Using Tools, Templates, and Processes to Monitor and Control a Project
I insist on using graphical types of status reports. And they must be intuitive to the recipient — always. Here are some of the reporting tools that I have used over the years:
- Current period reports
- Cumulative reports
- Exception reports
- Stoplight reports
- Variance reports
- Gantt charts
- Burn charts
- Milestone trend charts
- Earned value analysis (EVA)
- Integrated milestone trend charts and EVA
- Project status meetings
- Problem escalation strategies
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