Managing CSSQ

Project Execution and control
 

(technical definition "scope": the combination of all project goals and tasks, and the work required to accomplish them; the scope translates into the timeline and budget).

CSSQ is the acronym for a project’s inextricably linked quadruple constraints: Cost, Scope, Schedule, and Quality.  Its purpose is to to ensure that the project outputs are delivered with the expected quality  in the   time and cost limits defined in the project plan document.

See also  The project triangle: seeing projects in terms of time, cost, and scope

CSSQ will need to be managed according to the processes established during Project Planning. The CSSQ is not static – although Project Planning is complete and has been approved, some components of CSSQ will continue to evolve as a result of the execution of project tasks. Throughout Execution and Control, as more information about the project becomes known and the product of the project is developed, CSSQ is likely to be affected and will need to be closely managed.

The purpose of Manage CSSQ is to:

• Manage Changes to Project Scope 
• Control the Project Schedule and Manage Schedule Changes
• Implement Quality Assurance and Quality Control Processes according to the Quality Standards Revised During Project Planning
• Control and Manage Costs Established in the Project Budget Tasks

The CSSQ Deliverables – the Project Budget, Project Scope, Project Schedule, and the Quality Management Plan are applied, monitored and updated during Project Execution and Control.

Templates:

• Project Issues Log Template  

• Project Change Request Template

   

• Status Report 

• Project Progress Report

• Evaluation Report
• Closure Report

Guidelines 

• Guideline: Focusing the evaluation design

• Guidelines: How to conduct a useful M&E action

See also

• Quality Management

• Managing CSSQ

• Prepare the M&E reports

• Manage Change Control Process P

• Quality Assessment of  Evaluation Reports
• Evaluation Standards: a comparative assessment
• Quality Assessment of  Evaluation Reports
• Communicating Financial Information