time management Measuring and reporting performance Most often, changes are identified through looking at performance data. It's just as important once you make a change to gather performance data as it was when you found the change in the first place. Here's how performance data feeds into the schedule control process. When your schedule changes, you need to take performance measurements so you can keep your stakeholders up to date. Gathering reports on those measurements will help you determine where the problem is and recommend changes to fix it. Performance Measurement Routine performance measurements might show that you are lagging in your schedule. We'll learn more about how to measure this stuff in the next chapter. Performance Reports Schedule Control Once the change is made, you need to measure performance and keep everybody in the loop on what is working and what isn't. Putting the recommended changes through schedule control will help you to evaluate the impact and update all the necessary documents. Performance Measurement you are here 4 277