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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.

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CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS SURVEY

Critical Factor #1: Organization Readiness
Sufficient awareness of how schedule management is planned within the organization

What importance does senior management place on allocating the necessary time to schedule projects?

Are project managers in your organization using standard project scheduling techniques?

How often are project schedules followed and updated by project teams in your organization?

In my organization, project managers and sponsors know how to create schedules to the “right” level of detail?

 

Critical Factor #2: Project Manager Readiness
Readiness of individual project managers toward utilization of schedule management tools

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

What importance do project managers in my organization place on keeping their project schedules updated?

Project schedules are used regularly in project team meetings as a tool to track and measure progress.

How often do project managers look at the project schedule before saying yes to deadlines imposed by management?

 

Critical Factor #3: Software and Organization Expectations
Expectations of schedule management outputs and visualizations

Project managers in my organization have tools readily available to produce the project schedule in various levels of detail and format depending on the intended audience.

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

Senior management in my organization can view schedule milestones easily through a dashboard.

Project plans in my organization are created using standard formats and scales.

 

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

At the end of the training, you expect to be comfortable and adept at scheduling projects using proven methods.

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

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

When you complete this course that better prepares you to use effective scheduling methods 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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