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The Project Management Tool Kit, 3rd Edition
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The Project Management Tool Kit, 3rd Edition

by Tom Kendrick
December 2013
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
6h 18m
English
AMACOM
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COST PROCESS

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Cost Control (PMBOK® Guide 7.4)

  What: Monitoring project costs and managing use of project resources.
  When: Project execution.
  Results: Accurate project expenditure tracking and plan adjustments as required to manage budget expectations.

Determine Status and Analyze Variances

Cost control is central to project plan execution. It follows status collection and plan-variance analysis in the project-tracking cycle. If you are outsourcing work, cost control also involves procurement control. It is necessary in any cycle where you discover a significant cost or effort variance, or your earned-value management measurements are out of limit. For each variance, use cause-and-effect analysis to review its root cause and ...

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ISBN: 9780814433454