We have now moved from the planning stage to the execution stage of project management. Following good project management practices, we have set a baseline. How is a project baseline used to guide the execution of the project's work, to evaluate progress and performance, and to control the project? Also, as you continue to think about monitoring and controlling the project, specifically consider the question: How can the project baseline and the earned value approach for variance analysis be used to monitor and report project progress?
"The project baseline is the original scope,cost and schedule of the project", ("The Project", para 1, 2017) therefore this is why it guides the execution of a projects work. There has to be a clear project baseline in order for the execution of the project to begin. A project's baseline is a useful tool to gauge how performance is steering away from the original
