Professional Project Controls Training, Consultants & Staff for Successful Project Delivery
(Since 1987)
Expert & Professional Training, Consultants, Staff, Services & Training
- Specialising in Simplified Project Controls
based on Earned Value Management (EVM) Principles
As a Platinum Status Education & Training Provider for Project Management South Africa (PMSA), we are proud to offer this eBook as a foundational resource for our accredited training courses in Project Controls, focusing on Earned Value Management principles.
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Transform Your Project Outcomes with Our Expertise
- Achieve Project Success Through Effective Planning, Monitoring and Control
- Earned Value Management & Reporting
- Expert Guidance and Reporting for Project Managers, Contractors, and Owners
THE 21 BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE ACCREDITED PROJECT CONTROLS COURSE:
This Accredited Project Control Training Course aims to improve project outcomes significantly.
1. Receive Accreditation of 20 Continuing Professional Development CREDITS (or CPDs) from PMSA and SACPCMP, plus a Certificate of Competency, upon passing the course.
2. The Course Material is based on Earned Value Management or EVM principles.
3. No Special Software is Required. After training, candidates can apply this course’s methodology to any existing schedule and cost-control software, tools, or systems.
4. One Integrated WBS (or IWBS). Attendees learn “HOW TO” incorporate the scope, schedule, and budgets at control account levels. When the entire team works from ONE Integrated WBS (or IWBS), Stakeholders have more confidence in progress, performance, and status reports.
5. More Effective Integration. When the entire Team works from ONE integrated WBS, it enables more improved and transparent project data at control account levels.
6. Quality Improvement Processes. The EVM methodology is a continuous project control quality improvement process.
7. Enables timely EVM Reports on the First Reporting Cycle: Attendees learn how to produce Earned Value reports from the first reporting cycle.
8. NOT More Expensive. No less expensive or more accurate methodology is available on the world market than Project Controls based on EVM.
9. Attendees Learn to Prepare and Apply the Main “8 Must-Haves.” Attendees learn “HOW TO” prepare and apply these key drivers to ensure improved project outcomes.
10. More Accurate Progress Reporting: Progress assessments are more accurate when correct weighted values are established. The course demonstrates “HOW TO” apply the correct EVM weighted values.
11. A more reliable forecast for cost and time. This can be determined after the 15% Earned Value Progress Point.
12. True Schedule and Cost Performance Indicators (SPI & CPI). Attendees can provide more transparent data, and indicators are more confidently accepted.
13. More Accurate Progress Reports. The course demonstrates “HOW TO” apply the correct weighted values for more accurate progress reports. Attendees learn how to make meaningful and relevant project data more transparent for Stakeholders.
14. Reducing Risks: Attendees learn that none of the 8 Must-Haves can be excluded to enable true progress and status reports. The risk of schedule and cost overruns increases when any of the 8 “Must-Haves” are excluded.
15. Improved Risk Management. Cost and schedule Risks are identified and mitigated at the Control Account level.
16. Improving Threshold Management: Attendees learn to track Schedule and Cost Variances to pre-agreed thresholds. It allows management to intervene in out-of-threshold areas.
17. Easier and Improved Authentication of Project Schedules: Attendees learn how Stakeholders can independently verify the authenticity of the project schedule and the reported progress.
18. Improved Transparency of Scope and Schedule Changes. Attendees learn how to improve transparency regarding authorized project changes and their knock-on effects.
19. Improved Transparency on Forecasts via Earned Value Progress Milestones. The course demonstrates “HOW TO” set up the pre-agreed, planned values (to be earned), and monthly earned value progress milestones to be achieved.
20. Conduct Integrated Baseline Reviews. This process enables parties to agree on the scope, schedule, budget, and EPC risks (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) Risks.
21. Improved Dashboard Reports and EVM S-curves. During the course, attendees complete a case study and prepare a more accurate EVM Dashboard Report.
The Controls TRAINING COURSE FRAMEWORK (also available online) consists of:
1) How to improve Project Controls
2) How to set up the Project data, for more accurate Project Controls based on EVM (Earned Value Management) principles.
3) How to transform a Traditional WBS into an Integrated WBS for more accurate progress reporting.
4) How to integrate the scope, schedule, budgets and EPC risks via an Integrated WBS (IWBS).
5) How to set up and authenticate the Integrated Master Plan (IMP).
6) How to develop the Integrated Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).
7) How to conduct Integrated Baseline Reviews (IBR).
8) How to establish and interpret Schedule and Cost Performance indexes (SPI and CPI).
9) How to establish and report the estimated final costs (EACc - forecast costs).
10) How to establish and report the schedule's estimated forecast completion date.
11) How to produce accurate month-end project dashboards and executive progress reports.
ACCREDITED TRAINING (20 CPDs)
- For Accredited Project Controls Training Courses - e-mail Willie@SimplifiedProjectControls.co.za or WhatsApp +2771 200 3306
- 22-hour Virtual and Practical Workshops or a 3-day classroom environment
PUBLISHED TECHNICAL BOOKS
- Published E-Books and Paperbacks – www.Amazon.com
Simplified Project Controls
Expert Professional Consultants, Staff, Training and Support Services:
- Project Controls Consulting
- Professional Project Control Support Services (specialising in Project Controls, Planning & Cost Control).
- Accredited Training Workshops (20 CPDs) for all Project Staff.
- Recruitment Services and Staff Placements.
Project Control Management Services:
- Project Setup - Assist Project Teams in setting up the Employers' Integrated Work Breakdown Structure to enable.
- Integration of the Scope, Schedule, Budgets, and EPC Risks.
- Small or Major Capital Projects - assist Employers to establish all the Control Accounts that will ensure the success of the Project Objectives.
- Assist in setting up a Project's Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).
- Assist in establishing the Integrated Master Plan and Project Schedules.
- Assist in aligning and integrating the Cost Estimate or Budgets with the Scope and Schedules.
- Establishing and Verifying Project Progress, Performance (SPI & CPI) and the True Status of the Work.
- Specializing in Project Controls based on Earned Value Management Principles.
- Assist in Threshold Management.
- Establish and Maintain Cost Performance Reports & Executive (Dashboard) Reporting.
E-mail Info@SimplifiedProjectControls.co.za to
REGISTER FOR THE TRAINING COURSE
As a Platinum Status Education & Training Provider for Project Management South Africa (PMSA), we are proud to offer this eBook below as a foundational resource for our accredited training courses in Project Controls, focusing on Earned Value Management principles.
E-mail Info@SimplifiedProjectControls.co.za to
REGISTER FOR THE TRAINING COURSE
Simplified Project Controls
About Us
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Expert Project Controls Consultants and Services
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The Methodology was developed, and the first accreditation was awarded by ECSA in 2009.
- The latest accreditation was by SACPCMP in 2019.
- The Methodology is aligned with Standards and Guidelines of: PMI; PMBOK; PRINCE2; AACEI; CPM; DCMA USA Mil; SACPCMP; ECSA; EVM – ANSI EIA 748; GAPPS;
- The Authors below, have between 12 and 45 years of experience in a Project Management and Controls Environment.
