CIMA E2 Syllabus C. Managing projects - Project Control - Notes ^{2 / 4}

To prevent and correct deviations from the original plan.

It involves continual measurement of actual activities against the original plan, including:

1. Activities started and completed

2. How long the activities have taken so far

3. How much money has been spent on activities

If a deviation is discovered, then the project manager must report the deviation and take corrective action to get the project back on track. Getting the project back on track may require difficult decisions, as they will often require a trade off between cost, time and scope.

The riskier a project is, the more monitoring it will require. 

Control elements within projects include Project reports, PID, and Project meetings.

Progress review meetings are regular, formal meetings involving the project manager, team members, etc with the objective of providing an update on the status of the project.

If there has been significant slippage and the project is now behind schedule, quality should be maintained and resources should be increased to ensure the project is delivered on time and meets its objectives.

Project Control Process by Gido and Clements