Thursday, April 13, 2006

internal post project evaluation

  1. technical performance
    1. how did final scope of work compared to scope of work at start of project?
    2. Were there many changes to the work scope?
    3. Were the changes handled properly in terms of approvals and documentation?
    4. What impact did the changes have on the project costs and schedule?
    5. Was the work scope totally completed?
    6. Where the project work and deliverables completed in a quality manner?
    7. Did they meet the expectations of the customer?
  2. cost performance
    1. how did the final project costs compare with the original project budget and with the final project budget?
    2. Which included any relevant changes and project scope?
    3. If a fixed-price contract, was a profitable?
    4. If cost reimbursement contract, was the project completed within the customer's budget?
    5. Were there any particular work packages that overran or under ran their budgets by more than 10%?
    6. Over the causes of any cost overruns?
    7. Or the cost estimates realistic?
  3. schedule performance
    1. how did the actual project schedule compare with the original schedule?
    2. What were the causes of any fluctuations?
    3. How was performance on the schedule associated with each work package?
    4. Where the activity duration estimates realistic?
  4. project planning and control
    1. was the project planned in sufficient detail?
    2. Or the plants updated in a timely manner to incorporate changes?
    3. Was actual performance compared with plant performance on a regular basis?
    4. Or data on actual performance accurate and collected in a timely manner?
    5. Was the planning and control system used on a regular basis by the project team?
    6. Was a use for decision-making?
  5. customer relationships
    1. was every effort made to make the customer a participate in the success of the project?
    2. With a customer asked on a regular basis about the level of satisfaction with the progress of the project?
    3. Where their regularly scheduled face-to-face meetings with the customer?
    4. With the customer informed of potential problems in a timely manner and asked to participate in the problem-solving process?
  6. team relationships
    1. was very team feeling and a commitment to the success of the project?
    2. Whether any conditions that impeded teamwork?
  7. communications
    1. was the team kept informed of the project status and potential problems a timely manner?
    2. Was the project environment conducted to open, honest, and timely communications?
    3. Or project meetings productive?
    4. Or written communications within the team and with the customer sufficient, insufficient, or overburdening?
  8. problem identification and resolution
    1. or mechanisms in place for team members to identify potential problems early?
    2. Was problem-solving done in a thorough, rational manner?
  9. recommendations
    1. based on the team's discussion and a valuation of the above items, what specific recommendations can be made to help improve performance on future projects?