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Managing the Project's Budget
- One-Day Seminar

Program Number: PMGNOL
PDUs: 6

1.0 Introduction

• Seminar member introduction and overview of course material

2.0 Overview of Cost Management

• Defining cost management when used on projects
• Project life cycles and where cost management is appropriate
• Life-cycle costing for a project

3.0 Cost Estimating & Forecasting

Use of:

• Economic analysis
• Profitability analysis
• Analysis project investment costs
• Forecasting techniques
• Statistics analysis

  Group exercise on using forecasting techniques

4.0 Cost Budgeting

• Performing cost budgeting using:
• Work breakdown structure
• Managerial reserve
• Performance measurement baseline
• Evaluate funding

5.0 Cost Controls

Examine cost control using:

• Contingency management
• Monitoring actual vs. budget
• Variance analysis
• Earned value analysis
• Integrated cost/schedule
• Progress analysis/reporting

  Group exercise on earned value analysis

6.0 Cost Applications

Examine costing applications using:

• Historical data banks
• Responsibility charting
• Life-cycle costing
• Value analysis

7.0 Closeout the Project Budget

• Closeout the project budget and evaluate how well the project did compared to the baseline project budget

  Group exercise on closeout of the project budget