STUDY GUIDELINE & INSTRUCTIONS

PROGRESS

RESULTS

GRADE

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS SURVEY

Critical Factor #1: Organization Readiness
Sufficient awareness of how project calendars are used and how project progress is tracked within the student's organization

How often are project calendars utilized by project teams in your organization?

What importance does senior management place on allocating the necessary time to properly build task and resource calendars for your projects?

Are project managers in your organization using both the task and resource calendar features of Microsoft Project?

In my organization, project managers and sponsors know how to use the task and resource calendars the "right" way.

 

Critical Factor #2: Project Manager Readiness
Readiness of individual project managers toward utilization of project calendars

Project calendars are used regularly in project team meetings as a tool to understand the availability of resources.

Project managers in my organization know how to create project calendars that project teams can use.

What importance do project managers in my organization place on keeping their task and resource calendars updated?

How often do project managers look at the impact of task and resource calendars on project schedules before agreeing to timelines?

 

Critical Factor #3: Software and Organization Expectations
Expectations of calendar management usage, outputs, and visualizations

Does senior management in your organization agree that task and resource calendars should be incorporated into project schedules?

Project plans in my organization are created using task and resource calendars on a regular basis.

What importance does senior management in your organization place on referencing the resource calendars when making critical resource decisions?

Project managers in my organization have tools readily available to produce the project task and resource calendars in enough detail and in meaningful formats for the intended audience.

 

Critical Factor #4: Training Outcomes Expectations
Expectations of this training in terms of benefits/outcomes

You are comfortable and adept at creating project calendars using proven methods and the Microsoft Project tool.

The more you understand about the value and use of effective project calendars, you will be able to more effectively discuss and promote their use within your organization.

If you were convinced that better project calendars would help you manage your projects more effectively, how often would you use them?

When you complete this course that better prepares you to effectively use project calendars to manage projects within your organization and prove their value, you will win the approval of senior management.

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