Estimating project costs
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Calculating a project budget is challenging because clients want high functionality at low cost, while staff want high profits, placing the project manager in the middle. To estimate costs, the project manager must define the scope, schedule, and provide details to staff using methods like expert judgment, analogous estimating, bottom-up estimating, and reserve analysis to justify costs and explain risks to clients.
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- 2. Calculating a project budget is not straightforward A project budget is established by calculating the cost of every task But the problem is at the clients, the clients want much functionality at the lowest cost possible And another problem is the development and sales staff who want the highest profit possible The project manager is in the middle of this conflict
- 3. in order to begin has to begin with estimating the cost the project scope – has to provide the this may need project schedule addition of design and information to detail the staff The Project Manager
- 4. We have the following estimating methods according to PMBOK: › Expert judgement › Analogous estimating › Parametric estimating › Bottom up › Three point estimating › Reserve analysis › Cost of quality
- 5. has to justify costs and explain risks in non-technical terms The Project Manager has to be able has to to reduce the document his scope in order assumptions to lower the budget