Software Project Management - Old Questions

11. How can we do project monitoring and control? Explain.

Answered by Anonymous

Monitoring and control processes continually track, review, adjust and report on the project’s performance. It’s important to find out how a project’s performing and whether it’s on time, as well as implement approved changes. This ensures the project remains on track, on budget and on time. Monitoring and control keeps projects on track. The right controls can play a major part in completing projects on time. The data gathered also lets project managers make informed decisions. They can take advantage of opportunities, make changes and avoid crisis management issue. Put simply, monitoring and control ensures the seamless execution of tasks. This improves productivity and efficiency.

There are a range of monitoring and control techniques that can be used by project managers, including:

a) A Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM). This maps, or traces, the project’s requirements to the deliverables. The matrix correlates the relationship between two baseline documents. This makes the project’s tasks more visible. It also prevents new tasks or requirements being added to the project without approval. This makes the project’s tasks more visible. It also prevents new tasks or requirements being added to the project without approval. b) A control chart monitors the project’s quality. There are two basic forms of control chart – a univariate control chart displays one project characteristic, while a multivariate chart displays more than one. c) Review and status meetings further analysis problems, finding out why something happened. They can also highlight any issues that might happen later