Lesson Learned Survey

PROJECT LESSONS LEARNED SURVEY

Introduction This survey has been created to solicit feedback on the [Project Name], to identify how the project was conducted. This survey is meant to capture lessons learned from the project while they're fresh in people's mind. This survey focuses on the actions -- not people - to identify what worked, what did not work, and identify areas for improvement. The results of this survey will remain anonymous (to encourage people to be honest in their assessments).

Please complete this survey and email the results, as an attachment, to name @umn.edu.

The survey results will be compiled (anonymously), and discussed in detail at the Lessons Learned meeting. The feedback we receive from the survey can help point to particular areas that should get special exploration in the group meeting, and identify potential areas for process improvement.

The results from the survey and from the Lessons Learned meeting will be summarized in a Lessons Learned document, and recommendations will be passed on to future teams.

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3. Click the Protect Form button. This will unlock the form so that you can select your response. 4. To continue answering the questions, click the Protect Form button to lock the form again. General Project Issues and Communication

1. Are you satisfied with the finished deliverable?

Very Somewhat Not Very Not at all If yes, what is good about it?

If no, what’s wrong with it?

2. How efficient and effective were project team meetings?

Very Somewhat Not Very Not at all What would you change?

3. Was the entire team committed to the project schedule?

Very Somewhat Not Very Not at all If not, what could have been done differently?

Very Somewhat Not Very Not at all If you did not feel involved, what decisions did you feel left out of?

5. How efficient and effective was communication between the project sponsor, project manager and team members?

Very Somewhat Not Very Not at all What could have been done differently?

Solution Development Life Cycle (Define, Analyze, Design, Develop, Test, Deploy) Define

1. How clearly defined were the objectives for this project?

Very Somewhat Not Very Not at all If not well defined, what could have been done differently?

2. How clear were you on your role in the project?

Very Somewhat Not Very Not at all If your role was not clear, what could have been done differently?

Analyze

3. How effective was the requirements identification process?

Very Somewhat Not Very Not at all If not effective, what could have been done differently?

Design

4. How effective was the design (or implementation specs)?

5. How effective were our design reviews?

6. How effective was the functional specs?

Develop

7. How effective was the test plan?

8. How effective was the training plan?

9. How effective was the testing process?

Deploy

10. How effective was the interaction/cooperation between technical sub-teams?

11. How effective was the deployment process?

For the next project, how/ what could we improve on the way project was conducted?

Thanks very much for all your comments!