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TOPIC: Concept of control accounts

Concept of control accounts 1 week 3 days ago #31886

  • João Carvalho
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Hello, I'm trying to understand the concept of control accounts in a work breakdown structure.
I understood a control account consists of a group of work packages.
  • Is my understanding correct?
  • Can a control account include another control account inside?

Concept of control accounts 1 week 14 hours ago #31890

  • Elena Zelenevskaia
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Hi João!
I personally like the following thread on Control Accounts from projectmanagement.com ( https://www.projectmanagement.com/discussion-topic/62994/explanation-for-control-account#_=_https://www.projectmanagement.com/discussion-topic/62994/explanation-for-control-account#_=_ ).
Regarding your second question - a control account itself cannot include another control account, however you can have a hierarchy of control accounts where one control account at a higher level summarizes the balances of multiple lower-level control accounts.
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