Planning the project helps to chart a course towards the project goals. Project control ensures that this course is properly followed and the destination remains in sight at all times. Planning the project does not guarantee, in and of itself, that the objectives will be met. In fact, it is the control system that assists in meeting the objectives by…
A milestone originally (as far back as Roman times) was a landmark that testified to a traveler where he is in relation to the destination he is interested in reaching (and in those days all roads led to Rome of course), and according to that milestone he would make a decision on how to proceed in his journey. The idea…
The project planning phase is usually divided into an initial planning phase - in which the project is planned in macro resolution, and a detailed planning phase - in which the planning is deepened and refined as required. In the initial planning phase, where the uncertainty associated with the project is at the lowest level, the scope of the project should be…
