Week 5, chap 15,16 Flashcards
(7 cards)
Explain how a project can be evaluated.
- Actual costs - report and account for all the resources utilized in the project (how much did it cost, did we stay on budget?)
- Time consumption - Did the project keep to the schedule or did it take longer?
- Product quality
Which elements should be included in a final report?
- Background, purpose and business impact goal
- Project goal and limitations
- Sponsor, project manager
- Evaluation of the goal
- Analysis of project lifecycle
- Evaluation of the project organization
- Quality review
- Steering committees comments
- Reference groups comments
- Recommendations
- References
Are agile projects better than traditional projects at meeting quality goals?
No, not necessarily. Agile projects may launch the product without meeting all of the requirements stated. Some activities may have been skipped.
What are the hidden flaws of project closure?
Errors you don’t see during the process but will be shown when the result is done. Often problems related to quality - can make a project become a loss.
Why are some projects discontinued?
- Chosen solutions cannot be realized
- Higher prioritized projects need the resources better
- A competing product has been launched - no need to continue if our product doesn’t have any competitive advantages
How can the impact measurement be determined?
Was the expected benefit realized? Did the project entail costs on par with estimations?
Did the impacts identified in the pre-study come true? OBS: should have put up SMART impact goals to be able to measure.
What are reference measures?
A measurement of the current situation before the project is performed, compared to when the impacts are followed up
