Execution and Control - Controlling progress
7 important questions on Execution and Control - Controlling progress
Name the 4 steps to control progress
- Plan future work and estimate performance
- Monitor and report results
- Compare results to the plan and forecast future results
- Plan and take effective action to recover the original plan or to minimze variance
Name the 6 requirements for effective reporting
- Reports should be made against the plan
- There should be defined criteria for control
- The control tools should be simple and friendly
- Reports should be made at defined intervals
- Reports should be discussed at formal meetings
- The reports should stimulate creative discussions
How can you best gather data from the project team members?
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In what 3 ways can the record of effort to date versus effort remaining be used to control time?
- By revising estimates of duration
- By indicating the cause of delays
- Through earned value calculation
How do you calculate forecast cost to completion?
What are the 6 steps in change control (related to step 6 controlling scope)?
- Log the change
- Define the change
- Assess the impact of the change
- Calculate the cost of the change
- Define the benefit of the change
- Accept or reject the change based on marginal investment criteria
What are the 6 steps for planning recovery from deviations?
- Stop
- Look, listen and learn
- Develop options and select a likely course
- Win support for the chosen option
- Act
- Continue to monitor
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