The Practitioner Handbook of Project Controls

This book is a comprehensive guide to the procedures needed to ensure that projects will be delivered on time, to specification and within budget. Eight expert contributors have combined their considerable talents to explain all aspects of project control from project conception to completion in an informative text.

PART I: GETTING STARTED; 1 Project fundamentals; 2 Introducing project controls; 3 Project authorization; 4 Control principles; 5 Essential coding structures; PART II: PROJECT ORGANIZATION; 6 Organization structures; 7 More complex organizations; 8 The project management office; PART III: COST CONTROL; 9 Introduction to cost accounting; 10 Introduction to cost estimating; 11 Cost estimating for construction; 12 Cost estimating accuracy; 13 Project cost accounting and control 1; 14 Project cost accounting and control 2; PART IV: SCHEDULING; 15 Basic planning methods; 16 Critical path planning; 17 Accelerating the project; 18 Scheduling project resources 1; 19 Scheduling project resources 2; 20 Project schedule technical integrity; 21 Controlling project manufacturing; 22 More specialized scheduling; PART V: RISK MANAGEMENT; 23 Introduction to risk management; 24 Qualitative risk management; 25 Quantitative risk management; 26 Useful risk management tools; PART VI: PURCHASING AND CONTRACTS; 27 Controlling purchasing; 28 Project contracts; PART VII: MONITORING AND MEASURING FOR CONTROL; 29 The integrated project baseline; 30 Reviewing the integrated project baseline; 31 Managing progress; 32 Controlling changes; 33 Performance measurement and analysis; 34 Forecasts and corrective actions; PART VIII: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS; 35 Communications and documentation; 36 Controlling archives; 37 Meetings; 38 Giving controls high visibility; PART IX: ASSURANCE AND GOVERNANCE; 39 Project reviews and audits; 40 Governance of controls; PART X: PEOPLE; 41 Managing project people; 42 Performance improvement methods; 43 Managing yourself and your career; PART XI: CASE EXAMPLES; Case A: The Herbert-Ingersoll tragedy; Case B: The Channel Tunnel project; Case C: Losing and regaining control