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Project Management & Agile · Advanced

Control Account

A management control point where scope, budget, actual cost, and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.

Definition

Each control account contains one or more work packages and is assigned to a single responsible manager.

Example

Control account 2.1 'Backend services' rolls up five work packages for EVM reporting.

Exam tip

Control accounts sit above work packages in the WBS.

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