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