Project Controls in Transformational Projects: An International Handbook

By Prof Amgad Badewi

How can project controls help an organisation turn a delivery commitment into lasting operational value?

Project Controls in Transformational Projects: An International Handbook develops a connected approach to that question. Professor Amgad Badewi brings together governance, investment appraisal, planning, evidence, assurance and benefits realisation to explain how control can support decisions throughout organisational change.

The book begins with the foundations of credible control: clear purpose, accountable ownership, defensible measures and a disciplined distinction between targets, baselines and forecasts. It then examines the design of the control system, showing how operating requirements, remaining costs, dependencies, organisational capacity and uncertainty shape the choices available to programme leaders. The final part follows the transformation lifecycle, from investigating a strategic proposal and specifying the future operating state to integrating delivery, establishing readiness, reforecasting and closing the programme while protecting continuing value.

Academic research, documented international cases and worked teaching examples connect the arguments to practical decisions. Readers explore techniques for challenging forecasts, comparing investment options, investigating the evidence behind performance claims, testing operational readiness and preserving responsibility for benefits after delivery. Proposed frameworks and models provide a shared language for professional judgement, with 74 technical figures and 38 tables supporting the explanations across 18 chapters.

Written for project controls professionals, programme and project managers, operational owners, sponsors, educators and advanced students, this handbook treats control as a continuing discipline of evidence and action. Its central question remains practical: what does the organisation now know, what should it do next, and how will it establish whether the decision has worked?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HKLT8H13
• ISBN13: 9798175673426
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 8.5"