Budget and Cost Estimates are two terminologies that even senior project managers use them interchangeably all the time. Well! one may say that these are the opposite side of the same coin. Estimate – To produce a statement of the approximate cost of (Merriam-Webster Online, http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/estimate) Budget – A plan expressed in quantitative, usually monetary, terms that covers a specific period of time …
Project Cost Management The Cost Management is among the most crucial project management knowledge areas and strongly connected with the Project Schedule Management as we will be using the same estimation techniques we have used there to estimate the cost and eventually budget. Cost management should happen as early as possible in the project as …
Project Cost Management (A high-level snapshot) Project Cost Management Knowledge Area is about planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding, managing & controlling the cost so that the project can be completed within the approved budget Project Cost Management Knowledge Area Processes Plan Cost Management (Planning) It provides guidance and direction on how the project costs will be …
