MONITORING/CONTROL/FOLLOW-UP:
 
1 – Establishes project’s deliverables/knows amount accomplished/identifies shortfalls/ obstacles and required corrective action steps?
2 – Quickly solves problems before they become big ones?
3 – Justifies missed performance goals in writing to senior management?
4 – Procrastinates?
5 – Rejects poor quality work?
6 – Monitors work performed by project team and contractors?
7 – Develops other performance measures?
8 – Requires change orders?
9 – Demands unsatisfactory service/equipment reports for poor goods?
10 – Follows up on problems?
11 – Follows up on promises/ documents corrective actions taken?
12 – Uses brief status & corrective action monitoring reports/ punch lists (showing # issues/ length of time on the list/ # identified, planned,  # discontinued, # closed out, # submitted for close out & updates on remaining and significant issues which need attention, such as underway/ project changes and date/ time since last submitted report/ credit cards and petty cash accounts)?
13 – Constantly reviews/ monitors the project’s situation, knows:
  

• Status/ what staff is working on/ estimated time to completion/ targets most critical/ urgent problems/ corrective action taken?
• The exact materials are in-use, in inventory, the quantities being used?
• Can quickly calculate how long remaining supplies will last?
• When to restock/ the right amount to restock?
• The amount of product/ materials going out the door?

 

14 – Continuously fights fires, ignoring the project plan?
15 – Holds team members accountable for performing quality work and on-time/ Informs them of unintended/ adverse consequences?
16 – Has the project’s service/ product standards/ equipment/ staffing on-hand?  (No = bad)
17 – Can see (track) everything happening/ make adjustments in real-time? Looks ahead week by week at future activities?
18 – Knows what’s included in the project’s budget?
19 – Knows project’s most pressing/ urgent needs/ issues needing immediate attention?
20 – Monitors material costs? (No = bad)
21 – Quickly addresses lateness/ delays (activities not started) of all kinds and at all levels?
22 – Can track change orders (does a system exist)? (Yes = good)
23 – Reviews worksheets showing # crews, contractors, sub-contractors working per day – which directly relates to the project’s WBS.
24 – Periodically reviews issues believed to be closed after s/he believes they have subsided to ensure they have not reoccurred? (No = bad)
25 – Does PM know how information is gathered from tests? (Yes = good)
26 – Can PM track where the ‘figures’ originate/d from? (Yes = good)
27 – Does PM ensure that the team has the resources, tools, training and information to do their jobs? (Yes = good)
28 – Does PM anticipate trouble in a 360 degree manner (situational awareness from all possible angles, now and into the future?) (Yes = good)
29 – Does SM/ PM have access to  (and can/ will / has assembled) experts with specialized skills, such as lawyers, security/ investigation personnel/ forensic accountants, if required? (Yes = good)
30 – Does PM review updated recommendations/ procedures/ corrections made in order to stay up-to-date? (Yes = good)
31 – Does PM easily absorb new information? (Yes = good)