Organizational Requirements – control of project costs

  1. Control must be exercised on a reasonable level of the project structure.

  2. Actual cost information must be available quickly.

  3. The control system should identify costs not only when they arise but also when the funds are committed.

  4. The recorded costs must contain the same elements (e.g., allocations for benefits, general and administrative costs, or even for profit) as the planned costs to allow for meaningful comparisons.