Tips and Techniques for
Project Performance Audits
Organize to Audit and Improve Project Performance
Project
audits are rarely welcome and often contentious, but when done
correctly, they offer unparalleled opportunity for process improvement
and project rescue. It all depends on the process, the people and
the purpose. Audits should not be a surprise, a threat, or
punishment. Project audits should become a normal, expected part
of the project management process, used to improve project results and
organizational performance. To that end, the project audit
organization must be structured and staffed to facilitate improvement
through identified goals, established standards, training and
institutional support.
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Project Review Steps and Tools
Project reviews are the key to the project audit.
Typically conducted at the end of project, mid-project reviews are also
used to evaluate "current" status using many of the same tools and
techniques. Quickly conduct these reviews using the
steps and tools you will find in the
Fast Track Project Toolkit. The Toolkit is an all-in-one
package of concepts, steps and tools to manage projects according to
the ITtoolkit.com fast track management model. Go
from proposal to
project review as you apply fast track concepts to
maximize available resources, follow fast track steps to
save time, and use the fast track tools to get results.
The package contains more than 400+ pages of process documentation
and (20+) templates, forms and spreadsheets. It covers all
these topics & more -
Project proposal preparation and project selection decision making.
Documentation and acceptance of project goals, objectives,
organization, scope, & more.
Governance planning covering project communication, risk management,
change control & more.
Project oversight including risk tracking, issues management, status
reporting, meetings & more.
Post project reviews including stakeholder surveys, peer reviews, &
lessons learned analysis.