Project Control is an independent function reporting directly to the Project Director and is often described as the conscience of a project. Nowadays most projects are managed in a matrix organisation. If the same consistent message is being communicated to senior management by Project Control as it is from another function, the organisation is assured it is proceeding on reliable information. If this is not happening the project team is able to challenge the analysis thereby ensuring management information is constantly being improved. The increasingly competitive global market has resulted in more projects being awarded on a lump sum basis. This requires stringent control mechanisms to be impelemented to realise the project objectives of on-time or early completion and on-budget or better financial results.