{"id":1580,"date":"2023-02-27T02:48:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T02:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm104\/?page_id=1580"},"modified":"2023-02-27T02:48:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T02:48:35","slug":"monitoring-progress","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm104\/learning-pathways\/project-implementation\/monitoring-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Engineer-1612104_1280.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"arve-error\"><p><small><abbr title=\"Advanced Responsive Video Embedder\">ARVE<\/abbr> error: maxwidth: <code>560px<\/code> is not valid<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<b>WEnote<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>Why do project managers not just wait to see if the objectives are delivered on time (as planned)?\n<\/p>\n<p>Post your comment below and then look on the <a href=\"\/ipm104\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM104\/Feed\">course feed page<\/a> to see what others have posted.<\/p>\n<p><div><p>You must be logged in to post to WEnotes.<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<i>Note: Your comment will be displayed in the <a href=\"\/ipm104\/interactions\/course-feed\" title=\"Introduction to project management\/IPM104\/Feed\">course feed<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"Video\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" 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Don&#8217;t forget to read what others have posted as well.\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Identify three progress metrics that might apply to your project and ways that it might be communicated with team members. For example, will you need to have a team meeting every day? How does this impact on your communication plan?\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"Video\" class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ipm104\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Measurement basics<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>If measuring progress still doesn&#8217;t make sense, watch this non-technical starter video to provide context.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-6t7wrzevtm0\" style=\"max-width:400px;\" class=\"arve aligncenter\">\n\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" 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