Monitoring and Controlling Process Group
These are the processes required to track, review and regulate the progress and performance of a project, identify deviations from the plan, bringing activities back into alignment with the plan when appropriate and update the plan as required. These processes include monitoring and controlling the work, performing integrated change control, scope verification and control, schedule control, cost control, quality control, risk monitoring and control, procurement administration and performance reporting. Project monitoring and control is achieved through the use of 9 of the PMBOK Knowledge Areas: