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Project Budgeting, Estimation and Cost Saving Techniques

Program Overview

Many project overruns are locked in at the estimating stage through optimistic assumptions and missing scope. «Project Budgeting, Estimation and Cost Saving Techniques» shows project teams how to produce defensible estimates and budgets: estimate classes and accuracy ranges, analogous, parametric and bottom-up methods, cost breakdown structures, contingency and management reserve based on risk, building the cost baseline and cash flow S-curve, and saving cost without harming scope through value engineering, life-cycle costing and smarter procurement, in line with PMBOK guidance.

Learning Outcomes

✓Select an estimating method and estimate class suited to the project's stage of definition.
✓Prepare a bottom-up estimate using a work breakdown and cost breakdown structure.
✓Determine contingency and management reserve using risk-based techniques.
✓Develop a time-phased cost baseline and cash flow S-curve.
✓Apply value engineering and life-cycle costing to identify cost savings.
✓Present an estimate basis document with assumptions, exclusions and accuracy range.

Target Audience

Project managers and project engineers
Cost estimators and quantity surveyors
Project controls and planning staff
PMO and capital budget officers

Detailed Program Modules

01Estimating Fundamentals

Estimate classes, purpose and accuracy ranges
Scope definition and its effect on estimates
Estimate basis and documentation

02Estimating Methods

Analogous and parametric estimating
Bottom-up estimating from WBS
Three-point estimates and expert judgement

03Building the Project Budget

Cost breakdown structure and cost accounts
Direct, indirect and overhead costs
Escalation and currency allowances

04Contingency and Reserves

Risk-based contingency
Management reserve versus contingency
Monte Carlo basics for cost risk

05Cost Baseline and Cash Flow

Time-phasing the budget
S-curves and funding requirements
Baseline approval and change control

06Cost Saving Techniques

Value engineering workshops
Life-cycle costing and design-to-cost
Procurement and contracting strategies to reduce cost

Training Methodology

Interactive expert-led sessions grounded in workplace examples

Case studies and practical exercises drawn from the region

Group workshops with peer review of decisions and deliverables

Formative feedback against clear performance criteria

Applied Project & Assessment

Applied Project

Participants prepare a class-appropriate estimate and budget for a provided project scope, including a cost breakdown structure, risk-based contingency, time-phased S-curve and a value engineering proposal with quantified savings.

Assessment

Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.

University Certificate & International Accreditation

Professional Certificate accredited by Alzette University in Project Budgeting, Estimation and Cost Saving Techniques

International accreditation: International Auditors Group (IAG)