Project success is usually pegged on accuracy of scope, schedule, cost and quality. Beyond that, everything becomes as difficult as getting unanimous answer on color of the prism, which depends on viewer's angle. Every stakeholder would have a different story to tell. Saving Changes...
Successfully delivering value and a 360-degree assessment. Saving Changes...
Drake SettsuProject Manager / BloggerHi, United States
Mar 01, 2018 8:14 AM
Replying to Eric Simms
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The biggest metric I look for in Project Managers is whether they have complete mastery of their project schedules. At the very least they should be able to demonstrate immediately upon request which tasks are currently being performed, who is doing the work, and the risks associated with those tasks. They should also be able to demonstrate scenarios, such as how the schedule will be affected if a task is delayed for several days. Most of the projects I have seen fail have been because their Project Managers barely knew how to create and manage a project schedule, which makes failure all but inevitable.
PM scope is now geting extended to ensure that a right "Product" or "Service" being delivered by leveraging some of the best in class Project Management framework i.e. PMBOK. PMs will eventually be measured in terms of how much "value" their Product / Service (Project outcomes) brings to the "user base / customers" - beyond the other baselines - i.e. time & cost constratins (agreed to Sante!)... The original triple constraints are getting rearticulated through the Agile approach.. Saving Changes...
Mary LeCluyseSr. Project Manager| Kansas City Southern RailwayKansas City, Mo, United States
In addition to the Cost, Scope, Schedule, I would include results from surveys to Sponsor, Product Owner and Project Team with questions along these lines: "If you were assigned to work with this project manager again, would you look forward to the experience?", "did this project encounter collisions with other projects, and if so, were they handled well?" "were there escalations on the project, and if so, in your opinion were they necessary and handled effectively?" Metrics are tricky, as they don't show all the "dead bodies" you left behind in order to get the project done. Yes/No answers to the questions above and Comments are so "telling". Saving Changes...
I am working for a large corporate, along with the few metrics discussed above, a project satisfaction survey report should meet some threshold numbers in order to gauze the performance of the project managers. A survey sent out to project stakeholders,mainly sponsors partners, leadership folks etc. Saving Changes...
Samer AlhmdanSenior Project Manager, PMP, PMI-RMP, LEED AP, EDGE Expert| darDubai, United Arab Emirates
Thank you all for the great inputs. Saving Changes...
