Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Chapter 11
Project Controlling
11.1 Peculiarities
IT line controlling functions basically with a view on running expenditures by
organisational units. They are managed in a valid cost centre chart of accounts.
Generally major investments and projects with a time limit are excluded from these
procedures. For these purposes special financial resources are provided and planned
separately. Thus these should be subject to their own controlling mechanisms—the
IT project controlling.
The following aspects play a particular
role in IT project controlling,
transcending classical controlling:
• Splitting costs between different organisational units such as
-IT
- User departments
- Project organisation itself
- External support
- Overheads (quality management, acceptance tests etc.)
• Dedicated instruments for the controlling process such as
- Clearance procedures
- Task confirmations
- Project reports and other
• Differently designed controlling mechanisms: IT project controlling can
advance to a project controlling instrument in its own right having influence
on the overall project success.
This section will discuss these particularities in more detail.
