Informal meetings may occur, but don??™t substitute informal meetings
when formal ones are needed.
Things that most organizations tend to forget about this process area:
This process area is tied to the Project Planning PA. Without having a credible
project plan, this process area cannot be satisfied. The project plan coming
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out of Project Planning is the basis for activities in the Project Monitoring
and Control PA.
Document your reviews with management, and any other reviews and status
meetings that you feel may be necessary. Informal meetings do not need to be
documented; however, the results of those meetings may need to be documented,
especially if the results will impact schedules, planning, staffi ng, or strategies.
The generic practice that most closely matches this PA is GP 2.8 Monitor and
Control the Process. This is where the reader is referred to consider taking corrective
actions when deviations from a process are found. However, the other portion of
GP 2.8 that needs to be satisfied is measurement, covered by the Measurement and
Analysis PA.
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