Project Management
Checklists
Checklist for Issue Management System
Issue Management System Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Is the Issue Management Approach, as set out in the Project Management Plan or Charter being followed? 2. Are there formal issues management procedures in place? 3. Is an automated issues management System being used? 4. Is … Continue reading
Checklist for Change Management
Change Management Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Are there formal Change Management procedures in place? 2. Is an automated Change Management System being used? 3. Has responsibility for all the phases of the Change Control process been assigned? 4. Are all identified changes assigned priorities … Continue reading
Checklist for Quality Management
Quality Management Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Does the project have a Quality Plan? (Or is it subject to a group plan?) 2. Does the project have a Quality Agreement? (Or is it subject to a group agreement?) 3. Does the Quality Approach section of … Continue reading
Checklist for Project Cost Management
Cost Management Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Has a project budget been documented? 2. Are Costs Reports regularly produced and circulated as required? 3. Do the Costs Reports include actual expenditure to date, and a revised forecast of future expenditure? 4. Has the Projects Commercial … Continue reading
Checklist for Project Risk Management
Risk Management Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Was a Risk Assessment completed? 2. Have all known risks been honestly documented? 3. Has an acceptable risk mitigation scheme been identified for all known risks? a) Have those schemes been reviewed and accepted by the project team … Continue reading
Checklist for Project Resource Management
Project Resource Management Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Are all resource assumptions documented? 2. Have job descriptions been prepared and graded for all required positions? 3. Have Organisation policies been observed in the recruitment of contract staff and/or IT Professional Services? 4. Do all staff … Continue reading
Checklist for the Project File
Project Schedule Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Project File Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Has a Project File been established? 2. Does everyone in the team understand the purpose of the Project File? 3. Does everyone know the location of the Project File? 4. Is the Project File structure appropriate to … Continue reading
Checklist for Closing Out the Project
The checklist for closing out the project include: Close Out the Project Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Which elements of project management were effective? 2. Which elements might be improved? 3. How might they be improved? 4. Is … Continue reading
Checklist to Plan and Take Adaptive Action
Project Status Action Steps Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Questions Yes No N/A Initial Comments Plan and Take Adaptive Action 1. What decisions will be made? 2. What actions will be taken? 3. How will these decisions and actions be communicated? 4. Analyze … Continue reading
Checklist to Collect Status Information
Project planning is theory; project execution and control are practices. The work is planned; now the plan must be worked. After the project has been properly planned, the project manager enters the project management execution and control cycle, where the key questions to answer include schedule status, open issues, and risks: Project Status Information Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been … Continue reading
Checklist for validating the Project Schedule
Project Schedule Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Questions Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Has more than one estimation method been used? 2. Are estimates supported by appropriate documentation? (Assumptions, Risks, etc..) 3. Are estimates adjusted for Risk Factors where appropriate? 4. Are estimates consistent with the Work Breakdown structure? 5. Were … Continue reading
Checklist for Key Questions for Develop a Risk Management Plan
Key Questions for Develop a Risk Management Plan Risk Management Plan Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Estimation Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Have risks been identified? 2. Have they been prioritised? 3. Have actions been taken to reduce … Continue reading
Checklist for Key Questions for effective resource management
Key Questions for Analyse Resources: Resource Management Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Questions Yes No N/A Initial Document Reference 1. Is one resource carrying a disproportionate amount of the workload? 2. … Continue reading
Checklist of Key Questions for Developing the Schedule
Key Questions for Developing the Schedule include: Project Schedule Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Estimation Yes No N/A Initial Document Reference 1. Have all “dependencies” been identified? 2. Were any new … Continue reading
Checklist for defining the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Checklist of key Questions for Work Breakdown Structure include: Work Breakdown Structure Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Key Questions Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Are all tasks identified? 2. Are often-forgotten tasks such as planning the project, approval cycles, testing, and printing included? 3. What is the unit of … Continue reading
Checklist of key questions for planning the Project Framework
Every manager has an excuse for why a given project comes out poorly, but attempts to plan ahead often are not completed with right level of diligence. Here is list of key questions for improving planning the project framework and bringing discipline to project management: Project Framework Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A … Continue reading
Checklist for defining the project definition parameters
Checklist of Key Questions for defining the Project Parameters include: Project Parameters Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Key Questions Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. What is the scope of the project? 2. When will the project be completed? … Continue reading
Project Manager Responsibilities and checklist of key questions
The project manager’s role is the overall responsibility for the successful planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure of a project; including to: ensure that the project produces the required deliverables, to the required standard of quality and within the specified constraints of time and cost; ensure that the project deliverables are capable of achieving the business … Continue reading
Checklist of key questions for establishing the project organisation
Key Questions for Establish the Project Organisation include: Project Organisation Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Key Questions Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Who is the project manager? 2. What are the project manager’s responsibilities? 3. In which areas does the project manager have decision-making authority? 4. Have the … Continue reading
Dr. Kerzner’s Checklist of 16 Points to Project Management Maturity
Here are Dr. Kerzner’s 16 Points to Project Management Maturity: Project Management Maturity Quality Assurance Checklist Has standard been met? Checklist Yes No N/A Initial Comments 1. Adopt a project management methodology and use it consistently. 2. Implement a philosophy that drives the company toward project management maturity and communicate it to everyone. 3. Commit to developing … Continue reading