79. How do I keep my project from slipping? If it does, how do I recover its schedule?
Managing schedule performance starts with proactive tracking and requires quick response for any adverse variances.
Monitoring Schedule Variance
When you collect status on your current work (generally weekly), also request information on work scheduled to begin in the next two weeks. Encourage your team members to inform you as soon as they know of any potential problems with required inputs, initiation, execution, or completion of all current and imminent work for which they are responsible. Also request that your contributors let you know about needed work that was missed in earlier planning.
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