EXPERIENCE/TRAINING:

 
1 – Actually exists?
2 – Has been the project manager for more than 6 months?
3 – Developed/participated in developing the current project plan?
4 – Has been formally trained in project management?
5 – Understands consequences of his/her own actions?
6 – Is computer literate?
7 – Knows contract administration?
8 – Understands/ plans for interfaces/integration? Human-machine integration?
9 – Employs modern project management techniques?
10 – Understands the industry he/she works in? Has industry contacts?
11 – Has a formal education and the credentials / qualifications to manage this type of project?
12 – Project manager understands the company’s major processes/Can link major functions together: Global responsibilities/processes/technologies/Knows what’s important to the business?
13 – Has relevant technical knowledge/ background/ experience?
 
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COMMITMENT:
 
1 – Devotes sufficient time to the project?
2 – Understands the importance of his/her job function to the organization?
3 – Is goal oriented?
4 – Has a personal stake in the outcome of the project?
5 – Stresses the importance of this project to the project team?
6 – Demands that objectives be accomplished (follows up to ensure that they are)?
7 – Verifies that reports are accurate and timely?
8 – Fully understands the project’s actual situation?
9 – Follows guidelines as given by management?
10 – Enforces quality standards?  Its own procedures? Tracks corrective actions?
11 – Obtains commitment from team members’ organizations ahead of time?
12 – Keeps commitments/ follows through on made to team? Executives? Oversight/ regulatory agencies?
13 – Performs objective self-assessments of self/ project/ team?
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ORGANIZATION:   
 

1 – Reports to a high level member of management?
2 – Does a personnel succession plan exist to replace outgoing personnel?
3 – Do project team members have defined roles?
4 – Do “Desk Top Procedures” exist to orient replacement personnel to the duties of the incumbent jobholder?
5 – Does the team consist of between 5 to 8 people?
6 – Can the project team function in a cross functional mode?
7 – Is the team properly organized to perform its assigned goal?
8 – Are reports received in a timely and accurate manner?
9 – Has assigned explicit roles for key people?
10 – Is anything overloading the project manager’s attention?
11 – Has a personal system to manage:

• Hard deadlines – perhaps a calendar
• Purchases (eg. a spreadsheet)
• Ideas – possibly a file
• Emails – that need to be sent
• Information requests/ follow-up and reminders (eg. a spreadsheet)