Measuring Project Success

We provide tools to help you evaluate and rank the success of your projects. These tools are agnostic to project type, size, location or date. They can connect to data visualization software like Microsoft Power BI by providing the necessary algorithms for calculation or low-code app development.

Our Services

We are committed to making a difference to our world. For this reason, all of our tools are available as free downloads (latest update 28/11/2022). We also provide training services to ensure that you get the most out of these resources and are able to implement them effectively.

Problem Solving

We are interested in developing new tools to address particular problems that may arise in practice

Support

We provide assistance with using our tools and specialist advice on how to get the best outcomes from them

Training

We are available on a fixed hourly rate to provide online training programs at varies levels of expertise

Validation

We can add rigour to your projects by providing independent validation of your project results

Our Tools

We currently have four sets of tools that measure various aspects of project success. Each is described below.

i3d3

This is our premier tool that can evaluate project success using 12 critical success factors across the 3 generic phases of project initiate (design), project implement (deliver) and project influence (delight).

c2pi

This tool explores client-contractor relationships and evaluates the effectiveness of innovation that took place during the project implement phase, from the perspective of the head contractor.

OPe1

This tool is designed to measure progressive delivery performance of project work packages based on monthly cost, time, scope and risk outcomes as an alternative to conventional earned value analysis.

BIR-T

This tool explores benefits identification and realization tactics, taking into account multiple stakeholders, timing and realization success for financial, social, ethical and environmental opportunities.

Testimonials

I have helped develop all of the i3d3.net project success tools and have used them for teaching of project management courses over many years. I believe they are unique because, rather than comparing 'apples with apples', they are capable of comparing 'apples with oranges' so that projects can be evaluated and ranked in order of success regardless of their type, size, location or date.

This is an important breakthrough for modern MCDM techniques.

Craig Langston

I completed my PhD in 2020. My topic focused on measuring the success of construction project delivery in Australia. I used the i3d3 tool to calculate project delivery success (PDS) across 40 case studies. I found that there was a strong relationship between PDS and performance assessment review (PAR) scores. This work validated PDS, based on its formula of s^3/ctr, as a reliable indicator of delivery performance in i3d3. In other words, success increases when scope (s) is maximized and cost (c), time (t) and risk (r) are minimized.

Amir Ghanbaripour

I am currently undertaking a PhD study concerning validation of the decision support system (DSS) used within the project initiate (design) phase of i3d3.

Front-end planning decisions are critical. They comprise financial, social, ethical, and environmental consequences that are mixed together using a balanced scorecard approach. The 4 critical success factors answer questions about whether a project is feasible, useable, achievable and/or sustainable.

Metanshu Pawan

I have completed research into the validation of the i3d3 approach to assessing end-user satisfaction. My results prove that the 4 critical success factors of desirable, adaptable, practicable and serviceable can be effectively gauged from the multiplication of opinion and relevance of responses using a generic list of 'keywords', regardless of project type (e.g. product creation, service provision or system development) .

One external reviewer stated my thesis was in the top 5% he had read.

Muath Abu Arqoub

Our Story

Our work on measuring project success began in 2013 and has led to numerous awards from local, national and regional professional bodies. The research behind the tools now available to industry were undertaken by the Centre for Comparative Construction Research (CCCR) at Bond University, Australia.

Known as the 'i3d3 project', it evolved from evaluating the success of construction delivery into a broader and holistic appraisal of pre- and post-implementation performance suitable for any type of project. Using what we now call a modern form of multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM), projects can be compared, ranked and analyzed according to their level of success or failure across different stakeholder groups.

The i3d3 model is proudly endorsed by the Global Alliance for the Project Professions (GAPPS), which is a volunteer-driven, non-profit alliance that provides a reliable source for comparison of project-based standards and qualifications. Endorsement occurred in 2021.

Our future plans are to build a database of projects that enable the reasons for success or failure to be better understood and ultimately managed to optimize project performance.

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