Monitoring and control is concerned with checking the progress being made and evaluating the results against the expectations.

This activity is at the core of Project Management.

Project Management Advisor
Project Management Advisor is a good tool to learn quickly about the principles of project management. This advisor uses the PMI (Project Management Institute) guidelines and best practices as a basis for project management. PMI uses the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) as best practices that specify the following main activities shown below

1. Initiation
2. Planning
3. Execution
4. Monitoring and Control
5. Closing

Major Sources of Additional Information  

• Project Management Institute (PMI) Website.
• COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology): a set of best practices for information technology (IT) management created by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).
• COBIT Framework for IT Governance and Control
• Quality Management Starter Kit
• Project Management guideline
• Project Management glossary

Project Management Tools
Tools are the means that help project managers team members and the other stakeholders to successfully plan, execute and monitor the different tasks of project in each phase.

Project management tool function model

Following are some project management tools :

TFS Work Item Manager and TFS Project Dashboard Click here

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