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Project controls & finance articles

Planning, earned value, forecasting, project finance and governed AI for project professionals.

  • Dark blue cover with a progress certificate and the words Lender's technical adviser role

    Project controls & finance

    The Lender's Technical Adviser Role Explained

    The lender's technical adviser explained: independence, due diligence, construction monitoring, drawdown certification and how project controls helps.

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  • Dark blue cover with a policy document and the words AI governance for projects

    Project controls & finance

    AI Governance for Projects: A One-Page Policy Template

    AI governance for projects made practical: a one-page policy template covering approved uses, data, sign-off and logging, plus a failure-mode register.

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  • Dark blue cover with a chat prompt and the words AI prompts for project managers

    Project controls & finance

    AI Prompts for Project Managers: Ten You Can Verify

    Ten practical AI prompts for project managers, each with a built-in way to verify the output, plus prompt anatomy and what never to paste into a tool.

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  • Dark blue cover with horizontal schedule bars and the words Project controls and finance

    Project controls & finance

    How to Build a Cost Baseline: A Step-by-Step Guide

    Build a project cost baseline step by step: estimates, control accounts, time-phasing, contingency and approval, with a worked example and checks.

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  • Dark blue cover with horizontal schedule bars and the words Project controls and finance

    Project controls & finance

    Project Change Control: A Practical Process and Log

    Set up project change control that works: a six-step process, a change log template, impact assessment, decision rights and a worked example.

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