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Overview

The Project Manager must check that progress during a stage is adhering to the Stage Plan and is within the defined Tolerances. This can be done by:

After these are reviewed there are 3 possible outcomes:

The stage is within Tolerances, leading to CS6 Reporting Highlights and CS1 Authorising a Work Package
Corrective action is required to remain within Tolerances; proceeded to CS7 Taking Corrective Action
The stage is expected to go beyond stage or project Tolerances leading to CS7 Taking Corrective Action and CS8 Escalating Project Issues, perhaps creating an Exception Report.

Responsibility for carrying out the review of stage status is bestowed to the Project Manager. This is a process likely to require DP4 Giving ad hoc Direction for ad hoc advice from the Project Board.

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Followed by

This process always creates a management product i.e. either an Exception Report or Highlight Report
This process is visited many times during a single stage
The status, at a minimum, should be reviewed weekly in small projects, and fortnightly or monthly in large projects.
Some elements near the critical path may be measured more frequently due to their importance.

This stage is central to Controlling a Stage sub processes
By checking Tolerances and the status it is the decision point to either:
- Issue further Work Packages
- Issue plan modifications to existing Product Descriptions
If the stage is within Tolerances and meets the Stage Plan requirements proceed to CS6 Reporting Highlights and CS1 Authorising a Work Package
If the stage is outside Tolerances proceed to CS8 Escalating Project Issues
Configuration Management should show the status of a stage relative to the original Stage Plan.