P10.1 Evaluate against success criteria

Guidance

Project success criteria specified in the business case should be reviewed. This task reviews the project's actual performance against those measures to determine project success. Performance should be reviewed against both initial and final baselines. Any variance between the initial versions and final versions of the schedule, plan and contract need to be identified and justified. The review seeks to identify changes to organisational processes and procedures that should be fed back into the strategic, business and project planning processes to improve organisational performance.

This task also includes, in effect, an audit to ensure all activities to finalise the project have been completed. Final costs are determined and compared with the various estimates produced throughout the project lifecycle to determine how well the estimation performed.

Responsibility

The project manager has responsibility for this task.

References

Handover report

Project plan

Contract documentation

Proposal business case