ABSTRACT
As the opening quote reminds us, everything needs control. Every project needs some aspect of control whether relating to human resources, operating procedure, tools of operation, or work process. If the project moves along, as it should, it needs control either to keep performance on track or to correct unacceptable developments. Project control can be achieved through a combination of quantitative and qualitative tools. Computational and graphical techniques that are developed for other uses can be adopted and adapted for applications in project control. A project control system represents the collection of factors and their interrelationships affecting the performance of a project. This chapter presents some approaches to project monitoring and control. The steps required to carry out project control are discussed. Schedule control through progress review is presented. Guidelines for performance control are developed. Project information systems needed for control are discussed. An approach to terminating projects as a managerial control is also discussed in this chapter.
