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Project Controls Services
ICA delivers a comprehensive suite of project controls and risk management services — from framework development and implementation through to leadership, assurance, and capability uplift.
The ICA Service Approach
Process Led
Technology Enabled
Technology-agnostic: tools are selected and configured to meet defined process — not the other way around. Smart use of off-the-shelf tools with a focus on data integration and single sources of truth.
Empowered People
Establishing the right people and organisation structure, with the right support, guidance, and capability uplift. Performance transparency leads to performance accountability.
Program & Project Controls Services
ICA provides the full suite of project controls services, from setting up integrated frameworks through to leadership and ongoing delivery. Our functional scope covers every project controls discipline.
Framework Development & Implementation
Development and implementation of bespoke project controls frameworks, management plans, processes, and procedures tailored to the project lifecycle stage and maturity.
Schedule & Milestone Management
Master schedule establishment, baseline-setting, milestone tracking, contractor schedule reviews, interface management, and proactive schedule control throughout the project lifecycle.
Budget & Cost Management
Change & Trend Management
Structured change management processes to manage scope changes, trends, and variations through a formalised governance framework with timely decision-making.
Analytics & Reporting
Concise, timely, accurate and complete reporting that provides actionable insights — not just glossy dashboards. Real information for real decisions.
Scope & Baseline Management
Defining and maintaining the scope baseline, managing inclusions and exclusions, and providing assurance that the schedule and cost align to agreed scope.
Progress Measurement & Contingency
Progress measurement frameworks, earned value reporting, and contingency management that maintains visibility of project reserves and drives accountable management of provisions.
Reviews, Assessments & Assurance
Gap assessments, maturity assessments, stage gate processes, and improvement planning including development of maturity improvement roadmaps.
Tools & Systems Implementation
Selection, configuration, and implementation of project controls tools including Contruent/Prism, Primavera P6, ARM, PowerBI, @Risk, CostX, and data warehousing solutions.
Capability Uplift & Training
Document Control
Document management processes, transmittals, RFI management, records management, and data handover — ensuring information integrity throughout the project.
Resource Augmentation
Provision of experienced project controls resources to augment your team — schedulers, cost controllers, risk managers, and senior project controls professionals.
Risk Management Services
Comprehensive risk and opportunity management services — from establishing frameworks and facilitating workshops through to quantitative risk analysis. ICA delivers outcomes-focused risk services that identify key drivers and enhance mitigation focus.
Quantitative Risk Analysis (QRA)
Cost Risk Analysis (CRA), Schedule Risk Analysis (SRA), and Integrated Cost & Schedule Risk Analysis (iCSRA) — providing critical insights into uncertainty and key risk drivers.
Risk Framework & RMIS
Establish or uplift the risk management function: frameworks, plans, guidelines, manuals, handbooks, and Risk Management Information System (RMIS) procurement and configuration.
Facilitated Workshops & Reviews
Risk identification workshops, detailed controls assessments, integrated risk review and mitigation sessions, and interface risk management.
Scenario Analysis & Planning
Scenario analysis and planning to explore the range of possible outcomes and inform strategic decision-making and mitigation prioritisation.
Contractor Risk Requirements
Development of contractor risk management requirements and returnables, including NEC4 risk management specifications and traditional contract suites.
Risk Maturity Assessment
Risk maturity assessment with gap analysis, and a practical maturity development roadmap to drive meaningful and sustained improvement in risk management capability.
Mitigation Planning Approach
ICA's integrated mitigation planning approach combines schedule, risk, cost and scope controls to identify, evaluate, and implement course corrections on complex programs. The four pillars of effective mitigation planning:
Process Led
Timely, accurate data in a format that can be understood — updated regularly with a holistic view.
Governance
Structured but efficient governance that enables timely decisions and follows a formalised Change Management process.
Engagement
Appropriate stakeholder engagement to foster buy-in and prevent mitigations with unintended knock-on problems.
Monitor Implementation
Once accepted, mitigation plans are actively monitored to ensure implementation and embedded in the forward plan.
Comprehensive Programme Management Office Solutions
PMO Services
An effective Program Management Office (PMO) supports the successful delivery of your portfolio's program. The PMO ensures consistency in program and project management practices and accountability for delivery performance.
This is underpinned by a well-defined delivery management framework. Integrated Controls Advisory will help you realise the full delivery potential of your organisation in the shortest possible time frame, capturing the greatest benefits.
Our Services Include:
Portfolio/program governance frameworks setup.
PMO development, deployment and operation.
Project Portfolio Management (PPM).
PMO needs assessment.
Project management maturity improvement.
PMO resource development.
Project review and assurance.
Project management systems development.
Project management methodology implementation.
Systems architecture.
Portfolio risk management.
Project Control
We strongly believe in the value that effective project controls have on project delivery outcomes. Project controls undertaken by experienced practitioners make information available for effective management and decision-making, which can constructively influence the time and cost outcomes of a project or program.
Our Services Include:
Scope Definition
Stakeholder Integration
Planning and Scheduling
Cost Management
Performance Management
Earned Value Management
Risk Management
Information Management
Assurance Management
Benefits Management
Project Change Management
Resource Management
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Glen Gordon — Director, Integrated Controls Advisory