Controlling the Project Budget

A blueprint for PMs and A/E executives to develop and monitor project budgets to ensure profitability.

The ability to control the budget is perhaps the most critical factor in ascertaining its ultimate success or failure of a project.  This report is a blueprint for project managers and A/E executives for conceiving, developing, and monitoring project budgets in a way that ensures profitability. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • 2. TYPES OF BUDGETS
  • THE FIVE METHODS TO BUDGET THE PROJECT
  • UPWARD, OR ZERO-BASED, BUDGETING
  • ZERO-BASED BUDGETING WORSHEET
  • DOWNWARD BUDGETING
  • DOWNWARD BUDGETING WORSHEET
  • UNIT PRICE BUDGETING
  • STAFFING LEVEL BUDGETING
  • REAL WORLD BUDGETING
  • COMMON MISTAKES MADE IN BUDGETING
  • 3. FORECASTING THE BUDGET
  • PROJECTED LABOR COST WORKSHEET
  • PROJECTED PROJECT COSTS
  • COST CONTROL MANAGEMENT
  • 4. MONITORING THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE PROJECT BUDGET
  • 5. OVERCOMING BUDGET PROBLEMS
  • 6. FINAL BUDGET ANALYSIS

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