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Topics: Change Management, Communications Management, Governance, Requirements Management

Auditing performance

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Anish Abraham
Privacy Program Manager, University of Washington
Auburn, WA, USA

In my experience, success or failure of a project depends on the changes that occur after it begins. So, having a clear process is the best way to ensure that the relevant details like how much it will cost, why it is necessary, and the impact of the change on the overall project. Also, if this is followed it will be very effective in auditing performance during or after project completion.
What are your thoughts on this?

Posted: Sep 25, 2018 5:42 PM

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Kevin Drake
Business Manager Electrical Engineering Services , SGS Australia
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

I was recently asked to perform a project audit for one of the projects, Which I have not done before in that depth. It is actually a very interesting area and challenging

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Sep 25, 2018 6:38 PM

Anish Abraham

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Yes, it's very challenging. I guess it will ensure the team members and other stakeholders with the opportunity to be candid if it's conducted by an outside facilitator.

Posted: Sep 25, 2018 6:22 PM

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Anish Abraham
Privacy Program Manager, University of Washington
Auburn, WA, USA

Sep 25, 2018 6:22 PM

Replying to Kevin Drake

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I was recently asked to perform a project audit for one of the projects, Which I have not done before in that depth. It is actually a very interesting area and challenging

Yes, it's very challenging. I guess it will ensure the team members and other stakeholders with the opportunity to be candid if it's conducted by an outside facilitator.

Posted: Sep 25, 2018 6:38 PM

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Vincent Guerard
Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor, Freelance
Mont-Royal, QUEBEC, Canada

An audit is a powerful tool to see when a project is subject to failure

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Sep 26, 2018 10:53 AM

Anish Abraham

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Thanks Vincent for the feedback. How often do you perform an audit? or Is this after project completion?

Posted: Sep 25, 2018 8:02 PM

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Sante Delle-Vergini
Senior Project Manager, Infosys
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Agreed Anish.

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Sep 26, 2018 10:53 AM

Anish Abraham

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Thanks Sante for the feedback.

Posted: Sep 26, 2018 4:03 AM

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Drew Craig
Coach, Practitioner, Consultant, Humanist, North Highland
Philadelphia, PA, USA

Agreed. There are expected challenges throughout a project. Having the proper processes and tools in place to navigate provides increased chance for success with a more substantial audit trail.

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Sep 26, 2018 10:54 AM

Anish Abraham

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Thanks Andrew, for your feedback.

Posted: Sep 26, 2018 6:17 AM

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Kiron Bondale
(Semi) Retired trainer, writer & speaker, World Class Productivity Inc.
Welland, ONTARIO, Canada

Anish, establishing and properly updating baselines for all key objectives is a prerequisite for being able to accurately evaluate performance as things will change over the course of a project.

Kiron

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Sep 26, 2018 10:58 AM

Anish Abraham

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I agree, Kiron and thanks for your response.

Posted: Sep 26, 2018 7:08 AM

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Isabel Pereira
Project Integrations Analyst, General Electric
Madrid, Madrid, Spain

At my PM team we are audited by the Governance Manager who mainly checks if all the documentation was gathered timely, if all formals approvals are available, etc... Unfortunately, I don't remember an audit on any of my project's impact on a long term, which is sad. We leave it up to Operations to measure it but - at the end of the day - we never know what we should be doing differently.

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Sep 26, 2018 11:10 AM

Anish Abraham

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Thanks Isabel for your feedback on this.
I concur with you on this, since I cannot recall an audit after project completion on my projects in the recent past.

Posted: Sep 26, 2018 7:19 AM

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Anish Abraham
Privacy Program Manager, University of Washington
Auburn, WA, USA

Sep 25, 2018 8:02 PM

Replying to Vincent Guerard

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An audit is a powerful tool to see when a project is subject to failure

Thanks Vincent for the feedback. How often do you perform an audit? or Is this after project completion?

Posted: Sep 26, 2018 10:53 AM

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Anish Abraham
Privacy Program Manager, University of Washington
Auburn, WA, USA

Sep 26, 2018 4:03 AM

Replying to Sante Delle-Vergini

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Agreed Anish.

Thanks Sante for the feedback.

Posted: Sep 26, 2018 10:53 AM

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Anish Abraham
Privacy Program Manager, University of Washington
Auburn, WA, USA

Sep 26, 2018 6:17 AM

Replying to Drew Craig

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Agreed. There are expected challenges throughout a project. Having the proper processes and tools in place to navigate provides increased chance for success with a more substantial audit trail.

Thanks Andrew, for your feedback.

Posted: Sep 26, 2018 10:54 AM


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