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4.3 Stage 3: Construction and initial manufacturing/operating stage

 When the product, service or process has been developed, and any design
problems have been addressed, the next stage is where the new product,
service or process is launched.

 For a product, this stage will be where the large scale production begins,
making items based on the designs which were finalised during the
development stage.

 For a service or process, this is where the new service or process is
implemented.

 In the initial manufacturing/operating stage of the project, it will be critical for the
project team to control the new product, service or process by continual
product testing and product refinement (for products) or test runs and parallel
running (for services or processes).

4.4 Stage 4: Control stage

 The project team should continue monitoring the project, and comparing the
actual results against the original budget (time and cost).

 It will be the job of the project team at the control stage to keep considering
whether the project is likely to achieve its original objectives.

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