Project Control Center

Project Control Center

Projects are by nature dynamic and are identified by the impact that they have on various aspects within an organisation. From this perspective it is of great necessity to have an insight into progress, costs and risks.

In organisations that work on a project basis and/or do a lot of projects, it is efficient and cost saving to organise these activities centrally. For this kind of work, Grant and Genius offers the facility of the Project Control Center.

What is a Project Control Center ?

A Project Control Center delivers the pre-requisites and processes to enable Project/Product Managers to successfully execute their projects and initiatives (within time limits, budget and scope)

What does the Project Control Center do ?

• It acts as a central point of comunication for product management for support and information
• It collects benchmark information (such as results from previous initiatives)
• It aets down and availability of lessons learnt from previous initiatives
• It sets up reports on risks, planning and costs
• It offers consolidated management quarterly reports on the progress and results of the various initiatives/projects
• It provides central management of documents (project plans, reports, contracts etc)
• It offers of uniformity in communication and setting down of information
• It provides integral planning of work force capacity of internal and external suppliers
• It creates compilation of overviews of costs and investments

Advantages

• Because the layout of the information is uniform, this means it is easily and quickly accessible and easily exchanged.
• By using past statistics and centrally available information, the projects become more efficient, target centred and give more insight into the projects (time to market)
• Product Managers/Project Managers receive more time to focus on the successful conclusion of their projects
• Risk Management through centrally controlled changes
• Better insight and understanding through uniform and consolidated reports
• Structuring and connecting of project and product portfolio