Project and ContractProject Controls and Performance Monitoring
Project controls exist to tell management the truth about a project early enough to act, and they fail when they report activity instead of progress. This course covers building them. Delegates work through the work breakdown structure and the cost and schedule baselines built on it, progress measurement that cannot be inflated, and earned value as the technique that connects cost to physical progress. Forecasting receives serious attention, since estimate at completion is the number that matters. Change and trend management are covered, along with the reporting that gets read. The course closes on recovering a project whose controls have been telling a comfortable story.
Course objectives
- Build a work breakdown structure and baseline cost and schedule to it
- Measure progress by rules that cannot be inflated
- Apply earned value to connect cost and physical progress
- Forecast estimate at completion defensibly
- Manage change and trends before they become variances
- Produce reporting that management actually acts on
- Recognise and recover a project whose controls are misleading
Who should attend
- Project controls engineers and analysts
- Planners and schedulers
- Cost engineers and quantity surveyors
- Project and construction managers
- Finance staff supporting projects
Course outline
- 01What controls are for
- 02Work breakdown structure and baselines
- 03Progress measurement rules
- 04Earned value technique
- 05Variance analysis
- 06Forecasting estimate at completion
- 07Change and trend management
- 08Reporting and recovery
Scheduled sessions
| Dates | Venue | Format | Price | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September to 2 October 2026 | Maputo, Mozambique | Classroom | USD 1,325 per delegate | Register Now |
| 5 to 9 October 2026 | Windhoek, Namibia | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |
| 21 to 25 December 2026 | Online | Online | R8,500 per delegate | Register Now |
| 11 to 15 January 2027 | Pretoria, South Africa | Classroom | R19,950 per delegate | Register Now |