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Project Management Capability Assessment
The Problem with assessing Project Management Capability
Measuring Project Management capability has been a difficult exercise. Traditional measures have been based on project management metrics
such as:
- Projects completed on time and budget
- Function point productivity
- User satisfaction
The other alternative is to have an expensive consulting house review your practices and give you a report on project statistics you probably already know. There is usually no money left to do anything after you pay the consulting bill for the project management assessment.
The Solution - How to assess Project Management Capability
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The first decision is what to measure against. What is best practice? What project management metrics? Fortunately, the answer is relatively straight forward. The Project Management Institute PMBOK (Project Management Book of Knowledge) provides a clear structure for successful project management. It breaks project management into nine areas - Management of Scope, Time, Cost, Quality, Risk, HR, Procurement, Integration and Communication. Each of these is broken down into further areas to bring a total of close to 40 components that make up successful project management. By measuring against these areas, you can develop a quantitative map of you PM capability. |
How to assess Project Management Capability
In conjunction
with a market research specialist, Project Perfect have developed a questionnaire
that will provide the answers. The questionnaire is directed at people who
have participated in a project in the last 12 months. We email the questionnaire,
collect the answers, and provide a report that benchmarks your capability
in 9 major, and 39 minor categories. It also provides guidance as to the steps
you might take to improve performance.
The example below is one of the nine categories - Time Management. This particular organisation is good at defining activities but falls down in the areas of activity sequencing, and estimating duration. A typical activity that could be undertaken to improve the situation would be to review why estimates are not accurate and possibly building up an experience databank of how long things take.
Benefits of a Project Management Assessment
- You get a map of your organisation's project management strengths and weaknesses
- You can focus on quick wins to improve productivity
- Serious shortcomings are identified and can be targeted with major programs
- Repeating the survey after a period measures improvement
- As an IT Manager, you can present numerical data to show the work required and results achieved.
Time & Cost
- The effort required is minimal - typically less than a day of your time in total.
- The results are typically available within a month of commissioning the report
- The cost is minimal - typically A$7,500 to A$12,000 ( and approx.)
- The report will make recommendations as to how problems can be addressed.
For More Information ....
Send an e-mail to assessment@projectperfect.com.au and we will provide more information
or
Download a pdf document that provides an example 