He shud FACILITATE the planner / scheduler for formation of comprehensive time-phased budget by thorough schedule planning and cost

estimating.
- To control project activity flow by defining how work is formally authorised
- To GUIDE planning team for making performance reports and SUGGEST ways to control changes to the project baseline.

His main job shud b to get d right things done (not by self) by others. He shud communicate with other departments to provide / show them where as a project, v r
standing.

Comparison of project performance against baseline in terms of SCHEDULE and COST indices
2. Assesment of performance to determine indicated preventive/corrective actions
3. Project risk analyzing, tracking and monitoring to facilitate development of appropriate response plans.
4. Provision of information for status reporting, progress measurement and forecasting
5. Provision of schedule and cost forecasts
6. Monitoring change origination and implementation as they arise

PCS Manager (Project Controls Manager) : Role will vary according to the Project & Organization he is working for. PCS (from Project Management firm) and PCS (from
Contractor) will have slightly different role.

PCS Manager will have the following dept. reporting / Supporting to him

1. Planning
2. Cost
3. Document Control
4. IT (can support them for tools & tech implementation)
5. Contracts Department

PCS should be aware of tools and technology BUT not mandatory to have in depth knowledge of products viz, P6

Softwares are tools only, it cant be learnt over a period of time but not the PLANNING.

PCS Manager should have the vision on How to execute the Project within specified TIME & COST.

1. He should Develop the WBS (not P3 WBS) on overall Project

2. He should be able to write the following procedures

. Planning Procedure (including software to be used, activity duration shuld not exceed 15 days, how to updatge progress, how to give activity id, how to measure
performance, reports to be prepared on regular intervals, what if analysis etc)

. Document Coding Procedure - How to number each document viz, Submittals, Shop Drawings, Other Drawings, RFI, MOM etc

. Develop Cost Coding Procedure - This will help to identify the cost of the project at various levels (not to confuse with cost of P3). How to use Expedition / Prolog / Excel
or some other programme to develop cost worksheet.

. Develop Risk Management procedure

. Should Co-ordinate to develop PMP (Project Management Plan) or Project Execution Plan (PEP)

. Always Proactive to bring notice about the kind of risks, deviation etc in the Project

Like this he should be abel visualise and should create a good interface of Planning, Costing & Document Dept.

For a big Projects / Programme various dept Planning Engineers / Managers will be reporting to PCS Manager / Director.

In short PCS Manager should be well versed Planning, Costing & Document Management. He should create a common interface between all of them.

Due to lack of time, I could not write more detail role of PCS.

Bye

Sudharsan