Project analysis minimizes or eliminates surprises by providing early warnings of trends and situations in a project. In a sense, periodic evaluations of your project serve as checks of your project's health. The frequency and extent of your analysis is up to you. Analyze too frequently, and you quickly find you have little time for anything else. Analyze too infrequently, and problems may not be noticed early enough to avoid an impact on the overall project success.
Project analysis is a means of answering business questions regarding the project. The following questions serve as a guideline for producing useful project health checks:
Ask this question during initial project planning. Use the Gantt Chart view to perform the analysis.
Ask this question while scheduling (or rescheduling). Use the Resource Assignment view to perform the analysis.
Ask this question while scheduling (or rescheduling). Use the Resource Assignment view to perform the analysis.
Ask this question periodically during the project life cycle. Use the Variance Analysis view to perform the analysis.
Ask this question periodically throughout the project and when the project is finished. Use the Variance Analysis view to perform the analysis.
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