Introduction The perform integrated change control is all about managing changes. Change requests that are generated during execution of the project need to be reviewed, approved and applied systematically. The changes will be relevant to one or more of issues related to the project; deliverables, organizational process assets, project management plan or the project...
Introduction Monitor and control projects process is used for measuring if there are differences in the current project performance with the planned one. This monitoring needs to be frequent enough to be effective. Measurements tell you if the deviations are significant. If they are actions are required to get the project back on track....
Introduction Project management plan integrates several subsidiary plans and baselines. This set of four articles discusses the inputs to developing a project management plan. Of these the first three deals with the subsidiary plans. The part 1 of the set covers scope and requirement management plans and the schedules and cost management plans. This...
Introduction The project charter is the forma document that authorizes and initiates a project or a particular phase. It includes the initial requirements as stakeholders see it and the outcomes they expectations from it. The Projects Charter and its Development Besides being the initiation document of the project or a specific phase of it,...
Introduction Project management plan, work performance reports are the main inputs to the process. Additionally the enterprise environmental factors and organizational process assets provide directions based on the context, the ecosystem in which the organization exists as well as the collective wisdom that has been generated within it influence and moderate actual actions taken....
Introduction Once a project gets going it needs constant monitoring to track, review and regulating the progress so that the performance remains within the planned range. Measuring, collecting of performance information and distributing them to the right people so that corrections can be made constitute the main objective of this process. A look at...
Introduction The tool to be used in developing the project plan is essentially just one. It is the expert judgment. The kind of experts to bring in to the development task and their expertise levels will depend on the type of project and availability of these experts of course. The availability of experts who...
Introduction The project execution is characterized by the deliverables of course. As it is being executed it is the work performance data that is an indicator of how the project is progressing. Depending on how the progress is there may be a need for preventive and corrective actions. You may simply get away by...
Introduction Besides the project statement of works and the business case establishing the need for the project, one other input required is contracts, if relevant. The enterprise environmental factors and the organizations process assets are some other inputs you would need to consider while developing the project charter. The SOW and the business case...
Introduction Of the several subsidiary plans the scope and requirements management, schedule and cost management plans, quality management including process improvement plans and the HR management plans have been discussed in two other parts of this set of four articles. What remains to be discussed of the subsidiary plans that are used as inputs...
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