary performance? 6- Are the project controls working? 7 – Are quality controls …
CORPORATE CULTURE: 1 – Is quality assurance/ control a part of the organization’s corporate culture? 2 – Are quality priorities clearly stated? 3 – Is there an independent audit function? 4 – Are quality assurance people assigned to the organization full time? 5 – Are environmental specialists assigned to the organization full time? 6 – …
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Audit/Follow up (Con’t) 85 – Is the staff educated regarding conflicts of interest? (No = bad) 86 – Was equipment run enough times to ensure proper performance in accordance with specifications? (No = bad) 87 – Are expediters paid to speed projects for approval? (Yes = blue) 88 – Are unexpected entries posted by unexpected …
AUDIT/FOLLOW-UP: 1 – Are/ were vendor surveillances done? 2 – Is contractor/ vendor work verified? 3 – Are procedures, codes and standards being complied with? 4 – Are the impact of errors calculated in terms of cost overrun and schedule delay? 5 – Were errors of omission or commission made? 6 – Are deficiencies identified? …
IMPLEMENTATION: 1 – Are the intended benefits achievable? 2 – Are customer(s) training needs addressed? 3 – Is any retraining required? 4 – Does the project team appear weak when dealing with customers? 5 – Are ongoing maintenance needs addressed? * Is team in-place before roll-out? 6 – Can the customer sustain the project (or …
COMMUNICATIONS: 1 – Customers needs are satisfied? 2 – Does the customer want this project? 3 – Does the customer understand the technology? 4 – The customer accepts scope changes? 5 – Is the customer’s corporate culture understood? 6 – Is the customer’s national culture understood? 7 – Is the customer’s religious culture understood? 8 …
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EVALUATION: 1 – Does a project schedule even exist? Does is cover (e.g., build, test, upgrade, etc)? 2 – Is the contingency sufficient for this project now and in the future? 3 – Are post project reviews conducted to determine lessons learned? 4 – Are interim reviews conducted? 5 – Was/ is a schedule crash …
PLANNING & CONTROL: 1 – Are/ were deadlines set? 2 – Are/ were deadlines enforced? 3 – Deadlines are realistic? 4 – Milestones are being achieved? 5 – Deviations are explained? Are any greater than 5% (plus or minus) from plan? 6 – Does a work breakdown structure (WBS) exist? 7 – Was work started …
SUPPORT – DECISION-MAKING: 1 – Are/were U.S. audit standards used to monitor this project? 2 – Can the organization cost-effectively deliver the project to the customer? 3 – Was is there an over-reliance on the use of contract low bidders? 4 – Are “sunk costs” an issue? 5 – Does the organization’s investment group feel …
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