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• The term ‘Project team' includes all the stakeholders in the project, like development team, management team, consultants, client team, etc.

• Terms ‘Distributed team’, and ‘Multi-location team’ mean that the members of the team are not located in the same place but are located across different geographical boundaries. These boundaries may span different countries or even different cities. So a team with members in more than one city but within the same country are also distributed teams.

• Please answer the questions for the most recently finished project that you were a member of.

• In questions where you need to select from a range of values (Q6, Q12, etc), please select the next higher range for boundary values. For example, in Q12, if the annual turnover of your firm is exactly $500mn, select next higher range, i.e., $500mn - $1bn, to mark your answer.

What was the size of the project team?

What was your role in the team?

What was the average level of work experience (in years) of team members?

For how long the firm was a client to your organization? (write 0 for new client/product development)

While working on this project, you were a member of how many other project teams?

What was the total duration of the project? (in months)

In which country is your firm headquartered?

In which country were you located to work on this project?

In which country the project was implemented? (Write ‘NA‘ for product development)

What proportion of team members:

	0%	0 –20%	20 –40%	40 –60%	60 – 80%	80 – 100%	100%
had prior experience of working with multi-location teams	0%	0 –20%	20 –40%	40 –60%	60 – 80%	80 – 100%	100%

had prior experience of working with each other, maybe on some other projects	0%	0 –20%	20 –40%	40 –60%	60 – 80%	80 – 100%	100%

had prior experience of working on projects of similar magnitude, and complexity	0%	0 –20%	20 –40%	40 –60%	60 – 80%	80 – 100%	100%

had prior experience of working on projects of similar technology	0%	0 –20%	20 –40%	40 –60%	60 – 80%	80 – 100%	100%

had prior experience of working for the client	0%	0 –20%	20 –40%	40 –60%	60 – 80%	80 – 100%	100%

were member of some other project teams also	0%	0 –20%	20 –40%	40 –60%	60 – 80%	80 – 100%	100%

What was the size of the project in monetary terms? (Select ‘NA‘ for product development)

What is the annual turnover of your organization?

The organization is certified for CMM:

How long ago did the project finish?

The average complexity level of the project was:

For the following statements about your project, please indicate your agreement or disagreement.

	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree
Over the life of the project, the end-user requirements changed significantly	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree

Over the life of the project, the technology used changed significantly	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree

Over the life of the project, the team went through significant internal changes	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree

Please specify the names of the cities and the number of team members located at these sites. (For example, 3 members at Bangalore, 1 at Delhi, 2 at Santa Clara, CA, and 1 at Dallas, TX).

The project was of type:

Which development methodology was used in the project?

The project related to which sector?

What was the typical distribution of communication media usage by the team members over the following media types? (The total should equal 100)

Face-to-Face Meetings

Video conferencing

Audio conferencing

Instant Messaging

Bulletin Board

For each of the following modes of communication, please indicate the ease of availability of the medium for the project team.

	Very Difficult	Neutral	Readily available
Face-to-Face Meetings	Very Difficult	Neutral	Readily available

Video conferencing	Very Difficult	Neutral	Readily available

Audio conferencing	Very Difficult	Neutral	Readily available

Instant Messaging	Very Difficult	Neutral	Readily available

Bulletin Board	Very Difficult	Neutral	Readily available

Email	Very Difficult	Neutral	Readily available

For each of the following modes of communication, please indicate the ease of use of the medium for the team.

	Very difficult to use	Neutral	Very easy to use
Face-to-Face Meetings	Very difficult to use	Neutral	Very easy to use

Video conferencing	Very difficult to use	Neutral	Very easy to use

Audio conferencing	Very difficult to use	Neutral	Very easy to use

Instant Messaging	Very difficult to use	Neutral	Very easy to use

Bulletin Board	Very difficult to use	Neutral	Very easy to use

Email	Very difficult to use	Neutral	Very easy to use

Please specify the project performance as over run or under run of completion time, efforts, and costs, if any, (due to unforeseen events, contingencies, management effort, coordination effort, customer change requests, etc) for the project from the original base estimation.

	< -75% (Under run)	-75% to -50%	-50% to -25%	-25% to 0	0 (As planned)	0 to 25%	25% to 50%	50% to 75%	> 75% (Over run)
Project duration	< -75% (Under run)	-75% to -50%	-50% to -25%	-25% to 0	0 (As planned)	0 to 25%	25% to 50%	50% to 75%	> 75% (Over run)

Project efforts	< -75% (Under run)	-75% to -50%	-50% to -25%	-25% to 0	0 (As planned)	0 to 25%	25% to 50%	50% to 75%	> 75% (Over run)

Project cost	< -75% (Under run)	-75% to -50%	-50% to -25%	-25% to 0	0 (As planned)	0 to 25%	25% to 50%	50% to 75%	> 75% (Over run)

What was the level of errors caught during the testing phase? (1=Very Low | 7=Very High)

Please provide the proportion of errors caught for each level of criticality?

Low

Medium

High

What was the level of bugs reported after the installation? (1=Very Low | 7=Very High)

Please provide the proportion of bugs reported for each level of criticality?

Low

Medium

High

For the following statements about your project team, please indicate your agreement or disagreement.

	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree
We were usually considerate of one another’s feelings on this team	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree

The people in my group were friendly	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree

I could rely on those with whom I worked in my group	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree

Overall, the people in my group were very trustworthy	Strongly Disagree	Neutral	Strongly Agree

Section B:

For each of the following statements please indicate how often the project team members experienced the situation while interacting with other team members?

	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never
Collaborate with people in different sites or geographies	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Collaborate with people you have never met face to face	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Collaborate with people at sites that are 4 hours or less from your time zone	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Collaborate with people at sites that are 4 hours or more from your time zone	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Collaborate with people in time zones more than 4 hours in opposite directions	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Work while traveling, e.g., at airport or hotels	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Work at home during normal business day	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Work extended hours to collaborate with remote team members	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Work with mobile devices	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Collaborate with people from different cultural background	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never
Work on projects that have changing team members	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Collaborate with people who have similar comfort level with the language of expression as yours	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Work with people that have different ways to track their work	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Work with teams that use different collaboration technologies and tools	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Work at different sites	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Work with people via internet-based conferencing applications	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Share knowledge or resources with people not on your teams	Very Often	Often	Occasionally	Rarely	Never

Section C:

During the lifecycle of a project, teams face various changes in their business, technological and internal environments. Teams take responsive action to incorporate these changes so as to remain viable in the new environment. For each category of change below, please indicate the extent to which changes were actually incorporated in the project. For example, if the project actually incorporated four environmental changes out of a total of ten in a specific category, the answer would be 40%.

When the project team incorporated environmental changes, it would normally require some additional efforts (e.g., time, cost, personnel, and tasks). Please indicate the extent to which additional effort was required to incorporate changes.

Select 'No Change' if the project never incorporated any environmental changes in a particular category.

Please specify the extent to which changes were incorporated and additional efforts required to incorporate each of the following end-user requirement change categories.

	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required
Objectives of the system	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

System scope	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Delivery date	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Budget	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

System input data	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

System output data	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Business rules transforming input data into output	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Data structure	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

System response time	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

System reliability	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required
User interface	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Overall end-user requirements	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Please specify the extent to which changes were incorporated and additional efforts required to incorporate each of the following change categories in the technological environment.

	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required
Programming languages	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

System analysis/design methodologies	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Overall IT architecture	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Network/telecom environment	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Other systems that this system would interface with	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Enterprise master data that this system used	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Overall IT infrastructure	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Overall system development tools/technologies	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Please specify the extent to which changes were incorporated and additional efforts required to incorporate each of the following categories of change internal to the team.

	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required
Team composition	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Team reorganization	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Team ownership	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Team management	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

Team Attrition	No Change	0% change incorporated	25% change incorporated	50% change incorporated	75% change incorporated	100% change incorporated	1 = Less additional effort required	2	3	4	5	6	7 = Much additional effort required

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