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.
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