“Savvy project managers develop a set of procedures to collect information on schedule performance, work-effort expended, expenditures, and perhaps other project aspects” (Meredith et al) Including tasks for project status in the Gantt chart, (PMBOK) is another smart move to ensure the activities needed to monitor and control the project are not overlooked and the appropriate resources are available for monitoring and controlling. The use of earned value analysis is another great option as it is noted as being a “popular and useful data analysis tool that determines where a project stands, budget- and schedule-wise by only tracking expenditures.” (Portny, et al., 2008). Is EVA your preference? Why or why not?

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“Savvy project managers develop a set of procedures to collect information on schedule performance, work-effort expended, expenditures, and perhaps other project aspects” (Meredith et al) Including tasks for project status in the Gantt chart, (PMBOK) is another smart move to ensure the activities needed to monitor and control the project are not overlooked and the appropriate resources are available for monitoring and controlling.

The use of earned value analysis is another great option as it is noted as being a “popular and useful data analysis tool that determines where a project stands, budget- and schedule-wise by only tracking expenditures.” (Portny, et al., 2008).

Is EVA your preference? Why or why not?

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