CHAPTER 6

Project Control and Assessment

Key points:

  • Projects involve many risks.
  • Project control is a process of identifying problems and applying solutions.
  • RACI (Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed), budget, and earned value are tools to aid in project control.

Project control, like risk analysis and estimation, needs to be applied from the beginning of the project to the project’s end. Control is concerned with keeping the project on target with respect to its objectives. Assessment is the means of monitoring project progress to identify problems requiring control action. The project, to be a success, should conform to the project plan as much as possible. Project management must adapt to new circumstances while simultaneously ...

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