Questions for Post-project Review Meeting
Scope
- When the project was complete, did the project deliverable meet user requirements without additional work?
- If additional work was required, describe it. Why was it needed?
- Did requirements change during the project? How did you manage change on the next project?
- What did you learn about developing and writing project requirements that will help you on the next project?
Schedule
- How close to scheduled completion was the project actually completed?
- What factors enabled the team to stay on schedule?
- What factors caused delays?
- What did you learn about scheduling on this project that will help on future projects?
Budget
- How close to budget was the final project cost?
- What did you learn about budgeting that will help you in future projects?
Project Tracking and Control
- What was learned about tracking performance that will help you in the future?
- What did you learn about taking corrective action that will help you on your next project?
The Project Team
- What was learned about staffing that will help in future projects?
- What worked or didn’t work about team communication? Did you have adequate methods for keeping each other informed?
- What was effective or ineffective about how work was distributed? Did you have the right skill mix? Was work assigned to the best person for the job?
- Did everyone clearly understand their roles and responsibilities so that work was completed without duplication or omissions?
Managing Relationships
- What lessons were learned about managing the working relationship with the client?
- What lessons were learned about managing working relationships with other departments or divisions?
- What lessons were learned about managing working relationships with outside vendors or contractors?
General Questions
- What technological advances were made on this project? What was learned that could be used on future projects?
- What project planning techniques were most useful on this project? Was project management software used? What was learned that will help in future projects?
- What techniques or systems were developed for this project that could be used on other projects?
- List any recommendations you have for future development.
- If you could do the project over, what would you do differently?
- Would this team want to work together again?
- Would the team want to work with you again?
- Were all remaining activities (e.g., maintenance, enhancements) transitioned to another team for implementation?
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