Project Cost and Quality Management

Overview/Description
 This course introduces the learner to the principles and best practices of cost and quality management when managing a complex project.

Target Audience
 Experienced project managers, managers of other project managers, functional managers with employees assigned to project teams, educators teaching project management theory and practice, those wishing to prepare for the Project Management Institute's Project Management Certification examination

Expected Duration
2.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Project Cost Management

  • recognize the benefits of managing a project's costs.
  • match the resource planning inputs with their project management function.
  • match the tools and techniques of cost estimating with their project management functions.
  • identify the key components of cost budgeting.
  • match the project cost control outputs with their functions.

    • Project Quality Management

  • recognize the benefits of managing a project's quality.
  • identify the key components of project quality management.
  • match the critical components of quality planning with their functions in managing a project.
  • identify the key components of quality assurance when managing a project.
  • match the key components of quality control with their project management functions.

    • Project Case Studies

  • recognize the value of applying what you've learned to hypothetical project management situations.
  • select the best practices of project cost estimating.
  • choose the best practices of project cost control.
  • select the best practices of project quality planning.
  • choose the best practices of project quality control.

    • Course Number: PROJ0113