Measures for Project Outcomes

Introduction to Research:

The aim of this survey is to understand the how success is measured at the end of an iteration or sprint in agile projects or a phase for non-agile projects. Projects are a form of temporary organization that produces something unique and delivers a defined output that can be used.

Guidance on survey completion:

The survey is targeted at anyone who has participated in a project in the last 10 years.
Answer the questions from the perspective of your most recently completed project.
The survey should take no more than 7 minutes.
Your participation is voluntary.
Your individual responses will be kept confidential.
Mandatory questions are noted with an asterisk (*).
There is no payment for participation in the study.

You are entitled to download the results from a 2019 survey on Project Management & Agile Projects. The download link will be provided after you select the done button to complete the survey.

Thank you in advance for your participation. If you have any difficulty, please contact us at gjg@pm-ds-study.com. You can find out further information on the study at the following site: https://www.pm-ds-study.com/project-measurement-research/.

Best regards, Gloria J. Miller & Robert Trender

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* 1. What was your major role in the project? (Select one)

Agile Coach or Scrum Master

End user of the project results and outcomes

Investor in or sponsor of the project

IT member of the project team

Business member of the project team

Project Manager

Program Manager

Member of the Project/Program Management Office

Product Owner

Provider from the hardware vendor

Provider from the software vendor

None (I was not involved in the project)

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What methodology or framework most closely describes the one used in the project? (Select one)

Scrum

Extreme Programming (XP)

Scrum/XP Hybrid

Kanban

Lean

Iterative Development

Waterfall

Scaled agile method (SaFE, LESS, APM, DAD, RAGE, NEXUS, Scrum Of Scrums)

Custom Hybrid – Agile (multiple agile methodologies)

Custom Hybrid – Mixed (agile and non-agile methodologies)

Other Plan-driven (spiral or other staged methodology)

Other Agile (FDD, DSDM/Atern, AgileUP, or other agile methodology)

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* 3. Who was the main customer for the project outcome? (Select one)

Internal customer(s): people and groups within the organization.

External customer(s): whom the company had a contract or for customers who would buy the output or outcomes.

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* 4. What was the main business goal for the project? (Slide marker towards closes answer)

To maintain business operations, improve or extend existing products, increase productivity or performance

To create or sustain a strategic position in the market or business

Clear

i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 5. How successful was the project overall? (Select one)

	failure	not fully successful	mixed	successful	very successful
Overall	Overall failure	Overall not fully successful	Overall mixed	Overall successful	Overall very successful

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* 6. What metric or measure was used to evaluate the outcome (success, failure, progress) at the end of each project iteration, sprint, or phase? (List at least one metric/measure)

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* 7. Which of the following best describes the industry of the organization sponsoring the project?

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* 8. In what country do you work?

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* 9. Team Size. How many individual people (headcount) were in the core project team? (Enter a number)

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* 10. Project Start Year. What year did the project start? (Enter year as YYYY)

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* 11. Duration (Months). What was the duration of the project in months? (Enter a number)

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* 12. Time. How successful was the project in meeting project time goals? (Select one)

	> 60% over time	45%–59% over time	30%–44% over time	15%–29% over time	1%–14% over time	on time	ahead of schedule	Don't Know
Time goal	Time goal > 60% over time	Time goal 45%–59% over time	Time goal 30%–44% over time	Time goal 15%–29% over time	Time goal 1%–14% over time	Time goal on time	Time goal ahead of schedule	Time goal Don't Know

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* 13. Budget. How successful was the project in meeting project budget goals? (Select one)

	> 60% over budget	45%–59% over budget	30%–44% over budget	15%–29% over budget	1%–14% over budget	on budget	under budget	Don't Know
Budget goal	Budget goal > 60% over budget	Budget goal 45%–59% over budget	Budget goal 30%–44% over budget	Budget goal 15%–29% over budget	Budget goal 1%–14% over budget	Budget goal on budget	Budget goal under budget	Budget goal Don't Know

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* 14. Scope. How successful was the project in meeting scope and requirements goals? (Select one)

	> 60% requirements missed	45%–59% requirements missed	30%–44% requirements missed	15%–29% requirements missed	1%–14% requirements missed	requirements met	requirements exceeded	Don't Know
Scope goal	Scope goal > 60% requirements missed	Scope goal 45%–59% requirements missed	Scope goal 30%–44% requirements missed	Scope goal 15%–29% requirements missed	Scope goal 1%–14% requirements missed	Scope goal requirements met	Scope goal requirements exceeded	Scope goal Don't Know

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* 15. Study results. If you wish to receive a summary of the analysis, please provide your email address. It will only be used to provide you a copy of the report.

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* 16. Do you have any comments or further input? You can include your contact details if you wish to be interviewed for the study.

Thank you for your participation. Upon selecting done, you will receive a link to download the results from a 2019 survey on Project Management & Agile Projects.