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Using ON-POINT’s Project Management framework (see below) helps you assess your project:

• Excellent = X > 90 % passed! – Your project is “Best of Breed”, congratulation!
• Good = 75 < X < 90% – You will deliver!
• Improvements required = 25% < X < 75% You have lots of risks, improvements are required to secure delivery!
• Fail = X < 25% - You will not deliver! You need a turn-around-plan!

So just review the questions below and count the questions in which you perform well (and divide the number by 38)

If you have further questions don’t hesitate to approach Kerstin Lehmann.

Your PROJECT ASSESSMENT:

Scope & Deliverable Management

• Scope is defined / documented
• All project stakeholders are known
• All scope changes are managed (e.g. Change Management Process)
• Your project approach is clear and understood by all stakeholders (incl. especially your project team members)
• The outcome of your project is clearly defined (e.g. deliverables) and managed
• The key project outcome (e.g. deliverables) is reviewed and signed-off by your stakeholders

Plan and Resource Management

• The amount of required resources has been estimated
• Based on the estimations a resource requirement plan has been created
• The resource requirements have been staffed with the necessary skills
• The project has a staffing plan
• The future resource requirements are adjusted every month based on ETC (=Estimations to completion)
• Based on the staffing plan an overall master plan was created
• Key milestones are known including a list of deliverables which should be finished within a certain timeline
• Each team has a detailed plan listing all tasks necessary to reach the milestones
• Project Organization is defined and managed
• Project roles and responsibilities are documented and understood by everyone
• Project On-&Off Boarding Process is defined and managed
• Project Holiday and Absence Plan is managed
• Project Infrastructure is managed

Finance & Vendor Management

• The overall costs of the projects were estimated based on defined scope and required resources
• Regular time tracking for all project team members is existing
• The effort worked on the project is regularly evaluated (plan versus actual)
• The ETCs (= Estimated Time to Completion) is regularly adjusted as well as the EAC (= Estimated Time at Completion / overall forecasted required budget)
• There is a Sourcing Strategy in place
• Contracts with all external parties are in place
• The contracts are actively managed (plan versus actual)
• Bills and payments are actively managed

Governance & Reporting

• The project has a clearly defined governance to manage and steer the project
• The governance is documented and known to all project team members
• There is a reporting cycle based on the governance
• The regular report is capturing the achievements of the last period, what is planned in the next period and includes a progress report for the project listing plan versus actual, explaining also the GAP
• You can measure your project progress (tracking of deliverables etc.)

Dependency, Issue & Risk Management

• All external dependencies are known and are actively managed
• The project has an issue and/or risk log which is used by all project team members
• The project conducts regular risk and/or issue management meetings to discuss the key risks and/or issues

Quality Assurance Management

• There is a quality assurance concept (incl. e.g. reviews and sign-off cycle)
• The quality assurance concept is followed
• In- and/ or external quality assurance measures are taken

Communication & Administration

• There is a project communication plan explaining how project team members and stakeholders are informed