Importance of Project Control in Sustainable Infrastructure Projects

The article focuses on the importance of project control in infrastructure projects and the need for sustainability. It reviews previous studies and highlights the control practices used for managing projects sustainably.

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Kivila, J., Martinsuo, M., & Vuorinen, L. (2017). Sustainable project management
through project control in infrastructure projects. International Journal of Project
Management, 35(6), 1167-1183.
Introduction
The main focus of the article is on the importance of project control in various
infrastructure-based projects. It is found that sustainability has generally become of the
significant delivery method for the projects but the stakeholder mainly needs proper
ethicality, eco-friendly efficiency within the entire life cycle of the project. The paper reviews
a number of articles that reviews previous studies and generally showcased those
sustainability aspects within PM generally need proper attention that is required to be
properly directed within the delivery of PM. The main goal of the entire study is to properly
determine the various types of control practices that are generally utilized within the
organizations for managing the projects quite sustainably. The result generally helps in
revealing that various sustainable PM that is implemented with the help of the various
indicators but generally have a holistic control packages in various control mechanism which
are generally used differently for the various sustainability dimensions. Proper internal
project control is generally complemented with sustainable project governance that generally
links the project with the various regulations as well as stakeholders. The alliance-based
contract related activities generally help in exploiting various opportunities related with
innovation which generally helps in promoting economic, environmental as well as social
sustainability.
Analysis
The paper helps in reflecting how the concept of project control is generally utilized
within sustainable project management within the delivery of the infrastructure-based

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construction projects. The case project that the article generally uses is considered as one of
the important examples for the high demanding project where the project stakeholders are
successfully involved with the entire work. The main goal that is generally identified from
this particular research is to determine the various types of control practices that are generally
utilized by the various project organizations in successfully implementing the sustainable
projects (Willems & Vanhoucke, 2015). For successfully meeting the main goal of the
project, it is analyzed that proper use of control mechanism as well as their contribution
within the entire project generally needs to be reviewed.
It is also reflected that various types of control mechanisms which are generally
associated with the control mechanism are generally determined. The findings also help in
suggesting that there are four main contribution that is generally achieved due to the project
control (Kivila, Martinsuo & Vuorinen, 2017). The first is that they help in reflecting the
evidence of the entire control packages within the sustainable project management
infrastructure within the delivery of the entire project. Secondly it is also necessary for
mapping the utilization of different types of control mechanisms for the various different
dimensions of sustainability (Mubarak, 2015). Thirdly, it is also necessary to confirm the
requirement of integration with the project control aspects. The results also help in reflecting
that the case project generally includes proper configuration of the entire control procedures
that are utilized. Within the entire control literature, the plurality of various types of control
generally helpful in widely accepting the entire phenomenon successfully.
The project control mechanism that is generally determined generally differs from
one another. Proper majority of the previous research as well as proper organizational control
assists in focussing on the various internal control processes that are generally practised
within the project (Acebes et al., 2016). The findings that are generally achieved from the
case project helps in revealing that control packages generally involves within the entire

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control mechanism as well as outside the project organization. Moreover, external control
generally helps in offering new avenues for conducting future research. Moreover, the
findings from the paper generally helps in reflecting that there is a need to successfully
integrate sustainability within the project control routines therefore supporting the entire
studies quite effectively.
In addition to this, the findings from the paper further helps in suggesting that
sustainability can generally be incorporated within the existing tools for controlling the
project in various actors that generally prefers this specific type of approach (Colin &
Vanhoucke, 2015). The general governance-based framework that is based on the project
controls must be properly adjusted for the sustainability efficiently that generally involves
multiple number of stakeholders who generally get influenced with the help of the regulations
such that the framework should be complemented with appropriate comprehensive idea for
the sustainable governance of the entire project (Heumann et al., 2015) The paper also helps
in reflecting that the entire study is generally limited by the proper single case design as well
as different types of methods that are generally dependent on the data choices.
Conclusion
The paper generally contributes to the entire discussion on the management of project
in a very much sustainable way. It is generally reflected that proper evidence from the
construction of the road tunnel generally showcase that proper environmental as well as
socially sensitive context generally helps in creating proper influence on the different
stakeholders of the organizations. It is identified that by properly complementing the various
indicator centric view of the various management of the sustainable project findings generally
helps in suggesting that more control package is generally needed to be utilized in various
dimensions of sustainability. Moreover, the sustainability control needs to be successfully

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integrated as one of the important parts of the project management and therefore the project
controls must be successfully complemented with proper as well as effective sustainability
project governance.
Lessons for IT manager
After reviewing the entire paper, it is learnt by the IT managers that project control is
needed for the successful delivery of the project. It is analyzed that the IT managers need tov
use proper as well as holistic project controls for managing the sustainable projects quite
efficiently. Moreover, it is analyzed that utilization of internal project controls must be
complemented with the sustainable governance of the project that mainly links with the
external project stakeholders as well as regulations. Moreover, it is analyzed that proper
project control needs to be used for instantly viewing the status of the project as well as for
effective monitoring of different aspects of the project.

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Kivilä, J., Martinsuo, M., & Vuorinen, L. (2017). Sustainable project management through
project control in infrastructure projects. International Journal of Project
Management, 35(6), 1167-1183.
Mubarak, S. A. (2015). Construction project scheduling and control. John Wiley & Sons.
Willems, L. L., & Vanhoucke, M. (2015). Classification of articles and journals on project
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Review 1:
Hi <Please Fill your name>
I have gone through the paper and found that paper very much appealing. The entire
paper properly reflects on the project controls that are required to be implemented by the
managers of the project for successfully monitoring the project. The analysis that is provided
is very nice as it showcases different types of concepts that are linked with the project
control. Moreover, can be analyzed that with the help of this paper, the manager gets to know
the importance of the project control aspect and the entire presentation of the paper is good.
Thank You,
Review 2:
Hi <Please Fill your name>
The paper that is prevented is very nice and informative. I am very much impressed
with the way that the paper is showcased. The introduction, analysis as well as conclusion
that are added includes proper information However, it is necessary to focus on the project
control which needs to be adopted for the project success. Otherwise the paper is good.
Thank you,