Project managers and project leaders, project team members and project financial analysts.

• A detailed understanding of the importance of cost to the project
• An understanding of the various earned value methods
• An ability to use top down estimating techniques as a way to control spending
• How to apply the various costing methods as part of your total project management approach.
• The ability to measure the impact of risk factors on the project budget
• How to build project budget contingency

• Why Cost Management is a requirement for today's project manager
• Cost management terminology and techniques as it applies to project management
• How cost ties in to better Resource planning and control
• How cost is associated with estimating of activity duration and managing project deadlines.
• The importance of Earned Value techniques in the overall project management process
• The importance of a structured approach to the development of a cost based change management system

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