Directing and managing project work

The main aspect of the direct and manage project work process is to execute based on the currently approved project management plan and its baselines to produce the deliverables as per the requirements. You spent so much time putting together all of these management plans, collecting requirements, tracing those requirements, and building out a schedule and a budget and scope baseline that you are now ready to begin executing the project work. This process is iterative as deliverables will be created throughout execution until the final product, service, or result is approved and you can close out the project. Keep in mind that when we covered scope management and quality management, I showed you a process flow that began with the deliverables, traveled through control quality to be verified as fit for use, then through the validate scope process so that the deliverables could be accepted. After this, the project or phase can be closed. In this chapter...