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Project Controls Services

Project Controls Consulting

Project Controls Consulting

Project controls brings schedule, cost, progress, forecasting, risk, change, and performance information together so management can understand where the project stands and where it is heading.

Project Controls Framework

Project Controls

Performance

  • Cost Control
  • Schedule Control
  • Progress Measurement
  • Earned Value

Forward Look

  • Forecasting
  • Change Control
  • Risk Management

Visibility

  • Project Reporting
  • Dashboards
  • KPI Reports

Cost Control

Budgets & Coding

  • Budget development
  • Cost coding
  • Commitment tracking
  • Actual cost tracking

Forecast & Variance

  • Forecasting
  • Estimate at Completion
  • Cost variance analysis
  • Cash-flow forecasting

Schedule Control

Plan Management

  • Baseline management
  • Progress measurement
  • Schedule updates
  • Variance analysis

Path & Milestone Focus

  • Critical path analysis
  • Float analysis
  • Milestone tracking
  • Forecast completion dates

Progress Measurement

Develop measurable rules for determining actual project progress instead of relying only on subjective percentage estimates.

Earned Value Management

Support measurement using core EVM indicators so cost and schedule performance can be compared on a common basis.

Core Measures

  • Planned Value
  • Earned Value
  • Actual Cost

Indexes & Variances

  • Schedule Performance Index
  • Cost Performance Index
  • Schedule Variance
  • Cost Variance

Completion Estimates

  • Estimate at Completion
  • Estimate to Complete

Forecasting

Forecast the outcomes that matter to leadership before they become surprises.

  • Project completion
  • Major milestones
  • Remaining costs
  • Resource requirements
  • Cash flow
  • Schedule trends

Change Control

Manage potential and approved project changes with clear impact visibility.

  • Change identification
  • Change logs
  • Cost impact
  • Schedule impact
  • Approval status
  • Forecast impact

Risk Management

Identification & Ownership

  • Risk identification
  • Risk registers
  • Probability and impact assessment
  • Mitigation actions
  • Risk owners

Quantitative Support

  • Schedule risk analysis
  • Cost risk analysis

Project Reporting

Develop reporting that turns project data into decisions.

Cadence

  • Weekly reports
  • Monthly reports
  • Executive reports

Dashboards

  • Progress dashboards
  • Schedule dashboards
  • Cost dashboards

Decision Support

  • KPI reports
  • Variance reports
  • Management presentations
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