7Managing Time, Cost, and Scope

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Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

• Explain how to set up a monitoring and management process you can use throughout the life of the project.

• Describe how to use project plans and status information to manage time, cost, scope, and resources.

• Identify key components of a change control process.

You are now ready to begin project work. This chapter describes how to kick off the project and how to monitor and manage it through its life cycle, giving specific suggestions on managing time, cost, scope, and resources.

INITIATING THE PROJECT

When you have completed the final schedules, ...

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