Project Assurance Workshop

Objectives

To enable delegates to:

  • Understand the Project Assurance role and the associated benefits and implications
  • Prepare for undertaking the role, including scoping and clarifying responsibilities
  • Appreciate and consider a number of tools and techniques which could help in undertaking the role.
 
Course Content

Reasons why projects fail:

  • Design and definition flaws
  • Inappropriate decision making
  • Project discipline
  • Supplier management
  • Resource
 

Organisation structure

 

Project Management structure

 

Roles and Responsibilities for Project Assurance

 

Project Assurance

  • Checklist of questions
  • Products to be assured
  • Methods to assure
  • The approach
 

Project Assurance and the Quality path

 

Tools and Techniques:

  • Gateway Review
  • Readiness Checklist
  • Technical Review
  • Benchmarking
  • Cost benefit analysis
  • Risk Assessment Checklist
  • Quality Audit
  • Quality/Cost relationship
  • Technical Performance Measurement
  • Cause & Effect Diagram
  • Independent verification