Monitoring the execution and progress of a project is the responsibility of the PM$.$ A PM that has weekly meetings only, and takes a routine "check box$/$Is everything OK$?"$ approach to monitoring progress will probably get surprised pretty quickly with variances and issues.

I$\text{'}$d like you to explore this topic, discuss why taking a routine approach to monitoring is dangerous, and discuss more proactive approaches to monitoring that will minimize the likelihood of the PM getting "blind sided". If you have run across any "creative ways that monitoring has occurred, please enlighten us