Fundamental Purposes of Control

The 2 fundamental objective of control are: 1. The regulation of results through the alteration of activities. 2. The stewardship of organizational assets. Physical Asset Control Physical asset control requires the control of the use of physical assets. It is concerned with the task of asset maintenance, whether preventive or corrective. Even the timing of maintenance or replacement as well as the quality of maintenance is also maintained. If the project uses considerable amounts of physical equipment, the PM also has the problem of setting up...

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Control

Control is the last element is the implementation cycle of planning-monitoring-controlling. It is an act of reducing the difference between plan and reality. Control is focused on 3 elements of a project-performance, cost and time. Performance: •Unexpected technical problems. •Insufficient resources. •Quality problems, etc. Cost •More resources required. •Scope of work increases. •Budgeting was inadequate, etc. Time •Technical difficulties took longer time to solve. •Task sequencing was incorrect. •Governmental regulations were altered, etc. These...

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