 projects deviation projects deviation 2 admin mon 10142019 1509 deviations related to the schedule or costs of health research processes the analysis of deviation allows identifying their causes as well as reformulate programs and implement corrective actions core quantitative project deviation  any nonconformity between the plan of a project and actual work initiative project s internal data compute a percentage that accounts for the deviations identified there are different alternatives number of projects with cost overrun issues total number of projects number of projects with schedule overrun issues total number of projects total cost overrun by all the project expected cost by all the projects this information should ideally compared with the previous year or with targets percentage with numerator and denominator process percentage annually annually comprehensiveness might come at the expense of producing overburdening information yes extract from mckinsey company 2012 p 4 available at  https wwwmckinseycom media mckinsey dotcom clientservice bto pdf mobt27deliveringlargescaleitprojectsontimebudgetan control process 