Month 4: Project Cost and Budget Management

Month 4: Project Cost and Budget Management

Week 1: Introduction to Project Cost Management

Day 1: Understanding the importance of project cost management

Day 2: Cost management processes and techniques

Day 3: Cost management plan development

Day 4: Basics of Project budgeting

Day 5: Advanced Project budgeting and forecasting

Week 2: Cost Estimation Techniques

Day 1: Introduction to estimating project costs

Day 2: Detailed study of cost estimation techniques: analogies and parametric

Day 3: Detailed study of cost estimation techniques: bottom-up

Day 4: Developing cost estimates for project resources

Day 5: Developing cost estimates for project activities

Week 3: Project Budgeting and Tracking

Day 1: Steps to create a project budget

Day 2: Implementing and monitoring project budget

Day 3: Introduction to variance analysis and developing corrective actions

Day 4: Detailed study of variance analysis and corrective actions

Day 5: Introduction to Earned value management (EVM)

Week 4: Cost Control Techniques

Day 1: Introduction to cost control techniques

Day 2: Detailed study and implementation of cost control techniques

Day 3: Techniques for monitoring and controlling project costs

Day 4: Managing cost overruns and budget changes

Day 5: Process and importance of closing out project finances