Total project control
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Total Project Control (TPC) is a project management method that emphasizes continuous tracking and optimization of ROI. It was developed by Stephen Devaux. It builds upon earlier techniques such as Earned Value Management, Critical Path Method, and Program Evaluation and Review Technique, but uses these to track and index projected project profitability as well as the more traditional cost and schedule. In this way it aims to manage projects as profit and investment centers, rather than cost centers.
Introduced with TPC are a variety of project management metrics, among them Devaux's Index of Project Performance (DIPP), Devaux's Removed Activity Gauge (DRAG), Doubled Resource Estimated Duration (DRED), and Cost of Leveling with Unresolved Bottlenecks (CLUB).
Further reading
- Wideman, R. Max (2004). Total Project Control: A book review