Evaluating an It Project

Evaluating an IT Project

To ensure your IT project is on track, and to prevent serious performance issues, you should evaluate the project at the end of each of the six project stages. Usually, the end of a stage is identified by the completion of a project deliverable. An evaluation process can help your team determine whether changes need to be made to the process or plan before moving to the next stage.

After working diligently to reach the end of each stage of the project, it is important for all team members to meet to discuss the negative and positive aspects encountered up to this point. The focus of this meeting is to evaluate the activities and variables for each particular stage in the current project's development.

For example, during the evaluation, the team may determine that the project scope has changed, the team has not been as productive as planned, or necessary tasks have been left out. These are all variables that can lead to missed deadlines.

During the evaluation of an IT project's development, it is essential to consider two main business activities. The two business activities