Project Management Audit

It's not often that you get the opportunity to look inside someone else's project in an objective way while it's still in progress. This audit report from the Treasury Board of Canada is interesting in the depth to which it goes in identifying risks - and in showing the importance the secretariat gave to addressing the concerns.
One issue that will be familiar to many people working with a client (internal or external) to deliver a system is the availability client staff. One can almost sense the Project Manager's frustration at not being able to access knowledgable staff even though the importance had been made clear at the outset and the budget for back-filling approved.
Another familiar issue is the argument amongst stakeholders over the project scope. This is the one item that the audit team rated as High Risk. And credit to the secretariat for setting up a new steering committee chaired by an Assistant Secretary to address the issue.
All in all, an intersting read.
Project Management Audit - Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat - Part 2 of 2