Managing Chaotic Projects Three Parts – General Company Information – 148 Detailed Questions Regarding Your PM Practices and Processes – Cost, Schedule, Quality, Customer Satisfaction Results from Recent Projects Analyze Integrated Project Schedule 56. Critical path identified. – No critical path calculation done. Each sub-project identifies critical tasks independently and sets work priorities 1 – Critical path based on committed milestone dates. No CPM calculation performed, or CPM used on individual sub-projects 2 – Key critical tasks identified through non-quantifiable means, and used to drive the critical path calculation 3 – Critical path calculated through integrated schedule, but only key milestone dates communicated back to sub-projects 4 – All critical tasks identified and indicated in each individual sub-project schedule. Critical path determined through integrated schedule 5 We can see that Company EC11 needs to concentrate on “Initiates Projects” ! This focus allows us to prudently invest in the appropriate process improvements. American Software Projects American Software Projects Only 16% on time & on budget • At least 94% will have at least 1 restart • 188% cost overrun • 222% schedule overrun • Only 61% will have original scope • Source: Standish Group “Chaos Report”