BoIT

Our IT & Project Health Checks identify what is being done well, and where improvements can be made to provide better IT services, programmes and projects. We identify improvements and solutions that afford "quick wins", are cost effective and pragmatic.

We ask questions from the following perspectives:

• the Business
• People (IT, Suppliers, the Business)
• IT and Project Management work practices
• Portfolio, Program & Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3) perspectives

We also make pragmatic use of the OGC's Project Management Health Check (from P3O®, see below) and the Prince2 Maturity Model (P2MM).

the Business Perspective looks at how the project addresses the business expectation.
E.G. How well does IT and its projects understand the business (is it reflected in the IT Vision and strategy, IT project Business Cases)? Does IT and its projects involve the business and prepare it for change; How is Communication articulated and enacted? What about Relationship management?

the People perspective looks at how effective your people are - both internal and external.
E.G. How committed and capable are they? Is the Project Board / Steering Committee effective? What people management issues are being experienced? Is the PMO providing value to the project? What "emotional state" are your IT managers and staff in? What personal support is provided to IT and project managers?

the IT and Project Management Practices perspective looks at the effectiveness of your IT and Project Management practices.
E.G. What practices are being used? What practices / processes are (not) effective and valuable; How are issues and risks managed? How is Assurance and Review provided? What is being measured and reported, and why? Are valuable systems and tools provided? What are the bottlenecks and sources of frustration?

the Portfolio, Program & Project Management Maturity Model (P3M3) perspective looks at the "maturity" of project management from seven management and governance perspectives and four "generic" perspectives