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You are working as a project manager for a small IT consulting firm and have been asked to create a plan for reviewing and auditing completed projects in order to gauge their success.
 
  What factors will you use to measure the success of a project? What questions would you ask in order to understand why a project succeeded or failed?

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  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


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Answer to Question 1

Student answers will vary but should include an understanding of the main project variables: scope, time, cost, quality, and risk. A sample answer is:
The factors I would use are:
 Cost: What was the original budget and final budget?
 Time: What was the original schedule and final schedule?
 Quality: Did the project meet the requirements outlined in the project plan?
 Scope: Did the scope of the project change?
Questions I would ask to understand the success or failure of the project would be:
 What technical difficulties were experienced and which could have been foreseen?
 What risks did the project entail?
 What events led to the scope changing?
 What difficulties occurred that were a consequence of personal, employee-oriented problems?
 What difficulties occurred that were a consequence of environmental, organizational, or managerial challenges?
 What do project team members consider as the primary challenges?
 What do clients or stakeholders consider as the primary challenges?

Answer to Question 2

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