What Is Project Control?

Project control refers to all the activities and processes available to successfully manage project risks. For the PMP test, project control entails a total of 12 distinctive processes out of the 44 project management processes in the body of work.

In essence, project control is all the effective activities that the project manager performs to keep project performance and resource utilization at optimal levels. The magnitude and frequency of these activities are dictated by the size and organizational impact of the project. No matter the size of the project, there are three core elements of effective project control: