The Practitioner Handbook of Project Controls

Although projects always carry risk, too many projects run late or exceed their original budgets by eye-watering amounts. This book is a comprehensive guide to the procedures needed to ensure that projects will be delivered on time, to specification and within budget.

Eight expert contributors have combined their considerable talents to explain all aspects of project control from project conception to completion in an informative text, liberally supported where necessary by clear illustrations.

This handbook will benefit all project practitioners, including project managers and those working in project management offices. It will also provide an invaluable guide for students studying for higher degrees in project management and its associated disciplines.

Dennis Lock began his career as an electronics engineer in a research laboratory, but has since served many years in project and administration management in the heavy machine tool and non-ferrous mining industries. Dennis has also carried out successful consultancy assignments in Europe and the United States, and was for eight years an external lecturer in project management to master’s degree students at two British universities. He is a fellow of the Association for Project Management and a member of the Chartered Management Institute. As a best-selling author, he has written or edited well over 50 books, many published in multiple languages.

Shane Forth is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management and the Association of Cost Engineers with over 40 years’ experience in the oil, gas, nuclear power and other industries. As ‘GO FORTH’ he provides consultancy services to help organizations develop the skills of their project management people. Shane sits on working groups and lectures at universities and events. For his MSc he won the Stephen Wearne Award for best overall performance. He also won APM’s Geoffrey Trimble Award for best master’s post-graduate dissertation. Shane has been honoured twice by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (including a national award for individual leadership and significant contribution to training and development).