Project Control – Essential Guide: Effective Planning, Monitoring, Cost Control, and Earned Value Management

Project Control – The Essential Guide: Effective Planning, Monitoring, Cost Control, and Earned Value Management

Planning, Monitoring and Controlling Projects Successfully

Projects rarely fail because of technology alone. More often, they struggle due to insufficient transparency in costs, schedules, risks, and performance. Without structured project control, project leaders lack the information they need to make timely and effective decisions.

Project Control – Planning, Monitoring, and Controlling Projects Successfully provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to the discipline of modern project control.

Based on more than four decades of professional experience in engineering, project management, project control, and portfolio management, this book explains how to plan, monitor, and steer projects using proven methods and practical tools.

What you will learn

• The Core Elements of Project Control: Discover how to seamlessly integrate cost, schedule, risk, quality, and change into a unified, high-performing management system.
• The Full Spectrum of PMO Roles: Master the distinct perspectives of project steering, from the project manager and PMO lead to corporate finance and portfolio control.
• Rigorous Planning & Baselines: Learn how to build bulletproof Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and execution baselines that prevent scope creep from day one.
• Earned Value Management (EVM): Gain ultimate transparency with deep-dive metrics, performance formulas, and practical forecasting techniques (EAC, TCPI) to predict project outcomes accurately.
• Proactive Performance & Trend Monitoring: Utilize powerful steering tools like Milestone Trend Analysis (MTA), RAG reporting, and predictive dashboards to make deviations visible early.
• Strategic Benefits & Investment Appraisal: Move beyond mere technical delivery by mastering business cases, NPV/ROI calculations, and long-term value realization.
• Financial Foundations & Cost Structures: Navigate complex project accounting concepts with ease, including CapEx/OpEx, commitments, accruals, and cash flow management.
• Adaptive & Cutting-Edge Practices: Bridge the gap between predictive and agile framework controls, while exploring how Artificial Intelligence is transforming modern project steering.
• Integrated Scope & Change Control: Effectively manage project crises, limit technical performance risks, and steer formal change control procedures without losing momentum.

The book combines clear explanations and packed with detailed case studies, over 80 charts, and practical calculation examples to help readers understand complex concepts and apply them in real-world projects.

This indispensable resource is fully aligned with the PMBOK® Guide, 8th Edition (2026) —ensuring your project control practices meet the latest global standards.

Whether you are a project manager, project controller, program manager, or project financial analyst, this book will help you strengthen your ability to manage projects with clarity, discipline, and financial transparency.

If you want to improve the way your projects are planned, monitored, and controlled—this book will give you the tools and insights to do it.

Get your copy today and start mastering modern Project Control.