The Control Schedule process involves monitoring the status of the project activities to track and update progress and manage changes to the Schedule Baseline to keep the project on track.
After the Develop Schedule process is complete, you have the project schedule with start and end dates for each Activity. In the Executing phase, performance of the project will deviate from Planned Value.
Inputs to the Control Schedule process are:
- Project Management Plan (Schedule Management Plan, Schedule Baseline, Scope Baseline, Performance Management Baseline)
- Project Documents (Lessons Learned Register, Project Calendars, Project Schedule, Resource Calendars, Schedule Data)
- Work Performance Data
- Organizational Process Assets
Tools and Techniques of the Control Schedule process are:
- Data Analysis (Earned Value Analysis, Iteration Burndown Chart, Performance Reviews, Trend Analysis, Variance Analysis, What-if Scenario Analysis)
- Critical Path Method
- Project Management Information System
- Resource Optimization
- Leads and Lags
- Schedule Compression
Outputs of the Control Schedule process are:
- Work Performance Information
- Schedule Forecasts
- Change Requests
- Project Management Plan Updates (Schedule Management Plan, Schedule Baseline, Cost Baseline, Performance Measurement Baseline)
- Project Document Updates (Assumption Log, Basis of Estimates, Lessons Learned Register, Project Schedule, Resource Calendars, Risk Register, Schedule Data)