Project Cost Management

Quarter Academic Credit
2

Learn to plan and budget projects so you achieve project goals within the expenditure allocated. Examine techniques for estimating costs and the relationships among project schedules, Work Breakdown Structures and cost estimates. Discover the differences between project cost estimates and budgets, and learn to use contingency and management reserves. 

You will consider the various factors involved in budget reviews and approvals and techniques for identifying cost variances and budget baselines. You will also learn to recover cost overruns and explore in-depth the concept of earned value management: how to set up an earned value management system and calculate Estate At Completion project costs using earned value management.

This course aligns with the most current industry standard as developed by the Project Management Institute. As a PMI® registered education provider, UC Davis Extension has been approved to issue professional development units (PDUs) for our courses.

Course Code
360880