Self-test: How future-ready is your organization?

To find out how your organization could rank on the Future-Ready Index, simply complete the brief questionnaire below.

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1. Contact information:

Name

Company

Email Address *

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2. Sector:

Asset Management

Building & Construction

Consumer Goods

Energy

Financial Services

Food & Drink

Healthcare

Industrial Manufacturing

Infrastructure

Professional & Business Services

Transport, Leissure & Tourism

Real Estate

Retail

Other:

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3. What is the percentage of annual voluntary employee turnover/attrition within your organization? For owners, consider only project-related turnover/attrition.

0–5

6–10

11–15

16–20

>20

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4. How would you rate your ability to recruit qualified personnel?

Extremely easy

Very easy

Neutral

Very difficult

Extremely difficult

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5. Do you offer performance based project bonuses, variable compensation or incentive mechanisms?

Group or project team performance bonuses upon attainment of project milestone or completion

Individual incentives/spot bonuses for specific achievements

Specific bonuses for innovation

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6. Identify all of the ’soft controls’ in use at your company or project organization.

Leadership development programs

Formalized and communicated ’our way of working’ (or
similar) cultural statement

Bias training or conflict training

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7. Identify which of the following technologies you have already implemented or begun to implement within your organization.

Integrated project management information systems (PMIS)

Use of advanced data analytics

Mobile platforms

Building information modeling (BIM)

Radio frequency identification

Robotics process automation/digital labor

AI or cognitive machine learning

3-D printing

Drones (remote monitoring, quantity verification)

Smart sensors (tracking people, productivity, security, etc.)

Virtual or augmented reality

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8. Which of the following initiatives has your organization implemented to advance innovation and technology?

Developed a data/technology strategy or road map

Appointed a senior leader responsible for innovation

Inorganic innovation investment in technology or people

Organic investments in new technology during the past 12 months

Experimented with new technology on pilot projects

Initiated technology/innovation competitions

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9. Over the last year, what percentage of your projects achieved their originally planned budgets?

90%–100%

75%–89%

50%–74%

Less than 50%

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10. Please select which statement best describes your organization’s project reporting?

Push one button: real-time, full PMIS, capable of project and portfolio dashboard reporting

Integrated systems: multiple integrated tools, systems capable of project and portfolio reporting

Separate systems: separate systems requiring manual
reconciliation and updates

Spreadsheets: spreadsheets and other manual documents
or programs