Chapter 7. Project Control

Terms you'll need to understand:

  • Change control

  • Integrated change control

  • Control system

  • Scope verification

  • Gold plating

  • Baselining

  • Corrective action

  • Lessons learned

  • Feedback loop

  • Variance

  • Earned Value Management

  • Risk trigger

  • Budget at completion

  • Estimate at completion

  • Earned value

  • Planned value

  • Actual costs

  • Change control board

  • Configuration management

  • Quality audit

  • Pareto chart

  • Risk response

  • Workaround

Techniques and concepts you'll need to master:

  • What factors cause change

  • What the purpose of performance reporting is

  • How change is approved

  • What scope control and the WBS are

  • What the difference between scope verification and quality control is

  • What the quality control tools are

  • How risk response control fits within the overall risk management ...

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