According to the guidance of project management, the authors make researches on the current management situation of the archives digitization outsourcing project (ADOP) purchased by government in Guangzhou in 2018. It reveals the following problems: overtime and over budget issues in ADOP; the work model driven by the team leader is detrimental to the quality of ADOP; the inadequate ability of the team members and the large mobility of personnel reduce the project quality; the poor communication among the client, the project team and the supervision institution pose high risk of rework. Accordingly, the authors propose performance improvement strategies such as quantifying project development and evaluation indicators; establishing and optimizing knowledge management systems in ADOP to improve project management effectiveness and team members’capabilities; strengthening the communication between the quality inspection department and the project team to reduce the rework rate and strengthening archives literacy training of team members to retain workers and to ensure process and quality of ADOP.