10 Steps Project Assesment

10 steps project risk assessment
(3 minutes):

Step 1: Leadership
1.	Is matching result positive between project mission and organisational medium term objectives?	YES NO
2.	Are the project management authority and responsibilities in balance and clearly defined in the project plan?	YES NO
3.	Is project staff and organisation aware of "need and urgency" (was kick-off meeting held)?	YES NO

Step 2: Business case
4.	Is there an (organisational) urgency matter connected to the project mission?	YES NO
5.	Are measures taken to align organisation in time with projected goals?	YES NO
6.	Are the business expectations translated into a valid business case?	YES NO

Step 3: Performance control
7.	Is the work load broken down in easy to manage work packages?	YES NO
8.	Are standard hour / capacity norms (metrics) used for work planning and work forecasting?	YES NO
9.	Is the variance to baseline plan, budget and standard performances reported?	YES NO

Step 4: Risk & anticipation
10.	Are problems/risks/opportunities pro-active identified, data collected, analysed and evaluated?	YES NO
11.	Are problem/risk/opportunity management procedural embedded in the project procedures?	YES NO
12.	Are success and failure criteria pro-actively evaluated and included in the risk analysis?	YES NO

Step 5: Project co-ordination
13.	Are the joint objectives known and is programme / multi-project plan available?	YES NO
14.	Are management support systems scaled to match size, complexity and are critically to each project?	YES NO
15.	Is a support office established to sustain multi-project or programme management and co-ordination?	YES NO

Step 6: Method & tools
16.	Is the current PM method acknowledged, spread, visible, accessible, strictly applied?	YES NO
17.	Are change proposals approved by a board or change committee?	YES NO
18.	Are tool users sufficiently experienced and trained?	YES NO

Step 7: Product requirements and testing
19.	Are business objectives and listed problems all linked to defined / described project solutions?	YES NO
20.	Are complex issues prototyped / simulated in the most earliest stage?	YES NO
21.	Is the test coverage percentage 100% of the whole?	YES NO

Step 8: Quality inspections
22.	Are quality inspections, half-product reviews and audits defined in the project plan?	YES NO
23.	Are all the distinct project teams subject to quality inspections, reviews and audits?	YES NO
24.	Is the deviance between design and build product recorded?	YES NO

Step 9: Contract liabilities
25.	Is the contract document mutual signed off by a principle or commissioner and by the (sub-)contractor?	YES NO
26.	Are liabilities and penalties established covering the end product related to overdue and failure?	YES NO
27.	Is the quality norm (expectation & maturity level) between parties described?	YES NO

Step 10: Implementation
28.	Has a representative risk analyses regarding implementation been executed?	YES NO
29.	Has the impact analysis resulted in a clever implementation approach?	YES NO
30.	Are education and training courses covering functional changes centrally co-ordinated?	YES NO

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