Suggested Categories and Measurements for Organizations Managing Projects
ON-TIME
- What percent of projects has been completed on time (or within 10%)?
- What is average overage in time as a percent?
- What percent of active projects is on time and to-date according to earned value milestones?
ON-BUDGET
- What percent of projects has been completed on budget (or within 10%)?
- What is the average overage in cost as a percent?
- What is the earned value variance?
CUSTOMER DELIVERABLES
- Did the project meet customer expectations (general)?
- Did the project meet specifically identified customer expectations defined at the beginning of the project? (i.e. what customer benefit was expected to justify the project)
- Was training effective? (3 months later customers still understand project deliverable)
- Was implementation effective? (target usage achieved in targeted timeframe)
- Did implementation disrupt other priorities/processes more than expected?
- Did the ongoing costs, including training, match expectations?
QUALITY PROJECT PROCESS
- Customer felt the Project Team understood their needs and identified a good solution.
- Roles of Project Team, Steering Team and Customers were well understood.
- Customer meetings were held based on initial agreement (i.e. bi-weekly meetings).
- Project status was updated based on initial customer agreement (i.e. weekly written reports).
- Change process was well identified and managed appropriately.
- Project Team had a "make-it-happen" attitude, and goes "over-and-above" to make the project successful with a sense of urgency.
- Project Team creatively overcame obstacles encountered or issues raised in a way to optimize project results.
- Problems were resolved through a disciplined, identified process.
- Number of defects or project problems in initial and secondary testing processes.
- Training and implementation issues were discussed and agreed to in advance.
- Project implementation went smoothly with few defects, rewrites or project problems.
RISKS
- Risks were identified throughout the project along with actions mitigating the risks
- No/few "surprises" where project results were not expected
- Number of change requests submitted
- Number of change requests approved
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