Project Monitoring

Project Monitoring

Mini-Case A: Case Descriptions

The development of the project “Centralized Learning Network” was a plan was to initiate a Centralized Learning Network (CLN) initiating from the corporate office in Dallas, TX expanding it later across the organization. The introduction of this project considered a significant move by Briargrove as an institution for training. This secure system designed to give access to local, countrywide and global new services. All the employees of the organization will use this service. At present, the Briargrove Project has efficiently completed multiple phases within the corporate offices. The objective of this paper is to explore the key stages of project monitoring and how that will be helpful for the ongoing project.

Project Monitoring

The monitoring of a project starts when a validated and clear strategy is there, which has approved already by the sponsor of the project and accepted by the team as well as the leader of the project. Other requisites for successful tracking of a project are a functioning information infrastructure, functioning methods of tracking, and complete project planning information presented to all stakeholders and team members (Kendrick, 2003).

The Status Cycle

The monitoring of a project depends on a 4-stage cycle which repeats periodically (normally weekly) all through the development of the project. Out of the 4 steps of project monitoring, inbound communication is the first stage, which involves collecting the information of project status (Kerzner, 2011). The 2nd stage of this cycle contrasts the situation of the project to the original plan this assess the metrics with the study of any variances. Furthermore, the 3rd stage take actions to any concerns or issues that detected. Finally, the 4th stage is outbound communication, this keeps people conscious of what has come about in the plan (Kendrick, 2003). The study has shown that the monitoring cycle gives the project leaders and team members with information desired to conduct planning and analysis for the continuing project.

Inbound Communication

In the 1st stage of monitoring cycle, the leader of the project is answerable for gathering the status report of the venture. This information is the primary premise of everything “Project”, the endurance of the project based on how the information utilized or not utilized. The leader of the must be commanding and vigilant when gathering this information with occupied chaos, and busy schedule, gathering the information is an absolute necessity(Wong, Cheung & Wu, 2010). The leader of the project needs to gather all the project information and utilize it to confirm the status of the task and have the ability to impart the report, high or terrible to the task supports. For our ongoing project, the inbound communitarian will assist in the successful execution of the project. This can make our project successful as the information collected on a regular basis will help to analyze the current status of the project.

Metrics and Trend Analysis

In Stage two, the information gathered in stage one from the status update of the project now assessed now. It contrasted with the initial planning ...