Status reports tell you what the team believes. This checklist tells you what the evidence shows. Built from real project recovery work, the Project Health Assessment Checklist walks you through the questions an independent reviewer would ask, then scores the results so you can see where risk is concentrated.
Use it before a steering committee, at a stage gate, when a project starts feeling "off," or as a routine quarterly health check across your portfolio.
What the checklist covers
Schedule health. Baseline integrity, milestone trends, critical path visibility, and realism of remaining durations. Scope health. Requirements stability, change control discipline, and clarity of acceptance criteria. Governance health. Decision rights, escalation paths, steering committee effectiveness, and open-decision aging. Stakeholder health. Sponsor engagement, business participation, vendor alignment, and communication effectiveness. Delivery health. Testing readiness, quality trends, resource capacity, and risk management.
How it works
1. Answer each item using a simple scoring scale. 2. Total your score for each health area. 3. Read your rating — Healthy, Watch, At Risk, or Critical — with guidance on what to do next.
Who it is for
Executive sponsors, PMO directors, program managers, and project leaders responsible for complex or high-visibility initiatives.
The downloadable checklist is not available yet. Contact us if you would like to discuss a project health assessment.