Project management

Definition of project management

The project control includes all measures that serve to fulfill the project goals and to influence disturbance variables. It is a project-related process in which one or more variables as input variables influence other variables than output variables. She can go ahead project Manager can be made as:

Feedforward

Feedforward control in which there is a feedforward coupling. In this way, any disturbance variables are counteracted in an input-oriented, future-oriented manner and taking into account the project goals, e.g. B. by obtaining information or expert opinions on certain project-related conditions in order to be able to anticipate the possibilities, limits and risks of alternative courses of action.

The difficulties of the pre-control lie in the lack of predictability and predictability of the occurrence of project disruptions.

Readjustment

Follow-up control in which feedback occurs. Based on the project goals and the control results, action is taken based on the past. The measures only start after the occurrence of faults and are carried out in an output-oriented manner.

For example, a project manager makes a decision on a large construction project after checking the first results. For example, two additional trucks will be used in the future to overcome transport bottlenecks.

Control by the project manager

The control by the project manager has to take place in such a way that the project goals are met. It includes the deployment of employees, the proper project implementation, the provision of funds, information and maintenance of contacts, project coordination and the appropriate influencing of the project implementation.