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What is the purpose of the traffic light method in assessment?
What is the purpose of the traffic light method in assessment?
- To review all first level and second level assessments separately
- To identify only the first level elements for assessment
- To produce final results without reviewing the assessments
- To assess key elements and their sub-levels using color codes for on-target, not on-target but recoverable, and not on-target with difficulty (correct)
What does a Gantt chart primarily display?
What does a Gantt chart primarily display?
- Scheduled activity dates and durations in a bar chart (correct)
- Activities that are not progressing on schedule
- The way in which targets have changed throughout the project duration
- Start and completion points for activities using circles
What is the main purpose of a slip chart?
What is the main purpose of a slip chart?
- To show activities that are not progressing on schedule (correct)
- To record and display scheduled activity dates and durations
- To display the way targets have changed throughout the project duration
- To indicate start and completion points for activities using circles
In a ball wall chart, what do circles represent?
In a ball wall chart, what do circles represent?
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What does a timeline record and display?
What does a timeline record and display?
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What is the purpose of a Gantt chart?
What is the purpose of a Gantt chart?
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What does a ball wall chart represent?
What does a ball wall chart represent?
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What is the main purpose of a slip chart?
What is the main purpose of a slip chart?
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What is the traffic light method used for in assessment?
What is the traffic light method used for in assessment?
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What does a timeline record and display?
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Study Notes
Project Monitoring & Control
- Project monitoring involves tracking progress, assessing risks, and revising targets to correct deviations from the plan.
- It involves comparing actual outcomes with planned outcomes and replanning if necessary.
Key Activities
- Project activities must have clearly defined and visible completion points.
Project Monitoring Process
- Start with an initial plan
- Gather information and revise the plan as needed
- Compare progress with targets
- Take remedial action if progress is not satisfactory
- Complete and review the project
- Document conclusions
Common Issues
- Delays in meeting target dates
- Shortfalls in quality
- Inadequate functionality
- Costs going over target
Project Responsibility
- Overall responsibility: Project steering committee/project board
- Day-to-day responsibility: Project manager
Reporting Methods
- Oral formal regular
- Oral formal ad hoc
- Written formal regular
- Written formal ad hoc
- Oral informal ad hoc
Types of Reporting
- Partial completion reporting (e.g. time sheets to charge staff time to individual jobs)
- Risk reporting
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