ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses tasks, tools and techniques for controlling and measuring the project's progress to successful completion, and closing and reporting on the project. Controlling a project is about ensuring that its objectives are met by monitoring and measuring progress regularly to identify variances from the plan— and taking corrective action when it is needed. Methods and tools are important for control and monitoring, and decisions should be made as early as possible about which ones will be used. A chart or graphical display is the most common and simplest way to represent data in order to monitor and control a project. When projects are in the implementation phase, the pressure to cut corners in order to maintain progress may be significant. During the implementation phase, the risk plan and the risk register should be regularly reviewed and updated, with existing risks reviewed and reassessed, and newly identified risks added.
