Project Controls

Project Controls typically cover the planning, cost management, risk management, progress measurement, and reporting of a project. Whether you’re working in construction, infrastructure, energy, or IT, strong project controls ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and according to scope.

Key Components of Project Controls:

1. Planning & Scheduling

   • Development of baseline schedules (e.g. using Primavera P6 or MS Project)

   • Critical Path Method (CPM) analysis

   • Resource and cost-loaded schedules

2. Cost Control

   • Budget development (e.g. bottom-up or parametric estimating)

   • Cost forecasting (EAC, ETC)

   • Earned Value Management (EVM)

3. Risk Management

   • Risk identification and qualitative/quantitative analysis

   • Mitigation strategies and contingency planning

   • Use of Monte Carlo simulations for schedule/cost risk

4. Change Management

   • Managing scope changes, variations, and trends

   • Impact analysis (time and cost)

   • Maintaining change logs and governance procedures

5. Performance Monitoring & Reporting

   • KPIs (SPI, CPI, Schedule/Cost Variance)

   • Dashboards and executive summaries

   • Weekly/monthly project performance reports

6. Tools & Systems

   • Planning tools: Primavera P6, MS Project

   • Cost control: Excel, SAP, Cobra, EcoSys

   • Integrated systems: Oracle Primavera Unifier, FastDraft