This is a handy list of pointers to key questions that can be asked during Project Review by Senior Management

1. Channaveer Patil – patilmoto@yahoo.com
9 Key pointers for Senior Management while reviewing Project health
1. Is project within budget?
Cost based or Effort based: It can be Task based; Work Package based or Phase wise
monitoring
Percentage deviation from Original plan and/or revised plan and/or value committed to
customer
2. Is project within Schedule?
Calendar days based: It can be Task based; Work Package based or Phase wise monitoring
Percentage deviation from Original plan and/or revised plan and/or value committed to
customer
3. Is project meeting expected Product Quality criteria?
a. Internally detected defects – from peer review, focus on peer review effectiveness
b. Internally detected defects – from testing, focus on testing effectiveness
c. Customer detected defects – from customer testing/review
Key focus for analyzing internal peer review and testing:
d. Why so many defects? How can we minimize them?
e. Did we capture enough? How can we improve review / test effectiveness?
Key focus for analyzing customer reported defects:
f. Why did we miss these defects?
g. Which gate (reviews, tests) failed?
4. Has your project performed any data analysis and identified appropriate corrective and
preventive actions?
5. Has your project Have you contributed any updates to Organizational process/ templates/
checklists or lessons learned / best practices repository?
6. Are there any non-conformances reported in latest process adherence audits/reviews?
7. Have you received any change requests from customer?
a. Is impact known in terms of cost/effort/schedule?
b. Is estimation and re-planning performed?
8. Is your project anticipating any risks?
a. Do you know the impact?
b. Do you have appropriate mitigation and contingency plans in place?
9. Is your project dealing with any issues and dependencies that are impacting project progress
negatively?