Know how the project is performing — without rebuilding the story.
Cost, schedule and progress usually live in separate reports. Controls Star brings them into one project view — so you can read the overall condition and trajectory of the project in minutes, not evenings.
Direction: spend is running slightly ahead of progress — cost efficiency worth watching.
The story of a project shouldn't take a day to assemble.
Most teams reconstruct project health every reporting cycle from cost sheets, the schedule and progress trackers. By the time the picture is clear, the window to act on it is smaller. Controls Star keeps the picture current so attention goes to the project, not the report.
The numbers that answer "how are we doing?"
Cost efficiency
Is the budget delivering the progress it should? CPI reads it at a glance.
Schedule performance
Is the project ahead of or behind the planned work? SPI puts a number on it.
Progress vs spend
Percent complete against percent spent — the first sign of drift.
Forecast direction
Where current performance points the project, not just where it's been.
Is the project trending where it should be?
Planned, earned and spent curves drawn together show the shape of the project, not just a snapshot. It's immediately clear whether performance is holding, recovering or pulling apart — and how the gap has moved since the last update.
The metrics point somewhere. Controls Star says where.
Direction
A plain-language read on where the project is heading on current performance.
Key findings
The signals that most explain the project's condition this cycle.
Recommended focus
Where attention is likely to pay off — grounded in your data, not generic advice.
Decision support for the people running the project — grounded in the data you upload, never inventing facts.
Know where the project stands before the next surprise finds you first.
Turn planned, earned and spent values into earlier, clearer decisions.
Spot cost deterioration early enough to protect the forecast.
See schedule movement, pressure and milestone status early enough to act.
Find the trade behind the variance so teams focus corrective action where it matters.
See the whole project on one screen.
Explore the sample project, then upload your own cost and schedule data to read its condition in minutes.
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