The project Monitor and Control process is used by project managers, project teams, and stakeholders to ensure the team is making satisfactory progress to the project goals.
The purpose is to track all major project variables – cost, time, scope, and quality of deliverables. The overall objectives of the process are to:
- Track and review actual project accomplishments and results to project plans
- Update the project plan to reflect accomplishments to date, and to revise the plan for remaining work, if needed
- Provide visibility into progress as the project proceeds, so that the team and management can take corrective action early when project performance varies significantly from original plans
Deliverables from monitoring and controlling include:
- Written status reports
- Updates to the action lists, risk register, and the problem/issue list
- Updates to the plan and schedule as needed to reflect actual progress
- Comparisons of actual costs to budgeted costs
Originally posted at PMServicesNW.com