The Control Schedule process consists of monitoring the status of project activities;

• To update project progress.
• Manage changes to the schedule baseline.
• To achieve the project plan.

The key benefit of the Control Schedule process is that it provides the means;

• To recognize deviation from the plan.
• Take corrective & preventive actions.
• Thus minimizing risk.

Updating the schedule model requires knowing the actual performance to date;

• Any change to the baseline may only be performed through the official integrated change control process.

Controlling schedule is a component of Perform Integrated Change Control process; focused on;

• Determining the current status of the project schedule.
• Influencing the factors that create schedule changes.
• Determining if the project schedule has changed.
• Managing the changes as they occur.

If any AGILE approach is used, control schedule is concerned with;

• Determine schedule status by comparing;
• Total amount of work delivered and accepted.
• Estimates of work completed for the elapsed time cycle.