A project team evaluated the performance of a new reporting system and the quantity of...

The process is out of control and should be revised. The project manager can use the rule of seven to determine the status of the process based on the control chart. The rule of seven states that if seven or more consecutive measurements fall on one side of the mean that there’s an assignable cause that needs investigation. In this case, the last seven data points are all below the mean, which indicates that the process is out of control and in need of adjustment12