Post-programme and Post-project Learning
Manage lessons learned to improve the execution of future programmes and projects.
Improvement Planning
Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)
Representative POMs are described for Post-programme and Post-project Learning at each level of maturity.
- 1Initial
- Practice
- Rely on the best endeavours of available personnel.
- 2Basic
- Practices
- Retain and utilize basic lessons learned from key programmes/projects.
- Set up post-programme/project reviews to capture feedback from the sponsor and key stakeholders.
- Outcome
- Organizations have the basis to learn from past experiences.
- Metric
- # of recommendations captured and fed into future programmes/projects.
- 3Intermediate
- Practice
- Conduct post-programme/project reviews across most of the portfolio, to identify and explain any major changes in scope, schedule, cost, and gaps between performance targets and outcomes.
- Outcome
- Lessons learned on most programmes/projects is captured on key parameters for future reference.
- Metric
- # of recommendations captured and fed into future programmes/projects.
- 4Advanced
- Practices
- Conduct in-depth post programme/project reviews across the entire portfolio to focus on all outcomes compared to the stated targets.
- Capture and utilize best practices and key lessons learned in future programmes/projects.
- Outcome
- Best practices and lessons learned on all programmes/projects are captured on key parameters for future reference.
- Metric
- # of recommendations captured and fed into future programmes/projects.
- 5Optimized
- Practices
- Proactively investigate any major variances between forecasted and realized value.
- Capture and utilize best practices and key lessons learned for optimizing business value in future programmes/projects.
- Outcome
- Best practices and learning on all programmes/projects are captured on key parameters for future reference, in order to support optimized business value.
- Metric
- # of recommendations captured and fed into future programmes/projects.