Let’s say we’ve started executing the project. This is the current plan:
Based on this plan, what are the deliverables we should be working on this month?
The current month has the blue background, and we can simply check to see which items overlap with the blue background. Specifications is one of those items; i.e., we’re supposed to be working on it this month, and it’s supposed to be finished by the end of the month. How about new server? Technically, that happens during the month, but it does, because one of its building elements is done during this month, the specifications deliverable.
Normally, the lowest level items are enough for tracking. It means that we will be checking items such as specifications, and we don’t need to check its parent, new server, separately.
Based on that, what else should we track in this month?
The other one is design. Is there any other item for this month? No.
This way of finding items for tracking is difficult, especially because you may have hundreds or thousands of items in your project. There’s a simpler way of doing that. We’ll check it out next.