In the 'Project Control Process' section of this week's Gido text reading, the following statement is made:

The key to effective project control is measuring actual progress and comparing it to planned progress on a timely and regular basis and taking any needed corrective action immediately.

In your initial post, address these items:

1. Describe the importance of comparing actual progress to planned progress.
2. Describe what you think is meant by doing this on a timely and regular basis and how this might vary among projects of varying durations, i.e., 1 month v. 6 months v. 36 months.
3. Why is taking any needed corrective action immediately significant? Considering the varying durations noted in #2, would this influence the concept of immediately in any way?
4. Given what you've learned in this chapter about the critical path, what are the implications related to a timely and regular basis and taking corrective action immediately?