Project control begins before the cost reaches finance.
Shared ERP controls can connect project references, budgets, purchase requests, supplier orders, site material movement, assets, approvals, documents, billing and accounting. That gives project and finance teams a common record instead of separate spreadsheet positions.
Do not confuse a project register with specialist construction engineering.
Quantity surveying, engineering measurement, property management, BIM and other specialist tools may remain separate. The useful ERP boundary is the place where commercial commitments, materials, approvals, documents and financial results must stay connected.
Discovery should follow one real project transaction.
Use a material request, subcontractor commitment or progress-billing case and trace it from the initiating person through approval, procurement, site evidence and finance. That exposes the controls worth configuring.
Scope boundary: Sector pages describe where shared ERP and engineering capabilities can be applied. Specialist clinical, regulated, technical or project-specific functions are confirmed only through an accepted written scope.