Directing Implementation

GP 2.6 Manage Configurations

Place designated work products of the quantitative project management process under appropriate levels of configuration management.

Elaboration

Examples of work products placed under configuration management include the following:

• Subprocesses to be included in the project's defined process

• Operational definitions of the measures, their collection points in the subprocesses, and how the integrity of the measures will be determined

• Collected measures

GP 2.7 Identify and Involve Relevant Stakeholders

Identify and involve the relevant stakeholders of the quantitative project management process as planned.

Elaboration

Examples of activities for stakeholder involvement include the following:

• Establishing project objectives

• Resolving issues among the project's quality and process-performance objectives

• Appraising performance of the selected subprocesses

• Identifying and managing the risks in achieving the project's quality and process-performance objectives

• Identifying what corrective action should be taken

GP 2.8 Monitor and Control the Process

Monitor and control the quantitative project management process against the plan for performing the process and take appropriate corrective action.

Elaboration

Examples of measures used in monitoring and controlling include the following:

• Profile of subprocesses under statistical management (e.g., number planned to be under statistical management, number currently being statistically managed, and number that are statistically stable)

• Number of special causes of variation identified