STUDY GUIDELINE & INSTRUCTIONS

This activity contains 4 mini surveys of 4 questions each presented below to help you self-assess your readiness and expectations levels towards PMIS and their potential benefits.

Please make a selection for all 16 statements. Once you are done, press the button "View Feedback" -from the Progress and Grade Panel below- to see where you stand and get the corresponding feedback.

When you are done with reviewing feedbacks, make sure to press "Update My Grade" to complete this activity and earn allocated credits.

  IMPORTANT: Do not close this window before you are done with answering all questions. Closing this window before updating your grade will result in full reset of all your current answers.

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CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS SURVEY

Critical Factor #1: Organization Readiness
Readiness of the organization to engage all levels of staff in strategic planning process

What importance does senior management place on engaging all levels of staff throughout the organization?

In my organization, employees are involved in the planning of strategy and direction for the organization?

How often are employees encouraged to provide insights into issues and opportunities within the organization?

In my organization, there is a good understanding engaging staff leads to successful execution of the strategy?

 

Critical Factor #2: Project Manager Readiness
Willingness of project managers toward identification of the right resources

Project managers in my organization have good people skills, beyond technical abilities.

What importance do project managers in my organization place on having the right resources and tools for planning and managing their project?

Issues due to resource challenges and constraints are easily surfaced in my organization.

How often does the project manager update the resource plan?

 

Critical Factor #3: Software and Organization Expectations
Efficiency and effectiveness of utilizing resources

Resource allocation plan in my organization are reviewed regularly to ensure effective management of scarce resources.

What importance does senior management in your organization place on having a solid resource plan?

Senior management in your organization champion the use of effective resource management techniques.

How frequently will project managers revisit the resource management and planning throughout the project life cycle to ensure full utilization of the resources?

 

Critical Factor #4: Training Outcomes Expectations
Expectation of usefulness of project resource management tools for reaching project objectives

At the end of the training, you expect to be comfortable using a PMIS, specifically MS Project, to help manage your project resources.

The more you understand about the value and using resource management tools, you will be able to more effectively make staffing decisions.

If you were convinced that a PMIS would help you manage your resources more effectively, how often would you use it to provide real-time and updated data on resource availability and costing?

When you complete this course that better prepares you to use MS project resource management tool to improve the management of projects within your organization and prove its value, what priority will your management place on getting a PMIS in place?

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