7.3. PROJECT TRACKING

The main goal of tracking is for project managers to get visibility into the project execution so that they can determine whether any action needs to be taken to ensure that the project goals are met. Because meeting the established project goals is the basic motive, all aspects of project execution that can affect the attainment of the goals must be monitored, and this monitoring must be planned. At Infosys, project managers typically plan for the following tracking:

  • Activities tracking

  • Defect tracking

  • Issues tracking

Activities tracking looks at which planned activities have been completed. If the granularity of an activity is small, then at the lowest level you consider it to be in one of two states: not done or fully done. ...

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