Is Your IT Project Failing?
Ten questions that pick up the warning signs we see most often in projects that later fail. Get your personalized risk report with actionable recommendations.
Ten-Point Assessment
10 critical failure points with detailed analysis
Risk Level Scoring
Get your personalized project risk score
Mitigation Strategies
Actionable steps to prevent project failure
What's Included in Your Free Assessment
A short report you can act on the same day
📋 What You Get:
- PDF report covering all 10 risk factors
- Your personalized risk report
- Mitigation strategies for each risk
- Action plan template
- Best practices from 15+ years experience
🎯 Assessment Areas:
- • Planning & Requirements Analysis
- • Team & Communication Effectiveness
- • Technical & Architecture Review
- • Project Management Processes
- • Business & Strategic Alignment
- • Risk Management & Mitigation
- • Stakeholder Engagement Level
- • Resource & Budget Management
- • Quality Assurance Practices
- • Success Criteria Definition
Understanding Your Risk Level
Our assessment categorizes your project risk into four levels
Low Risk
0-1 risk factors
Project on track
Medium Risk
2-3 risk factors
Some challenges
High Risk
4-6 risk factors
Significant issues
Critical Risk
7+ risk factors
Immediate action needed
How the assessment works
Ten questions, four risk levels
The checklist covers the ten conditions we most often find when we are asked to take over a failing project: unclear requirements, an unrealistic timeline or budget, poor communication, missing technical expertise, no architecture review, weak testing, no risk plan, no progress tracking, no agreed success criteria, and stakeholders who have not bought in. You tick the ones that apply.
Scoring is deliberately simple. Zero or one factor is low risk, two or three is medium, four to six is high, and seven or more is critical. The items are not weighted, because in our experience the count matters more than which ones they are. A project with five of these problems is in trouble whichever five they happen to be.
What you get
A PDF report, generated in your browser and downloaded straight away. It gives your risk level, lists each factor you flagged with its likely consequence, and sets out a specific first step for dealing with each one. It takes about five minutes and you do not need to share any project documents.
Common questions
Who should fill this in?
Whoever is accountable for the project on the client side: a founder, product owner or project sponsor. It is more useful still if two people complete it separately and compare answers, because disagreement about the risks is itself a warning sign.
What do I do if my project scores high or critical?
Stop adding features and get an independent review of the code and the plan. Our Project Rescue service starts with exactly that audit, and the initial assessment comes back within 48 hours.
Is my information shared with anyone?
No. Your answers produce the report in your own browser. We receive your email address, your overall risk level and how many factors you flagged, so that we can follow up.
Does a low score mean my project is safe?
It means none of the common warning signs are visible today. Run the checklist again at each major milestone, since most of these problems appear partway through a project.
Don't Let Your Project Fail
Five minutes now is cheaper than finding out at the deadline. The report is free and downloads straight away.