How often should monitoring visits occur to avoid big deviation from the work plan?

• A. Once a year.
• B. Once a week, at least.
• C. Every hour.
• D. Only at the end of the project.

Answer: (B)

Regular monitoring visits are about catching deviations early so you can take timely corrective actions. A weekly cadence provides timely visibility into progress, issues, and variances against the work plan, allowing you to adjust schedules, reallocate resources, or update plans before problems grow large. Doing it only yearly or at the end means issues can accumulate unchecked and become hard to recover from. Checking every hour is impractical and adds unnecessary overhead. So performing monitoring visits at least weekly keeps you in control and helps keep the project on track.