ABSTRACT
The monitoring and controlling process group is how the project managers study how each process interacts and impacts the others. The A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) states that monitoring and controlling processes accomplish three things: track, review and regulate the progress and performance of the project; identify any areas in which changes to the plan are required; and initiate the corresponding changes. The PMBOK® Guide names 12 monitoring and controlling processes in each of the 10 knowledge areas. To monitor a project is to “collect project performance data, produce performance measures, and report and disseminate performance information”. To control is “comparing actual performance with planned performance, analyzing variances, assessing trends to effect process improvements, evaluating possible alternatives, and recommending appropriate corrective action as needed”. One process contains both the verb monitor and control in its name—Monitor & Control Project Work.
