Capability

Program Controls

Understand cost and schedule performance together.

The Decision at Hand

Cost, schedule and progress signals need a common baseline and reporting date before they can guide management action.

Typical Engagement

Support program offices and control account managers with an agreed reporting cycle, integrated performance analysis and review-ready explanations.

Synthetic Deliverable · Period 06Control-Account Variance

Engineering Earned Value: $2.60M
Engineering Actual Cost: $2.95M
Cost Variance: −$0.35M

Review question: Does the remaining labor plan reflect the skill mix and rework now expected?

Inspect the Worked Example

Scope of Support

Earned Value Management analysis; CPI and SPI
Cost and schedule variance analysis
Integrated cost and schedule performance; baseline analysis
Control account, CAM and WBS-based reporting support
Integrated Master Schedule, critical-path and schedule-health analysis
Risk and opportunity reporting; performance measurement and management reviews

Example Deliverables

Program performance reports and EVM dashboards
Cost/schedule variance and CAM reporting packages
Schedule-health analysis and performance trends
Integrated program review materials

Agree the required outputs, source access, reporting cadence and acceptance criteria before delivery.

Discuss Program Controls