Project Complexity Questionnaire

To become an APM Registered Project Professional (RPP) you must be able to demonstrate management of a complex project. This questionnaire is
based on the project complexity matrix from the APM Competence Framework and is intended to help you determine if you meet the project
complexity criteria for APM Registered Project Professional.

The questionnaire is designed to assess the complexity of projects you have managed. Looking at the statements below enter an 'x' in one of the
four columns that closely typifies the majority of projects that you manage. On completion of all questions you will be given an indication of your
management of complex projects against the APM Registered Project Professional project complexity requirement.
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Criteria agree Agree Disagree disagree

1. Objectives/Assessment of Results
The majority of projects I manage have:
- clearly defined and agreed objectives ###
- conflicting objectives that require a high level of stakeholder management ###
- transparent objectives and a clear mandate ###
- many interdependent objectives ###
- many critical success factors and key performance indicators ###

2. Stakeholders/Interested Parties 0
The majority of projects I manage have:
- numerous high profile interested parties ###
- a few well known stakeholders ###
- a wide range of stakeholders who have unknown interrelations ###
- stakeholders with comparable interests ###

3. Cultural and Social Context 0

The majority of projects I manage have:
- delivered into diverse cultural and social environments ###
- delivered into a uniform and well known cultural environment ###
- delivered across a wide geographical landscape ###
- delivered to a small easily managed social span ###

4. Degree of Innovation, General Conditions 0

The majority of projects I manage have:
- implemented leading edge and unknown technology ###
- required a repetitive, tried and tested approach ###
- involved a large scope of new development ###
- had a significant impact on the public agenda ###

5. Project Structure and Co-ordination 0

The majority of projects I manage have:
- very few structures that required co-ordination ###
- very elaborate and demanding co-ordination structures that required a high level of management ###
- well structured and sequential phases with no overlap ###
- demanded highly complex multidimensional reporting to a number of stakeholders ###

6. Project Organisation 0
The majority of projects I manage have:
- many interfaces across a diverse range of stakeholders ###
- required undemanding and uniform direct communication to a small group of stakeholders ###
- simple hierarchical organisational structures ###
- few third party relationships working in partnership ###

7. Leadership, Teamwork and Decision Making 0

The majority of projects I manage have:
- many subordinates across a wide control span ###
- a dynamic team structure with frequent movement of team members joining/leaving the project ###
- required a constant and uniform leadership style ###
- many important decisions required during the execution of the project ###

8. Resources, including Finance 0

The majority of projects I manage have:
- a known and available pool of resources and funding ###
- funding from a number of stakeholders and a many potential resources ###
- involve large capital investments ###
- many people with diverse ranges of skill ###

9. Risks (threats and opportunities) 0

The majority of projects I manage have:
- highly predictable risks (threats and opportunities) ###
- a high risk potential with a large impact ###
- limited options to address high potential threats ###
- many options to address opportunities ###

10. Project Management Methods and Tools 0

The majority of projects I manage have:
- a few simple methods and tools applied ###
- few common standards applicable ###
- a large amount of support available (e.g. PMO) ###
- a high percentage of Project Management in comparison with the total project work (e.g. >20%) ###

INCOMPLETE - PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE ANSWERED EACH QUESTION WITH AN 'x' 0
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