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Short note: Monitoring, evaluation, controlling

Short answer

Monitoring is continuous collection and reporting of actual progress data. Evaluation is periodic assessment of relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact, and sustainability. Control compares actual with plan, analyses variances, and takes corrective action; monitoring provides information, evaluation judges results, and control corrects.

Write a short note on project monitoring, evaluation and controlling.

  • Project monitoring is the continuous collection, recording and reporting of information on the actual progress of a project (physical work, time, cost, quality, resource use) during implementation, and its comparison with the plan, so that deviations are known.
  • Project evaluation is the periodic, systematic assessment of a project (during, at the end, or after completion) to judge its relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability against the objectives, and to draw lessons for decisions and for future projects.
  • Project control is the process of comparing actual performance with the plan, analysing the variances and taking corrective action (or revising the plan) so that the project is completed within the planned time, cost and quality.

Monitoring gives the information, evaluation judges the results, and control uses both to correct the project. The three together form the basis of good project management.

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