In this chapter, you will be reviewing multiple best practices to monitor and control your projects. You reviewed some of those best practices in Chapter 8, Budget and Contingency Plans for Risk, but this chapter is focused on additional knowledge areas. You will review scope creep and the validation of deliverables, as well as quality control best practices and some of the charts and graphs used to track progress. You will also review formal change control and the reasons changes may need to occur across the project and the organization. Then you will review procurement best practices, from determining procurement needs, selecting sellers and contract types, to making sure all terms and conditions are being followed to avoid a breach of contract.
This chapter will cover the following topics:
- Quality control
- Validate scope
- Integrated change...