77. How do you hand over Cost Plus context?
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78. What are the requirements for audit information?
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79. Have all basic functions of Cost Plus been defined?
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80. Is the Cost Plus scope manageable?
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81. How do you think the partners involved in Cost Plus would have defined success?
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82. Do the problem and goal statements meet the SMART criteria (specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound)?
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83. Are the Cost Plus requirements testable?
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84. How often are the team meetings?
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85. What is the scope of the Cost Plus effort?
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86. What are the Cost Plus tasks and definitions?
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87. What information should you gather?
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88. How can the value of Cost Plus be defined?
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89. Are audit criteria, scope, frequency and methods defined?
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90. Are all requirements met?
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91. Is the improvement team aware of the different versions of a process: what they think it is vs. what it actually is vs. what it should be vs. what it could be?
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92. Has everyone on the team, including the team leaders, been properly trained?
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93. Has the Cost Plus work been fairly and/or equitably divided and delegated among team members who are qualified and capable to perform the work? Has everyone contributed?
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94. What sort of initial information to gather?
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95. What information do you gather?
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96. Has your scope been defined?
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97. Do you all define Cost Plus in the same way?
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98. Are task requirements clearly defined?
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99. How do you manage changes in Cost Plus requirements?
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100. Who are the Cost Plus improvement team members, including Management Leads and Coaches?
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101. Are approval levels defined for contracts and supplements to contracts?
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102. What is the scope of the Cost Plus work?
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103. What are the dynamics of the communication plan?
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104. What are the Cost Plus use cases?
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105. Does the team have regular meetings?
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106. Is there regularly 100% attendance at the team meetings? If not, have appointed substitutes attended to preserve cross-functionality and full representation?
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107. What is a worst-case scenario for losses?
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108. Will a Cost Plus production readiness review be required?
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109. What system do you use for gathering Cost Plus information?
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110. Is there a clear Cost Plus case definition?
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111. Who is gathering Cost Plus information?
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112. Is the team adequately staffed with the desired cross-functionality? If not, what additional resources are available to the team?
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113. Are different versions of process maps needed to account for the different types of inputs?
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114. How do you manage unclear Cost Plus requirements?
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115. Does the scope remain the same?
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116. When is/was the Cost Plus start date?
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117. How do you catch Cost Plus definition inconsistencies?
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118. What critical content must be communicated – who, what, when, where, and how?
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119. What is in the scope and what is not in scope?
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120. Are resources adequate for the scope?
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121. When are meeting minutes sent out? Who is on the distribution list?
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122. Are roles and responsibilities formally defined?
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123. Is Cost Plus required?
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124. Has the direction changed at all during the course of Cost Plus? If so, when did it change and why?
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125. How do you gather requirements?
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126. What constraints exist that might impact the team?
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127. How will variation in the actual durations of each activity be dealt with to ensure that the expected Cost Plus results are met?
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128. How do you keep key subject matter experts in the loop?
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129. In what way can you redefine the criteria of choice clients have in your category in your favor?
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130. Are there different segments of customers?
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Add up total points for this section: _____ = Total points for this section
Divided by: ______ (number of statements answered) = ______ Average score for this section
Transfer your score to the Cost Plus Index at the beginning of the Self-Assessment.
CRITERION #3: MEASURE:
INTENT: Gather the correct data. Measure the current performance and evolution of the situation.
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