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4 Tools for Cost Control

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Staying on top of your project expenses is really important if you want to bring the project in on budget. However, how you actually do that changes as you go through the project. You’ll want to take a different approach to cost control depending on where you are in the project and how you need to respond to the project budget situation.

The graphic below shows four tools for cost control at each point in the project lifecycle. You can pick and choose from these to select a way to manage expenses on your project, wherever you are in the lifecycle.

4 tools for cost control

For more on this idea, check out this article.

http://www.projectmanagement.com/blog/The-Money-Files/19000/


Posted on: July 11, 2019 09:00 AM | Permalink

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Alok Priyadarshi Project Manager| Tata Consulting Engineers Limited Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Nice post and very well explained.
Thank you Elizabeth!!

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Seif Abdelghany Global Category & Portfolio Manager| Electrolux AB Cairo, Outside Us Or Canada, Egypt
Thanks for the simple to the point post

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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Great post Elizabeth and rich info.

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George Freeman Thought Leader | Author | Architect| Florida, United States
Great infographic Elizabeth, it gives a clear picture of the process. Thanks!

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Drew Craig Sr. Agile & Product Coach| Vanguard Philadelphia, Pa, United States
Nice infographic, Elizabeth. Thank you!

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Tamer Zeyad Sadiq Assistant Cost Manager| Turner & Townsend Riyadh, Ar Riyad, Saudi Arabia
great topic there is additional for cost management is closing for closing financial statement evaluation and update as lesson learned!!!!

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Eduin Fernando Valdes Alvarado Project Manager| F y F Fabricamos Futuro Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia
Thanks for sharing

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Elizabeth Harrin Director| RebelsGuideToPM.com London, England, United Kingdom
@Tamer - thanks for that, good point!

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VerĂ³nica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz RYLAI Access Control Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Great indications of the type of cost we must consider in each project management process.

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