Try the following questions and I will give you feedback on how you are progressing
1) List and describe five duties of a project management office (PMO)?
2) Explain five items you would consider as part of an end of project review?
3) List and describe five benefits of project governance?
4) Explain five advantage of a project (task force) project organisation?
Remember each answer needs to consist of five paragraphs of 2-3 sentences each.
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2) Explain five items you would consider as part of an end of project review….Ok, timed myself for 15mins.
Risk Register. The risk register would be reviewed and analysed to understand which (if any) “uncertain events” occurred during the project and whether or not the perceived impact was correct or not. This information could then be used by the organisation to assist with the risk rating of similiar risks on future project.
Project Schedule. The project schedule would be reviewed for each of the phases in detail (level 4) and be compared against the project baseline schedule. Did activitities take longer or shorter than planned and if so why? Again this review would be feedback into an orgainisation database to assist with the planning of future projects.
Project Finances. The project finances (costs and incomes) would be reviewed to assess if the project budget estimate was a reasonable assessment and to identify any major over/under runs of costs. This data is important to know as it feeds back into the project investment appraisail techniques used in the business case and could influence on whether or not future projects are sanctioned or not.
Procurement. The project procurement plan would be reviewed as well as evaluations of the major vendors/suppliers/subcontractors performance. This is to assist with supplier selection on future projects and as well determine if the contracting strategy used was appropriate or not for this type of project/orgainisation. If the project found they did not have adequate resources to manage the various contractors, they may prefer to go for a ‘turnkey’ contract for their next similar project.
Success Criteria. Finally the project success criteria would be reviewed to confirm or comment on why or why not the project did not achieve its success criteria.