Project management evaluation kpi

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Would you have someone that can provide short term advise-guidance on PPM (Program and project management).

We are looking to benchmark and measure our project managers with key performance indicators other than the traditional on time, on budget, on scope that we should use to measure our performance and that of our teams.

Looking for measures-key success factors-key contribution areas we should consider (e.g. customer satisfaction).

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Project Management Key Performance Indicators

Project Management Key Contribution Areas

AppendixOther performance measures

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Key Performance Indicators


KPIs represent a set of measures focusing on those aspects of organizational performance that are the most critical for the current and future success of the organization.

7 characteristics for good KPIs

1.Non financial measures2.Measured frequently3.Acted on by the CEO and Senior Management Team4.Clearly indicate what action is required by staff5.Measures that tie responsibility down to a team or an individual6.Have a significant impact7.Encourage appropriate action

List of indicators in project management (1/2)


“We can provide many indicators, but the data has to be available. An analysis has to be done to determine which ones are the best for your organization – some are correlated. “

List of indicators in project management (2/2)


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Key Contribution Areas


In order to ensure the success of a project, it is important for a manager to understand, manage and monitor the following aspects of the project and its delivery:

- Ensure the value of the project for the business over time- Quality plan- Risk Management : Overall risk of project over time- Leadership- Communication- Scope Management

Key Contribution AreasValue of the project over time


Each project has to stay connected with the business objectives.

If things change over time, the project managers needs to be able to identify the changes and act upon them.

Being able to measure this level of understanding will help you identify your best project and program managers.

Key Contribution AreasQuality Plan


The Quality Plan defines the acceptance factors by the business/client.

The project manager should be able to create a Quality Plan upfront in the project and have its content approved by the sponsor. This quality should state the criterias that will guide the acceptance of the project’s main deliverable.

Stakeholders

Needs

Requirements

Deliverables

Metrics

Acceptance

Key Contribution AreasRisk Management : Overall risk of the project over time


Risks should be identify in a timely manner throughout the project lifecycle.

In a program environment, instead of measuring all risks independently, you can measure overall risk factors and therefore compare each projects with eachothers. This will help the program management identify and focus on high risks projects.

Key Contribution AreasLeadership


The leadership that the project manager brings to the team will contribute to the ability of the people to overcome some of the challenges that they will face over the course of the project lifecycle.

8 behaviours can be measured and compared between your project managers :

1. Express Authentic Appreciation2. Address Shared Interest3. Create with reality-based optimism4. Live 100% Comitted to something5. Keep All your agreements6. Apppropriately include others7. Avoid Blaming and complaining8. Clarify Roles, accountability and authority

Key Contribution AreasCommunication


Bad communication (too much, not enough, …) will affect the context with every stakeholder (sponsor, upper management, team, …).

Each project manager must target the right information, right quantity, right time, right medium, … Not more or less than that.

This is a major area where small improvements have a big effect.

Key Contribution AreasScope Management


You need to avoid scope creep and gold platting.

Every change that affect the scope must be measured, because it will affect everything else. The project manager needs to be able to control and evaluate the relevance of the change request to the main deliverable of the project.

The number of scope changes can easily be used as a KPI and will help you evaluate the quality of the analyze, design and build phases.

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To IT directors and executives

Who face Challenges meeting the business’ ever

increasing demand and deliver projects on time, on budget and within scope

Compared to other consulting firms, our objective is not to staff dozen of developers or IT analysts. We are completely

independent from all integrators and solution providers. Our

only objective is the success of the projects we manage.


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