Process monitoring and control methods

摘要

A method of monitoring and controlling a process in which the process is broken down into a plurality of phases and each phase is assigned a first weight value. Then each phase is divided into a number of actions which are each assigned second weight values. A plurality of the actions are selected as key events and assigned a target date, risk value and date scaling function. At intervals a progress score is generated as the sum of the products of the first weight value of each phase and the second weight value of each completed action in the phase and a date confidence score is generated as the sum ofproducts of the risk values and date scaling functions for key actions, the date scaling function of each key action having a value which is a function of the difference between the assigned target date and the predicted or actual completion date. The process score and date confidence score are compared to assess the progress and risk of non-completion of the process in time and any necessary actions are taken in response to this comparison. <IMAGE>