Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

Control Systems

1. LO 5.6 Demonstrate how control systems and configuration management relate to scope development.

A question we might ask is: “How does a project become one year late?” The answer is: “One day at a time.” When we are not paying close attention to a project’s development, anything can (and usually does) happen. Project control is a key element in scope management. Control systems are vital to ensure that any changes to the project baseline are conducted in a systematic and thorough manner. Project managers can use a number of project control systems to track the status of their projects, including:19

• Configuration control includes procedures that monitor emerging project scope against the original baseline scope. Is the project ...