2 CALCULATE THE TRUE COST

The cost of your project is probably not as transparent as you originally thought. Digging into the detail will help you really understand how much the project will cost and help you avoid any nasty surprises later.

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THE COST OF CARS

‘One early project I worked on required the consolidation of nine separate service desks into a central service desk,’ says Alison Marshall, a US project manager with 17 years’ experience. ‘The existing service desks were at different physical locations. During a team meeting someone asked where they should park when they began working on-site.’

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