Project Selection

Project Selection Tool

Directions: rate each category on a 1 to 5 scale (see below for definitions).
Add the category scores to get a final rating.
The goal is to get a project with the highest score.

Category Project #1 Project #2 Project #3 Project #4

Current performance gap
(1 = gap is small; 5 = large gap with ideal performance)

Cost to business if NO changes made
(1 = low cost; 5 = high cost)

Impact on customer satisfaction
(1 = low impact; 5 = high impact)

Degree of waste
(1 = little or no waste; 5 = lots of waste)

Customers can be defined
(1 = not easily defined; 5 = easy to define)

Inputs can be identified
(1 = hard to identify; 5 = easy to identify)

Outputs can be identified
(1 = hard to identify; 5 = easy to identify)

Data is available
(1 = difficult to collect or manual; 5 = easy to obtain, electronic)

Team needed to understand / identify solutions
(1 = team NOT needed; 5 = team definitely needed)

Team has authority to implement solutions
(1 = little or no authority; 5 = has authority to implement)

Manageable project scope
(1 = very large scope; 5 = contained, narrow scope)

Total score

Project Selection Tool
Directions: rate each category on a 1 to 5 scale (see below for definitions). Add the category scores to get a final rating. The goal is to get a project with the highest score.
Category	Project #1	Project #2	Project #3	Project #4
Current performance gap (1 = gap is small; 5 = large gap with ideal performance)
Cost to business if NO changes made (1 = low cost; 5 = high cost)
Impact on customer satisfaction (1 = low impact; 5 = high impact)
Degree of waste (1 = little or no waste; 5 = lots of waste)
Customers can be defined (1 = not easily defined; 5 = easy to define)
Inputs can be identified (1 = hard to identify; 5 = easy to identify)
Outputs can be identified (1 = hard to identify; 5 = easy to identify)
Data is available (1 = difficult to collect or manual; 5 = easy to obtain, electronic)
Team needed to understand / identify solutions (1 = team NOT needed; 5 = team definitely needed)
Team has authority to implement solutions (1 = little or no authority; 5 = has authority to implement)
Manageable project scope (1 = very large scope; 5 = contained, narrow scope)
Total score