Project control and monitoring are two principal mechanisms for assuring that project status is comprehensive, accurate, and timely throughout the project's life cycle.

A general model of control includes four components: setting a goal, measuring progress, comparing actual with planned performance, and taking action. When monitoring a project, it is important to understand what information should be tracked throughout the project. Tracking mechanisms are often focused on whether budget and timelines are being met.

• In your posting, consider a project to complete major highway repairs.
• Provide a very brief description of how project control, using the four general components, could be applied to a highway repair project.
• In addition, provide your views on how using a project control model for this type of project may result in accurate and timely project control.