JEREMIE AVEROUS
Practical
Project Control
Manager
Handbook
From Back-Office Manager
To Trusted Project Strategist
Jeremie Averous & Project Value Delivery Pte Ltd
First Edition - 2016
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In the Same Series
1. The Pocket Guide for those Daring Enough to Take Responsibility for Large, Complex Projects
by Jean-Pierre Capron
2. Project Soft Power, Learn the Secrets of the Great Project Leaders
by Jeremie Averous
3. Practical Cost Control Handbook for Project Managers, a Practical Guide to Enable Consistent and Predictable Project Forecasting
by Jeremie Averous
4. Practical Project Risk Handbook for Project Managers, a Guide to Enhance Opportunities and Manage Risks on Projects
by Jeremie Averous
5. Advanced Scheduling Handbook for Project Managers, a Practical Navigation Guide on Large, Complex Projects
by Jeremie Averous with Thierry Linares
6. Practical Project Control Manager Handbook, from Back-Office Manager to Trusted Project Strategist
by Jeremie Averous
And more to come
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Contents
Foreword
by Jonathan Crone
Integrated Project Controls is my passion! When I first started my career as a Quantity Surveyor I found myself in an industry that focused more on fixing the problems that had occurred than addressing the potential problems that may arise. Fortunately I worked for a company that believed there was a better way of delivering projects and was introduced to the principle of Integrated Project Controls.
Since that time I have worked in several project environments, across different sectors, in different countries and within different commercial arrangements. Whilst not all of my projects have been delivered using the Project Controls approach, I think it is safe to say that it is no coincidence that the most successful ones all applied these techniques.
On reflection, I believe that success was at least partly due to the rigour that Project Controls brings in setting up the project, developing an integrated structure and providing transparency in giving a Candid reflection of Reality as to the health of the project. I have no doubt that whilst the end product may be very different in different sectors, the actual process of Project Management hardly varies and the Project Controls approach has a place in the delivery of any project.
I was first attracted to Project Controls by the trend curves, enabling the reader to quickly see the course of history and extrapolate potential outcomes. However, in starting to practice Project Controls I soon learnt that there was a lot more depth to it. In fact, my first real test of implementing Project Controls on a major project proved so difficult that at first I wondered if it was worth the extra effort! However, once all of the processes and tools were established I soon saw the benefit of managing a Project rigorously using the principles of Project Controls. To this day I still hold that project as my benchmark for success.
Implementing successful Project Controls is as much a cultural challenge as it is a technical one. In this book, you are taken through a pragmatic practitioners journey of how to establish and run Project Controls to give reliable management information enabling timely management intervention. As well as giving practical guide to the technical issues that need to be addressed in establishing Project Controls, such as data structures, systems and the need for Accurate not Precise information, it also gives invaluable guidance to the softer cultural and leadership issues that a Project Controls Manager may face, including some key watch-outs in the relationships that need to be built with the Project Team.
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