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IT Project Management Tutorial 11: Monitoring and Controlling Processes – Project Integration Management – Project Scope Management – Project Time Management – Project Cost Management – Project Quality Management – Project HR Management – Project Communications Management – Project Risk Management – Project Procurement Management Objectives: 1. Explain the purpose of monitoring and controlling in project management 2. Describe the tasks and outputs of monitoring and control in the 9 project management knowledge areas Students are encouraged to prepare their draft answer before class, as this will help them to discuss the questions and answers during the tutorial session. 1.
Using the template below, describe the key monitoring and controlling processes and outputs of these processes for the project management knowledge areas indicated.
KNOWLEDGE AREA Project Integration Management
MONITORING AND CONTROLLING Monitor & Control project work
OUTPUT
Integrated change control
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Recommended corrective actions, preventive actions and defect repair Forecasts Requested changes Approved change requests, corrective actions, preventive actions and defect repair Rejected change requests Project management plan (updates)
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Project Scope Management
Scope verification
Scope change control
Project Time Management
Schedule control
Project Cost Management
Cost control
Project Quality Management
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Perform quality control
Project scope statement (updates) Validated defect repair Deliverables Accepted deliverables Requested changes Recommended corrective actions Project scope statement (updates) Requested changes Recommended corrective actions Organizational process assets (updates) Project management plan (updates) Schedule model data (updates) Schedule baseline (updates) Performance measurements Requested changes Recommended corrective actions Organizational process assets (updates) Activity list and attributes (updates) Project management plan Cost estimates (updates) Cost baseline (updates) Performance measurements Forecasted completion Requested changes Recommended corrective action Organizational process assets (updates) Project management plan (updates) Quality control measurements Validated defect repair and deliverables Page: 2 of 5
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Project HR Management
Project Communications Management
Performance reporting
Manage stakeholder
Project Risk Management
Risk monitoring and control
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Quality baseline (updates) Recommended corrective actions, preventive actions and defect repairs Requested changes Organizational process assets (updates) Project management plan Requested changes Recommended corrective actions, preventive actions and defect repairs Organizational process assets (updates) Project management plan (updates) Performance reports Forecasts Requested changes Recommended corrective actions Organizational process assets (updates) Resolved issues Approved change requests and corrective actions Organizational process assets (updates) Risk register (updates) Requested changes Recommended corrective and preventive actions Organizational process assets (updates) Project management plan (updates)
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Project Procurement Management
Contract administration
2.
Contract documentation Requested changes Recommended corrective actions Organizational process assets (updates) Project management plan (updates)
What are the 3 main objectives of integrated change control?
3 main objectives of integrated change control are: Influencing the factors that cause changes to ensure that changes are beneficial Determining that a change has occurred Managing actual changes as they occur
3.
The methodology used in your organization calls for change requests to be considered by a change control board (CCB). After some reflection and a discussion with the programmer, you have decided to submit a change request to the CCB to add the new features mentioned above. In your presentation to the CCB, what reason might you give for the change request and what things should you take into consideration?
Changes may be needed for a variety of reasons, such as an incomplete initial scope, new legal requirements, organization changes etc In this case, the reason given could be a desire to have the system do more than was in the original scope agreement Your justification should include an analysis of the impact upon the organization and the project: Will developing the new features adversely impact the project budget, schedule, or quality? What is the impact upon customer expectations? Will it increase ongoing operational costs? 4.
Why is it important to keep the risk register up to date?
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Risks change as the project progresses Other information in the risk register may also change e.g. probability, person assigned to address the risk etc It is important to keep the risk register up to date to make sure you are addressing current risks and making good us of resources
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