Conduct Monthly Status Review

(Activity) for Tier: Governance

PURPOSE

The Monthly Status Review is an opportunity for senior management to ensure that measures supporting objectives throughout the organization are collected, analyzed, and used at the project level. Decisions based on the results of collecting and analyzing data increase the projects’ health and performance efforts.

PARTICIPATING ROLES

• ACCOUNTABLE

  • Chief Operations Officer

• RESPONSIBLE

  • Chief Technology Officer
  • Business Unit Leader
  • Project Lead
  • Development Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Process Engineer Lead

INPUTS

• Sprint Burndown Chart
• Sprint Historical Velocity Bar Chart
• Noncompliance Dashboard
• Issues
• Escalated Risks
• Opportunities
• Vulnerability Score
• Code Review Quality Analysis for a Release
• Pull Request Completion Status
• Open action items from the previous Monthly Status Review meeting

ENTRY CRITERIA

• Project measures have been analyzed per the analysis method of each organizational metric definition, and analysis results of each has been documented.

WHEN

Monthly or as requested by executive team.

SUB-ACTIVITIES

1. Conduct Review

   • Review previous action items.
   • The Project Lead presents each measure with their analysis.
   • Review escalated issues, risks, and opportunities.

2. Interpret Results and Draw Conclusions

   • Chief Operations Officer and Chief Technology Officer determine post-interpretation actions, which may include:

     • Adjust plans
     • Adjust resources
     • Update organizational objectives

   • Document and assign action item(s).

OUTPUTS

• Action items

EXIT CRITERIA

Project measures have been reviewed and the analysis of each discussed. New action items captured as needed and assigned for execution.

NEXT ACTIVITY

Conduct Triannual Project Review

SEE ALSO

Process Guidance Version: 10.4