Presentation: Effective Project Controls
Abstract: The presentation will discuss the interplay between project controls and project management, and how effective project controls can empower a project manager to direct project success, but also indirect project success in relationships, communication, and goodwill with internal and external stakeholders.
Project controls are often overlooked, taken for granted, or relegated to the sidelines. However, the disciplines associated with project controls are catalysts to effective project management careers and should be given their rightful spot on cross-functional and effective project teams.
The takeaways from this presentation will be
- to define what traditional project control disciplines,
- how project controls are evolving in a world of AI and technology advancements
- how to right-size a project controls team,
- a case project controls study, and
- tips for project managers to deploy project controls best practices for their ultimate success, professionally and on a project level.
In short, project Controls, when used effectively, can enable a project manager to take better actions, make better decisions, and better allocate project resources. Let’s learn how.
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Biography: Jeremy Busby has 22 years of experience in program and project management in the A&E industry, working with a wide variety of public-sector clients. He graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in civil engineering. He moved to Atlanta to begin his project management career working for the Georgia Department of Transportation while earning his MBA from Georgia State University. He now is employed at Gresham Smith, an architecture, engineering, and consulting firm, based in Nashville, TN. From his home in Midtown Atlanta, Jeremy leads the consultancy services sectors and works to promote effective program and project management to connect Gresham Smith’s clients with solutions for their most complex problems.
