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Project Audit Free Checklist
A free project audit checklist used by sponsors and PMOs to stress-test any project. 40 evidence-based questions covering delivery health, risk, governance, vendors, and benefits.
Why this checklist exists
Most projects do not need a full audit. They need an honest sanity check.
Pre-audit triage
Decide whether to commission a full delivery audit or run a focused intervention first.
Sponsor confidence
Give sponsors a structured way to interrogate status without becoming the PM themselves.
PM self-check
A defensible self-assessment a PM can run quarterly to surface drift before it becomes pain.
What is in the free checklist
Forty evidence-based questions organized into six sections
Eight questions on plan integrity, dependency management, and execution cadence.
Seven questions on risk ownership, mitigation evidence, and review cadence.
Six questions on steering, decision rights, and escalation paths.
Seven questions on SoW health, SLA tracking, and contracted-vs-observed delivery.
Six questions on status integrity, decision traceability, and executive narrative.
Six questions on whether the business case is intact and how benefits will be tracked.
What you get when you request it
- The 40-question Project Audit Free Checklist as a single PDF.
- A scoring rubric (0-3 per question) with category-level health bands.
- An editable action-plan template aligned to the six sections.
- A one-page sponsor read-out template to share findings cleanly.
The checklist is free, in exchange for the email we send it to. We do not share your details with third parties.
Project Audit Free Checklist FAQs
Is the checklist really free?
Yes. Request it via the form and we email it within a working day. No gated-content runaround.
How is this different from the Project Assessment Checklist?
The assessment checklist is a fast 30-question self-score for any project. This audit checklist is deeper (40 evidence-based questions) and is the one we use to scope formal audits.
Can I share it with my team?
Yes. Once you have it, share it freely inside your organization. Please do not republish externally without crediting Zenous.
Can Zenous run the audit for us?
Yes. Many teams request the free checklist first, then commission a Delivery Audit or PMO Audit when they want an independent run.
Request the Project Audit Free Checklist
Send us a short note and we will email the checklist, scoring rubric, and templates.