APM research topic: The value of project assurance management practices

 
The APM Assurance SIG are collaborating with Sarah Coleman and Dr Andrew Schuster in the APM-funded research into ‘The Value of Assurance Management Practices’. 
In particular, we are leading on providing survey input to the research based upon the following questionnaire.
There are 18 questions, each with multiple choice answers, and some with optional additional textual answers.
We would be grateful if you would provide as much information as possible, please.

Output from this research (incorporating outcomes from this survey) will be published later this year.

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1. What role do you hold?

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2. In what industry sector is your organisation primarily engaged?

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3. What is the size of your organisation?

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4. Where are you based?

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5. What is the size of your organisation’s portfolio?

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6. How many people are involved in delivery of that portfolio?

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7a. How many people are involved in assurance of that portfolio?

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7b. Reviewing the number of people involved in assurance of the portfolio, 
is it adequate?

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8. What formal/ informal training have you received specifically in relation to project assurance?
(Select all that apply)

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9. How would you rate your current project assurance capability/ knowledge/ practical ability?

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10. Overall, how would you rate the performance of project delivery in your organisation during the last two years?

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11. Overall, how would you rate the performance of project assurance in supporting successful project delivery in your organisation during the last two years?

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12. What proportion of your time do you spend on assurance?

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13. Who owns the budget(s) for project assurance?

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14. Who make decisions about project assurance?

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15. Does your organisation have any formally identified assurance value drivers?

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16. Does your organisation have any formally identified measures of effectiveness for assurance?

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17. Is there formal assurance framework?

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18. Who makes the most use of assurance in your organisation? (Select one or more)
(Select all that apply)


Thank you very much for your time and participation in this questionnaire, your contribution is most valued and supportive to the research.

APM Assurance SIG committee

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