3.1 Introduction

Chapter 1 described the typical stages of a project that implements an information system. The importance of controlling the project, that is ensuring that it conforms to the plan, was stressed. In Chapter 2, the way in which the plan for a particular project is created was explained. This chapter explores the means by which a project is monitored and controlled so that it broadly fulfils its plan. The mechanism for this is the project control life cycle.

Get Project Management for IT-Related Projects now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.