Initiate according to planned schedule, resources, and budget (1)

Operations: (2) Planned; in progress and complete

External Factors: (3) Weather; economy; procurement delays; labor disputes; etc.

Monitoring: (4) Measured progress: Resources expended; money expended; elapsed time; quantities

Standards for Comparison: (5) Estimate; budget; schedule

Information Processing System: Manual or by computer (6)

Preliminary Analysis: (7) Reports and Updates: - detail reports - summary reports - exception reports - trending & forecasting

Historical information files for future use in - annual accounting - claims & disputes - estimating, etc. (8)

Engineering Managers and Supervisors for analysis and decisions (9) Reports received at various levels.

Outside Input (10) Knowledge; experience; judgment; policies; emergency calls; etc.

New or Modified (11) Plans of Action for managing and controlling the operations.