Project Health Questionnaire

Look for:

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Consistency in responses: Are project stakeholders consistent in their replies?
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Clarity and brevity: Can team members provide a clear and understandable answer in under 30 seconds?
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Does their response address purpose, business outcomes, and benefits?
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Is the project still relevant, or have market and business changes altered its business case?

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Does the response cover the critical interdependencies?
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Or do you get a blank stare?
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Do the interdependencies include other projects, organizations (internal and external), people, business cycles, and so on?

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Are leaders actively participating in sponsorship meetings and discussions?
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Do they demonstrate an understanding of the work and results?
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Are they fulfilling their responsibilities, such as making critical decisions and quickly allocating resources (including people, time, and CAPEX/OPEX)?
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Do they take ownership of the project's status and expected outcomes?
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Do they consistently demonstrate and model support for the project through their actions?
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Has an unbiased project assessment method been included in the overall project plan?

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Are stakeholders identified who represent all affected areas?
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Do they understand their roles and responsibilities?
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Have stakeholders committed a full-time effort as needed to meet project milestones?
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Are the fully committed stakeholders from the frontline—the main users of the solution?
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Do they attend meetings, participate in discussions, and provide the necessary business, technical, or organizational guidance?

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Does the project's solution specify integrating other applications, technologies (such as social, mobile, analytics, and cloud), and organizations to achieve its business objectives?
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Are stakeholders identified and engaged who represent those integration points?
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Does the project plan, budget, and schedule specify the work needed to accomplish those integration points?

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Are the necessary changes to the organization, people, and relationships clearly specified?
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Are the types of changes well articulated?
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Are those changes adequately quantified in project plans, schedules, and budgets?

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Is 60-day post-implementation support and reinforcement training included in the project plan
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Is there a plan to continuously support the project's beneficiaries (people, time, CAPEX/OPEX, and benefits) throughout the solution's lifecycle?

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