Microsoft Office Project for Mere Mortals®: Solving the Mysteries of Microsoft Office Project

Chapter 7. Using Project to Enter Cost Estimates

	Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
	--Benjamin Franklin

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• Introducing Project Cost Concepts

• Assigning Costs to Resources and Tasks

• Assigning Different Rates to a Resource

• Your Project Budget

• Tips and Recommendations for Dealing with Costs

• The Project Schedule Building Methodology So Far

• Summary

• Practice: Adding Costs to the House-Painting Project

• Case Study: Adding Costs to the Schedule

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The estimated cost of project activities and other project expenses are the project budget. It is usually based on the estimate of ...