GoFast.Finance/BC-MEDIUM-03: Secure Progress and Spend on Deliverables

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[Projects] Secure Progress and Spend on Deliverables

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  • 9 Lessons

Build investment cases leaders trust: assumptions, cash flows, scenarios, and risks. Track delivery, then run post-audits for learning next time.

📌 Better control: Replace vague status updates with baselines and measurable progress.

🤝 Cleaner steering: Give project teams and sponsors a shared view of risks, changes, and decisions.

🏢 Fewer overruns: Improve visibility so drift is detected earlier and corrected faster.

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Who this is for

Project controller and FP&A analyst tracking scope, cost, schedule, and delivery for internal or customer-facing projects.

Finance manager and business unit controller reviewing project performance and needing consistent progress and spend logic.

Prerequisites

Knowledge: Basic project finance concepts, including budgets, commitments, and progress tracking.

Tools: Spreadsheet tool and access to project budgets, progress updates, and basic milestone or deliverable reporting.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Set baselines for scope, cost, schedule, and deliverables.

  2. Track progress and spend using consistent deliverable logic.

  3. Forecast and manage changes with clear governance rules.

  4. Report exceptions and steer decisions in project forums.

CPE Information

  • Eligibility: currently not eligible

  • Watch time: about 3 hours

  • Total learning: about 4.5 hours

  • Estimated credits: 3.0

Contents

Module 1: Baselines and control design

Lesson 1: Define scope and deliverables baseline
Lesson 2: Baseline cost (budget, phasing, and rules)
Lesson 3: Baseline schedule and control cadence

Module 2: Progress, spend, and forecast-to-complete

Lesson 4: Measure progress with deliverable logic
Lesson 5: Track spend and commitments with trust
Lesson 6: Update forecast-to-complete with drivers

Module 3: Change control and steering forums

Lesson 7: Run change control without chaos
Lesson 8: Manage risks and dependencies as drivers
Lesson 9: Report exceptions and steer decisions