Question

Explain the differences between internal and external project controls.

How are overhead expenses allocated in work packages?

Answer 1

Internal project controls is where the project monitoring is given to people within the organization where as external project controls is where the project management and monitoring controls are given to some external sources. Internal controls are well aware of the goals and objectives of the company whereas external control know only what the project is . External project controls are much experience in handling the projects when compared to internal project control because they are professionals and their business is project handling. There is a danger of data getting leaked with external project controls which is much less in internal project controls.

In work packages overhead expenses are calculated based on each work done or per team or per department doing that work. These expenses are divided accordingly and added to those individual units or teams in the work package so that understanding the expenses would be easy.