Chapter 10. Conclusion
IF YOU ARE ASKED to lead a project, someone believes that you are capable of doing it. If you believe it too, then you are both probably correct.
There are many elements of project control, but control begins with an understanding of the overall process of project management, figuring out what your project requires to be done, and then gaining commitments from the team members to do the work. The rest of control involves work—keeping up with all the effort, analyzing the status you collect, developing responses to deal with variances, and communicating project status—but it is manageable if you set the right foundation.
The first half of this book outlines three essential elements for control:
Process for ensuring consistency ...
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