case studies about project management

A: SET UP - INITIATION

1 Developed the business case?

2 Is a full options appraisal necessary?

3 Is the project in line with the strategic plan?

4 Has the project received sign off by sponsor or project board?

B: SET UP - DEFINITION

1 Has a PID or project definition form been completed?

2 Are roles explicit and documented?

3 Are levels of authority clear?

4 Have you carried out a stakeholder analysis and planned accordingly?

5 Have you assessed risks and put a plan into action to monitor them?

6 Are you clear what is driving the project Quality, Cost or Time (1 only)

7 Have clear project review procedures been established?

8 Has planning started for a start up workshop (or series of workshops)?

9 Team selection - have you got the correct mix of skills and professional experience?

C: DELIVERY PLANNING

1 Have you broken the project down into its component parts – work breakdown

2 How accurate are your estimates? If a low percentage then recalculate.

3 Have you developed a milestone chart or produced a Gantt chart?

4 Have you developed an overall project budget? Have you sought advice from financial experts

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5 Have you identified the critical path for the project?

6 Have you developed a communications plan and included its component parts into the Gantt charts?

7 Are you continuing to carry out risk analysis throughout the project?

8 Are quality standards high? How do you know?

D: DELIVERY

1 Have you identified the appropriate type of control – loose versus tight?

2 Project reporting – are you clear who reports what and to whom and how?

3 Do you have a clear procedure for managing change?

4 Have you developed a planned versus actual schedule? How up to date is it?

5 Tolerance – have you an agreed tolerance figure?

6 Variations – are these quickly flagged?

E: CLOSEDOWN AND REVIEW

1 Post project review has been planned?

2 Learning identified?

3 Is the project still delivering the benefits intended?

4 Is there a case for abandoning the project – off schedule or delivered a significant part of it?

5 End of project review reports are produced and circulated?

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