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3 Common Project Budgeting Mistakes [Video]

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Project budgeting is one of the harder parts of managing projects, because the consequences of getting it wrong are significant. People tend to be more forgiving when it comes to delivering a little bit late or having to take shortcuts on the scope. But ask for more money or spend too much? That provokes strong reactions from project stakeholders!

I’ve made a short animated video about 3 of the more common budgeting mistakes that you might come across on your project: consider them things to watch out for.

You can read more about possible pitfalls for your project budget in this article, and this one.


Posted on: March 02, 2016 12:00 AM | Permalink

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Marius Oprea Bucharest, Romania, Romania
nice video!

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