16. Controlling

Question 1

What is the project status? What are the status variables?

Answer 1

The status reflects the actual state of the project regarding the three main project variables:
Scope/results - cost - time

Question 2

Explain at least 3 common ways of determining the rate of progress.

Answer 2

• percent complete
  PC = (results achieved as of the status date / planned total results) *100
• performance based on time data
  
  • > elapsed time/planned total duration
• based on performance variables
  
  • > lines of code
• based on resource consumption data
  
  • > working hours up to the status date/total