The Practitioner Handbook of Project Controls (PDF)

Dennis Lock began his career as an electronics engineer in a research laboratory, but has since served many years in project and administration management in the heavy machine tool and non-ferrous mining industries. Dennis has also carried out successful consultancy assignments in Europe and the United States, and was for eight years an external lecturer in project management to master's degree students at two British universities. He is a fellow of the Association for Project Management and a member of the Chartered Management Institute. As a best-selling author, he has written or edited well over 50 books, many published in multiple languages.

Shane Forth is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management and the Association of Cost Engineers with over 40 years' experience in the oil, gas, nuclear power and other industries. As 'GO FORTH' he provides consultancy services to help organizations develop the skills of their project management people. Shane sits on working groups and lectures at universities and events. For his MSc he won the Stephen Wearne Award for best overall performance. He also won APM's Geoffrey Trimble Award for best master's post-graduate dissertation. Shane has been honoured twice by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (including a national award for individual leadership and significant contribution to training and development).