Roles in a Project and Project Success

Introduction to Research:

The aim of this survey is to understand the relationship between the roles involved in a project and project success. Projects are a form of temporary organization that produces something unique and delivers a defined output that can be used.

Guidance on survey completion:

The survey is targeted at anyone who has participated in a project in the last 10 years.
Answer the questions from the perspective of your most recently completed project.
The survey should take between 5 and 10 minutes.
Your participation is voluntary.
Your individual responses will be kept confidential.
Mandatory questions are noted with an asterisk (*).
There is no payment for participation in the study.
You are entitled to download an ePub or Kindle of the book “Going Agile Project Management Practices Second Edition”. The link will be provided after you select the done button to complete the survey.

Thank you in advance for your participation. If you have any difficulty, please contact me at gjg@pm-de-study.com. You can find out further information on the study at the following site: https://www.pm-ds-study.com/project-roles-research-objective/.

Best regards, Gloria J. Miller

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* 1. What roles were involved in the project? (Select all that apply including yours.)

Agile Coach(s) or Scrum Master(s)

End user(s) of the project results and outcomes

Investor in or sponsor of the project

IT member(s) of the project team

Business member(s) of the project team

Project Manager

Program Manager

Member(s) of the Project/Program Management Office

Product Owner(s)

Provider(s) from the hardware vendor

Provider(s) from the software vendor

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What was your major role in the project? (Select one)

Agile Coach or Scrum Master

End user of the project results and outcomes

Investor in or sponsor of the project

IT member of the project team

Business member of the project team

Project Manager

Program Manager

Member of the Project/Program Management Office

Product Owner

Provider from the hardware vendor

Provider from the software vendor

None (I was not involved in the project)

Other (please specify)

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* 3. What methodology or framework most closely describes the one used in the project? (Select one)

Scrum

Extreme Programming (XP)

Scrum/XP Hybrid

Kanban

Lean

Iterative Development

Waterfall

Scaled agile method (SaFE, LESS, APM, DAD, RAGE, NEXUS, Scrum Of Scrums)

Custom Hybrid – Agile (multiple agile methodologies)

Custom Hybrid – Mixed (agile and non-agile methodologies)

Other Plan-driven (spiral or other staged methodology)

Other Agile (FDD, DSDM/Atern, AgileUP, or other agile methodology)

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* 4. How successful was the project overall? (Select one)

	failure	not fully successful	mixed	successful	very successful
Overall	Overall failure	Overall not fully successful	Overall mixed	Overall successful	Overall very successful

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* 5. Which of the following best describes the industry of the organization sponsoring the project?

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* 6. In what country do you work?

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* 7. Team Size. How many individual people (headcount) were in the core project team? (Enter a number)

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* 8. Project Start Year. What year did the project start? (Enter year as YYYY between 2008 - 2019)

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* 9. Duration (Months). What was the duration of the project in months? (Enter a number)

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* 10. Time. How successful was the project in meeting project time goals? (Select one)

	> 60% over time	45%–59% over time	30%–44% over time	15%–29% over time	1%–14% over time	on time	ahead of schedule	Don't Know
Time goal	Time goal > 60% over time	Time goal 45%–59% over time	Time goal 30%–44% over time	Time goal 15%–29% over time	Time goal 1%–14% over time	Time goal on time	Time goal ahead of schedule	Time goal Don't Know

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* 11. Budget. How successful was the project in meeting project budget goals? (Select one)

	> 60% over budget	45%–59% over budget	30%–44% over budget	15%–29% over budget	1%–14% over budget	on budget	under budget	Don't Know
Budget goal	Budget goal > 60% over budget	Budget goal 45%–59% over budget	Budget goal 30%–44% over budget	Budget goal 15%–29% over budget	Budget goal 1%–14% over budget	Budget goal on budget	Budget goal under budget	Budget goal Don't Know

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* 12. Scope. How successful was the project in meeting scope and requirements goals? (Select one)

	> 60% requirements missed	45%–59% requirements missed	30%–44% requirements missed	15%–29% requirements missed	1%–14% requirements missed	requirements met	requirements exceeded	Don't Know
Scope goal	Scope goal > 60% requirements missed	Scope goal 45%–59% requirements missed	Scope goal 30%–44% requirements missed	Scope goal 15%–29% requirements missed	Scope goal 1%–14% requirements missed	Scope goal requirements met	Scope goal requirements exceeded	Scope goal Don't Know

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* 13. Who was responsible for performing these tasks? Select one role per task.

	Project Sponsor	Project Manager	Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Product Owner	Team	Other	N/A
Establish project team	Establish project team Project Sponsor	Establish project team Project Manager	Establish project team Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Establish project team Product Owner	Establish project team Team	Establish project team Other	Establish project team N/A
Manage project team	Manage project team Project Sponsor	Manage project team Project Manager	Manage project team Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Manage project team Product Owner	Manage project team Team	Manage project team Other	Manage project team N/A
Control resources	Control resources Project Sponsor	Control resources Project Manager	Control resources Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Control resources Product Owner	Control resources Team	Control resources Other	Control resources N/A
Establish budget	Establish budget Project Sponsor	Establish budget Project Manager	Establish budget Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Establish budget Product Owner	Establish budget Team	Establish budget Other	Establish budget N/A
Control costs	Control costs Project Sponsor	Control costs Project Manager	Control costs Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Control costs Product Owner	Control costs Team	Control costs Other	Control costs N/A
Identify risks	Identify risks Project Sponsor	Identify risks Project Manager	Identify risks Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Identify risks Product Owner	Identify risks Team	Identify risks Other	Identify risks N/A
Assess, treat, and control risks	Assess, treat, and control risks Project Sponsor	Assess, treat, and control risks Project Manager	Assess, treat, and control risks Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Assess, treat, and control risks Product Owner	Assess, treat, and control risks Team	Assess, treat, and control risks Other	Assess, treat, and control risks N/A
Plan and administer procurements	Plan and administer procurements Project Sponsor	Plan and administer procurements Project Manager	Plan and administer procurements Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Plan and administer procurements Product Owner	Plan and administer procurements Team	Plan and administer procurements Other	Plan and administer procurements N/A
Select suppliers	Select suppliers Project Sponsor	Select suppliers Project Manager	Select suppliers Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Select suppliers Product Owner	Select suppliers Team	Select suppliers Other	Select suppliers N/A
Manage stakeholders	Manage stakeholders Project Sponsor	Manage stakeholders Project Manager	Manage stakeholders Agile Coach/Scrum Master	Manage stakeholders Product Owner	Manage stakeholders Team	Manage stakeholders Other	Manage stakeholders N/A

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* 15. Do you have any comments or further input? You can include your contact details if you wish to be interviewed for the study.

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