The priorities of the tasks in the project are not necessarily static throughout the entire project. Therefore, the original priorities must be evaluated periodically and updated as needed. It is inadvisable to wait until the client reports a change, since by that point project resources might have been invested inadvertently in low priority goals, which may lead to progress on…
‘Gate Control’ is executed at the end of each major stage in the project. This is done by defining certain milestones as gates. Senior organizational representatives are responsible to be the ‘Gate Keepers’; they must authorize the advance of the project to the next stage.The Gate Keeper must evaluate the progress of the project and its status and then decide…
The goals of the project, as determined in the project compass, begin with goals that are valuable and useful to the client and other stakeholders and end with goals bound by the constraints placed on the project by its ‘Golden Triangle’: content, scheduling, cost and quality. All of the above should be the project manager’s guiding principle throughout control. Goal…
The process of controlling risks involves identifying new risks, updating previously identified risks and monitoring the risk prevention and risk mitigation plans that were established to deal with risks on an ongoing basis throughout the project. The level of impact of the risks assessed may change due to proactive risk mitigation action taken or indirect changes either external or internal…
The ‘Critical Path’ is a sequence of connected tasks without any slack time (or ‘float’) between them. These tasks form the longest consecutive sequence of tasks in the project and thus determine the finish date of the project. Due to the lack of any slack time between tasks in the critical path, any deviation in one task causes a deviation…
Changes in the project are inevitable. Nonetheless, all changes can and should be managed in a methodical and meticulous manner. Otherwise, these changes alone can determine the project’s fate (not always in a positive way). The longer the project is, the higher the chance of changes occurring – either from within the project or due to changes outside the project.…
