Fundamentals of Project Controls

The fundamental components of project controls created especially for those new to the field who require a basic understanding of the field.

The course is suitable for anyone who is either moving into a project controls environment directly, or anyone working within a project organisation who needs to know the basic and fundamental language and component parts of project controls.

The course content includes:

Project Controls in Project Delivery
• Purpose of projects
• Project definition
• The stages of a project
• The purpose of project controls
• Tracking, analysing, and assessing impacts of progress
• How project controls influence cost, time & quality

Disciplines of Project Control
An Introduction to:
• Cost Estimating
• Planning & Scheduling
• Cost Control
• Risk management

The relationship between the project controls disciplines
• The interface and interaction between cost, planning, scheduling & risk
• The purpose of breakdown structures
• The WBS, PBS, OBS & CBS and their role in project control
• The influence of cost, time and quality on estimates, budgets and schedules

Managing change and document control
• The definition of change
• Reasons for change and change control
• The impact of change on project control activities
• The consequences of poor change control
• Understanding the role and importance of configuration management
• The fundamentals of document control

Please note there is not an exam for this course.