"Just like having an annual physical examination," Mr. Johnson continued, "a Healthcheck Project Management EcoSystem can spot problem areas well in advance of serious consequences. The Standish Group will provide treatments and preventive methods to avoid catastrophes as well as to improve, and maintain a healthy and vibrant project management ecosystem."

"Too much money and time has been spent by IT organizations on changing processes, methods and tools only to fall victim to the underlying difficulties surrounding the project management environment," said Jim Crear, CIO, The Standish Group.

"The new Standish Healthcheck Project Management EcoSystem improves project management performance by identifying, isolating and resolving sources of management frustration at all levels in the organization," Mr. Crear explained.

The Standish Healthcheck Project Management EcoSystem service at-a-glance

The Healthcheck Project Management EcoSystem service characterizes "real-world" environmental attributes that are model or standard-independent. It compares and contrasts an organization's ecosystem environment through non-threatening, data-gathering sessions with different functional groups hosted by an on-site Standish Group representative. It addresses issues contributing to different outcomes, with analysis leading to "root-cause." It compares an organization's ecosystem health in relationship to the Standish Group's CHAOS database of more than 60,000 projects.

The Healthcheck Project Management EcoSystem service is available by subscription directly from The Standish Group International. Subscriptions start at ($25,000)