A project team is performing change control on a project. During which of the following project activities does this normally occur?

Monitoring is the phase where project performance is tracked against baselines; while variances may surface here, the formal change control process itself is defined earlier in Planning.

Execution is where project work is carried out and change requests may be submitted, but the change control procedures that govern those requests were established in Planning.

During Planning, the project manager develops the change management plan, establishes the change control board, and defines thresholds and procedures that govern how changes will be evaluated and approved throughout the project. Creating these controls during Planning ensures baselines are set before work begins, giving the team a formal framework to manage deviations. Without this groundwork in Planning, change control during later phases would lack defined criteria and authority.

Closing involves finalizing deliverables, obtaining acceptance, and archiving documents - introducing change control at this stage is outside the appropriate project lifecycle window.