Project Audit Support Service®

The ProjectExperts offer PASS, our Project Audit Support Service®, to identify strengths and weaknesses of your projects.  Will Your Project PASS®?

If you already use our workshops or products, our PASS® services are perfect for you!  If not, we can teach you these methods.  PASS® helps you evaluate your project results in four major areas of project management effectiveness:

  • Pass 1: Project Startup

  • Pass 2: Initiation or High-Level Plan

  • Pass 3: Detailed (Phase) Plan

  • Pass 4: Requirements Definition

  • Pass 5: Project Tracking and Control

  • Pass 6: Closure and Post-Project Evaluation

We can also provide additional review services, on request.

PASS 1: Project Startup

  • The Project Charter

  • Key Roles, including Sponsor and Customers

  • Project Organization and Accountabilities

  • Timeline, Priorities and Funding

  • Benefit/Cost Analysis

  • Risk Analysis and Management Plan

  • Project Facility or War Room

PASS 4: Requirements Definition

  • Meeting the Business Need

  • Analyzed and Classified into Types

  • Yes, but are they GOOD Requirements?

  • Completeness and Correctness Evaluation

  • Measurement Established

  • Project Management Impact Reviewed

PASS 2: Initiation or High-Level Plan

  • Effective Objectives

  • Clear Scope Statement

  • Project Effort and Cost Estimates

  • Life Cycle Phases, and Their Products

  • Time Management Plan and Success Profile

  • Resource Management Plan

PASS 5: Project Tracking and Control

  • Project Communication Plan Established

  • Quality Assurance Review Plan

  • Project Tracking Plan

  • Configuration Management Tools and Plan

  • Project Reporting Responsibilities

  • Project Change Control Plan

PASS 3: Detailed (Phase) Plan

  • Work Breakdown Structure

  • Activity Estimates and Assumptions

  • Schedule, with Precedence Analysis Results

  • Resource Requirements and Analysis

  • Check Plan for Project Management Time

  • Review Contingency Plan

PASS 6: Closure, Post-Project Evaluation

  • Review Closure Plan

  • Evaluate Status of Open Change Requests

  • Review Plan vs. Actual Project Vital Signs

  • Follow-up on Benefit/Cost Analysis

  • Review Lessons Learned

  • Project Evaluation Completed

  • Follow-up Actions Planned