As you continue working as IT manager for HWE Accessories, you’ll work this week to compile components developed throughout this course and create a post-implementation plan. Finalize your business

Introduction

In this paper, we are going to look at project controls and we will identify the control objectives and techniques that will ensure the completeness, accuracy, validity, and authorization of transactions and data for the HWE Accessories website. Let us start by defining project controls.

Project controls

According to Malsam (2020), project controls are a “set of tools, processes and people skills that are used together to help project managers have the right information, at the right time, to make the right decision”.

For the project to be successful, we need to have a skilled team. When it comes to programmers, only senior and mid-level programmers who have more than five years of experience will be picked for the project. Also, other members of the team like the project manager will have a proven track record of successful project completion in the past. The team and the project manager need to be always aware of the project scope.

We will have a time tracking program that will track time spent on a task as the project is being executed. This will help us know when there is time wastage.

Programmers will use instant messaging apps like Skype for communication to ensure immediate feedback on issues and the smooth running of the project. We will also use the Kanban board to manage our work. The board will show which tasks have been completed and which are in progress etc.

We will use a project planning document that we will keep referring to as the project progresses. The project planning document will contain a project brief, estimate, timeline, etc. (Aston, 2020).

We will use a communication plan which is a document that will define communication channels and who needs to communicate to who in case of a dispute etc.

We will use a quality assurance checklist which will indicate a list of important things that should not be missed as the project progresses (Aston, 2020).

References

Aston, B. (2020). What are project controls and how to use these 9 to get control.

The Digital Project Manager. https://thedigitalprojectmanager.com/project-controls-simplified/

Malsam, W. (2020). Project controls: A quick guide. Project Manager.

https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/project-controls-a-quick-guide