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19-14 MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECT-ORIENTED COMPANY

TABLE 19.3 Excerpt from Questionnaire
Questions Score

1 Project management −− − 0 + ++
1.1 Has the project manager been given the necessary authority to
make decisions during the project assignment?
1.2 Was a formal project assignment given during the
assignment process?
1.3 Will a project-start workshop be carried out with the
project owner and the project team?
1.4 Will the results of the project-start workshop be made into a
project handbook and will this be signed off by the
project owner?
1.5 Will a periodic project controlling process with documented
results and progress reports be established?
1.6 Will a project close-down workshop be held and
will lessons learned be documented and made available
to other participants to the project?
1.7 Does the project manager have adequate resources available
throughout the performance of the project?
1.8 Will quality attributes be continually monitored in the
project management process (such as review meetings)?
1.9 Will project coordination be promoted through permanent
communication with project team members (meetings,
individual discussions, e-mail)?
1.10 Will risk management be carried out and documented in the
project controlling process?
1.11 Will claim management (changes) be promoted and
documented in the project controlling process?
2 Engineering −− − 0 + ++
2.1 Are the technical plans and documentation understandable
(for example, short training time for assembly personnel)?
2.2 Are the technical plans and documentation usable without
corrections (for example complexity)?
2.3 Is there enough technical know-how in the project pool

around the project manager to provide support?
2.4 Will the plans and documentation be prepared in such a
way that few inquiries are needed?
2.5 Are the facility and system completed without many changes
in the technical customer specification?
2.6 Are design review meetings in the project planning and are
they carried out (such as milestones)?
2.7 Are plans made in such a way that new customer wishes or
necessary changes can be easily and quickly implemented?
2.8 Are requests for planning changes carried out on time by
the responsible members of the project pool?
2.9 Are economic aspects of the on site assembly work
adequately taken into consideration during project planning?
2.10 Are requests for later acceptance tests considered during
project planning?