The level of control reqUired by the Project Board after initiation needs to be agreed and the mechanism for such controls needs to be established - as does the level of control required by the Project Manager of the work to be undertaken by Team Managers.
Project controls enable the project to be managed in an effective and efficient manner that is consistent with the scale, risks, complexity and importance of the project. Effective project controls are a prerequisite for managing by exception.
Project controls can include:
✔ The frequency and format of communication between the project management levels
✔ The number of stages and hence end stage assessments
✔ Mechanisms to capture and analyse issues and changes
✔ Mechanisms to escalate exceptions
✔ Tolerances for delegated authority
✔ How delegated authority from one level of management to another will be monitored
Many of these controls will have been defined in the project's strategies but not necessarily set up. The focus of this activity is to establish such controls and to make sure that they make sense as a coherent set
