• Wants to deepen their understanding of project control processes
• Seeks to standardize project processes across the organization
• Works as a project manager, project control manager, project engineer, or cost engineer

• The approaches and key products used to gain a clear definition of a project
• The approaches and techniques used to plan and close a project
• The scheduling techniques and appropriate presentation of the outputs
• The management of risk in the planning, execution and evaluation of a project
• The practices and data used for rigorous monitoring to enable proactive control of the project.

The Project Planning and Control Foundation certificate is a pre-requisite.

• The approaches and key products used to gain a clear definition of a project
• The approaches and techniques used to plan and close a project
• The scheduling techniques and appropriate presentation of the outputs
• The management of risk in the planning, execution and evaluation of a project
• The practices and data used for rigorous monitoring to enable proactive control of the project.  

• Complex multiple-choice format
• 8 questions worth 10 marks each
• 40 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) – 50%
• Duration of 200 minutes (3hrs and 20minutes)
• Open-book permitted –the Project Planning & Control Guide may be used during the exam