AGENDA
Current Events
Control Systems

CURRENT EVENTS

PLANNING, MONITORING, CONTROLLING CYCLE

PROJECT CONTROL
Fundamental purposes of project control…
Three types of control processes…
Comments on the design of control systems…

FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSES OF PROJECT CONTROL
Regulation of results through alteration
Comparing results against standards
Taking corrective action
Stewardship of organizational resources
Physical assets…
Human resources…
Financial resources…

PHYSICAL ASSETS
Use of physical assets
Who can use what for what purpose
Maintenance of physical assets
Take care of your equipment
Your equipment will take care of you
Minimize interference of maintaining equipment with using the equipment
Shutdowns

HUMAN RESOURCES
Wide experience gained in a short period of time
Appointment
Appraisal
Development
Retention

FINANCIAL RESOURCE CONTROL
Probably already in place by the organization
Controller
Audits
Due diligence of practices that can affect the project
Investigation
Verification
Disclosure

THREE TYPES OF CONTROL PROCESSES
Cybernetic control…
Go/No go control…
Post control…

CYBERNETIC CONTROL
Automatically operating control cycle
Software
Monitors
Compares
Notifies project manager of deviations

GO/NO GO CONTROL
Specified in project contract
Does a specific precondition exist
Benefits have been achieved
Market changes
Personnel departures
Funding gates
Penalties

POST CONTROL
After the fact
Locking the barn door after the horse is gone
Condemned to repeat the past
Stand alone document
Project objectives
Milestones, checkpoints, budgets
Project results
Recommendations for project performance and process improvement

COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN OF CONTROL SYSTEMS
Flexible
Cost effective
Responsive
Simple to operate
Easy to maintain
Ethical
Types of control systems…

TYPES OF CONTROL SYSTEMS
Control charts
Cost, value, progress to time
Expenses to time
Progress to cost
Benchmarking
Comparisons to “best in class”
Comparison of specific like activities across industries