1. Acquired value: what's at stake and how can it be implemented?

There are many challenges for the project manager:

• find out as early as possible if the project is drifting in terms of costs and deadlines;

• maintain a high degree of room for manoeuvre;

• initiate corrective actions ;

• arguing with hierarchy ;

• make predictions about the end of the project.

In order to influence costs, the project manager must :

• have an initial comparative reference (initial budget);

• have a budget that reflects changes (budget to date);

• regular updates on the status of the project (amount committed) ;

• understand...