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Mario VanhouckeThe Data-Driven Project Managerhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3498-3_5

5. Monitor

Mario Vanhoucke1 
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Gent, Belgium
 

It has been exciting times since the initial approval of the project by the Australian government! While the first few days of the start-up of the project were hectic as usual, the work gradually returned to a normal day-to-day rhythm. As from the beginning, Jacob, Mark, and Emily were feeling quite confident that the project was going to be a success. To make sure that they would be able to deal with unexpected events, it was agreed that there would be a ten-weekly reporting cycle: every ten weeks, both the progress and the costs for each of the work packages were to be reported. This information, ...

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