It is often difficult for management to tell if a project is running well. Reliant on reports from project managers who have "refined" project schedules and progress through project management tools, they may be unaware of whether a project is actually achieving what it is supposed to achieve. A full project audit can be cumbersome (and is often a last resort when it already known that a project is in trouble). A project diagnosis can be kept short and simple, with the option of expanding it to deal with particular symptoms.
Definitions
This Topic examines the project management life-cycle and shows how post-implementation reviews work within it, using this to show the difference between post-implementation reviews and project diagnoses. The Topic then discusses the differences between project audits and project diagnoses. Finally, it compares the forms of medical diagnosis with a project diagnosis.
Content
This Topic examines the areas covered by a project diagnosis.
Nature
This Topic discusses the various forms that a project diagnosis can take.
Size
This Topic examines the scale and scope that a project diagnosis may have, and the factors that influence them.
Current status
This Topic provides more detail on determining and reporting the current status of a project.
Diagnosis timing
This Topic discusses when project diagnoses should be undertaken and when the project diagnostician should be involved.
Diagnosticians
This Topic examines the skills that project diagnosticians need.
Project documentation
This Topic details the documentation that should be available from a project to enable a project diagnosis to be completed.
Diagnosis tasks
This Topic describes the tasks that form a project diagnosis.
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