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title: "Short note: Monitoring, evaluation, controlling"
subject: "Project Engineering"
chapter: 4
key: "semester_7/project_engineering:monitoring-evaluation-controlling-note"
source: https://www.bctengineer.com/q/semester_7/project_engineering/monitoring-evaluation-controlling-note
site: BCT Engineering
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# Short note: Monitoring, evaluation, controlling

Project Engineering · Chapter 4: Project Implementation and Controlling

- Asked in: 2081 Baisakh, 3 marks
- Video: [Monitoring and Evaluation in Developing Projects | Sociology ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJdutzXh35c) — Sociologylearners
- Answer checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (high effort) on 2026-10-14
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## Question

Write a short note on project monitoring, evaluation and 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.

## Answer

- **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.

## Check yourself

The answer's key points as multiple-choice questions, with the correct option and why.

1. Project monitoring is...
   A. Periodic assessment of impact
   B. Corrective action only
   C. Drawing the baseline
   D. Continuous collection and reporting of actual progress and comparison with the plan
   Answer: D. Monitoring provides the information on deviations. (Key point: Monitoring)

2. Project evaluation judges...
   A. Only schedule
   B. Relevance, efficiency, effectiveness, impact and sustainability against objectives
   C. Only cost
   D. Daily labour attendance
   Answer: B. Evaluation is a periodic systematic assessment. (Key point: Evaluation)

3. How do the three work together?
   A. Control gives information, monitoring corrects
   B. Evaluation replaces control
   C. Monitoring gives information, evaluation judges results, control uses both to correct the project
   D. They are independent of each other
   Answer: C. They form the basis of good project management. (Key point: Combined role)

## Related in Project Engineering

- [Monitoring, evaluation, controlling and life cycle](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_7%2Fproject_engineering%3Amonitoring-evaluation-controlling-life-cycle) — Project Engineering, chapter 1
- [Monitoring, evaluation, control; control cycle](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_7%2Fproject_engineering%3Adefine-monitoring-evaluation-control-cycle) — Project Engineering, chapter 4, asked 4×
- [Monitoring vs controlling; EVA concept](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_7%2Fproject_engineering%3Amonitoring-vs-controlling-eva-concept) — Project Engineering, chapter 4
- [Monitoring, evaluation, control must; PMIS](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_7%2Fproject_engineering%3Amonitoring-evaluation-control-must-pmis) — Project Engineering, chapter 4
- [Monitoring vs evaluation; quality control tools](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_7%2Fproject_engineering%3Amonitoring-vs-evaluation-quality-tools) — Project Engineering, chapter 4
- [Evaluation vs controlling; elements of control](https://www.bctengineer.com/question.md?key=semester_7%2Fproject_engineering%3Aevaluation-vs-controlling-elements) — Project Engineering, chapter 4