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PM Practice Maturity Assessment

Please rate each statement on a scale of 1 (Nascent / Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Exemplary / Strongly Agree) based on your current project environment.

Strategic Alignment & Governance

Evaluation of how initiative goals align with organizational strategy, backlog prioritization mechanisms, and clear decision-making rights.

Item 1: Our projects are selected and prioritized based on explicit, documented strategic criteria rather than ad-hoc requests.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 2: Decision-making rights between project leaders, product owners, and executive sponsors are clearly defined and honored.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 3: Resource allocation across active initiatives reflects strategic priorities and capacity realities rather than overallocation.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 4: Project objectives are explicitly mapped to measurable strategic outcomes prior to funding approval.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 5: Projects that fail to align with evolving organizational priorities are formally paused or de-prioritized.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 6: Governance reviews focus on strategic risk and outcome delivery rather than procedural compliance checklists alone.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)

Lifecycle Delivery & Execution Discipline

Assessment of delivery methodology consistency, scope boundary control, schedule management, and quality assurance.

Item 1: Work break-down structures and delivery roadmaps are collaboratively constructed and routinely updated.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 2: Scope changes are systematically evaluated for impact on schedule, effort, and risk before commitment.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 3: Estimates are grounded in historical velocity or empirical effort data rather than arbitrary deadline pressure.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 4: Quality criteria and definition-of-done standards are enforced consistently across all delivery iterations.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 5: Dependencies across teams and third-party vendors are mapped, monitored, and actively managed.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 6: Retrospectives and post-project reviews produce documented, actionable process improvements.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)

Risk, Value & Performance Realization

Measurement of proactive risk management, objective key results tracking, and value verification beyond project completion.

Item 1: Risks are proactively identified, scored for probability and impact, and assigned mitigation strategies.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 2: Project success is evaluated on value realization and outcome metrics, not solely on initial output delivery.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 3: Key performance indicators and health metrics are continuously tracked and accessible to team members.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 4: Early warning indicators of schedule slippage or scope inflation trigger timely corrective interventions.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 5: Benefit hypotheses are validated post-launch through objective operational data collection.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 6: Contingency reserves for budget and schedule are transparently managed based on assessed risk exposure.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)

Communication & Stakeholder Engagement

Review of stakeholder expectations management, team empowerment, psychological safety, and transparent status reporting.

Item 1: Stakeholder communication plans adapt to stakeholder needs, providing honest and timely progress visibility.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 2: Team members feel safe to raise risks, bad news, or capacity constraints without fear of reprisal.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 3: Expectations regarding deliverables and trade-offs are negotiated transparently with project sponsors.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 4: Cross-functional team roles and responsibilities are unambiguous and mutually agreed upon.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 5: User and operational feedback is regularly gathered and integrated throughout the delivery lifecycle.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)
Item 6: Status reports accurately reflect initiative health rather than masking problems behind optimistic metrics.
1 (Nascent)
5 (Exemplary)

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