Effective Cost Management Etisalat Academy
  • Location: Dubai
  • Duration: 5 Days

    Course details

    Cost cutting, cost reduction, consolidation or cost management have become central planning topics in all competitive markets. Most companies talk about cost reduction, but fail to maximize the true potential which exists. Day one of this beneficial course focuses on the characteristics of those approaches which lead to the greatest success in targeting cost reduction. An established company in a maturing market is likely to see the best return from investments in cost cutting - but this has to be balanced with investments that will grow the top line. The program includes sessions on establishing a cost reduction culture and developing a cost reduction strategy.

    Expected Accomplishments

    • Know how to effectively define activities
    • Determine ways to effectively sequence activities
    • Determine how to effectively estimate resource requirements and estimate durations
    • Develop an effective schedule
    • Effectively utilize schedule controls to keep their projects on schedule
    • Effectively 'Crash' and 'Fast Track' projects to meet time and cost requirements
    • Determine how to estimate costs
    • Determine how to effectively budget for project costs
    • Effectively control the costs of a project
    • Influence future project activities to meet project goals

    Course Outline

    Cost estimating

    • Enterprise environmental factors
    • Organizational process assets
    • Project scope statement
    • WBS and WBS dictionary
    • Project, schedule and staffing management plan
    • Risk register
    • Analogous estimating
    • Determine resource cost rates
    • Bottom-up estimating
    • Parametric estimating
    • Project management software
    • Vendor bid analysis
    • Reserve ana lysis
    • Cost of quality
    • Activity cost estimates
    • Requested changes
    • Cost management plan

    Cost budgeting

    • Project scope statement
    • WBS and WBS dictionary
    • Activity cost estimates
    • Project schedule
    • Resource calendars
    • Contract
    • Cost management plan
    • Cost aggregation
    • Reserve ana lysis
    • Parametric estimating
    • Funding limit reconciliation
    • Cost baseline
    • Project funding requirements

    Cost control

    • Cost baseline
    • Project funding requirements
    • Performance reports
    • Work performance information
    • Approved change requests
    • Project management plan
    • Cost change control system
    • Performance measurement analysis
    • Earned value analysis
    • Variance analysis
    • Forecasting
    • Project performance reviews
    • Variance management
    • Cost estimates
    • Performance measurements
    • Forecasted completion
    • Requested changes
    • Recommended corrective actions
    • Organization processassets
    • Project management plan

    Who can benefit

    • Managerial and supervisory personnel and anyone working on projects

    Related Training

    • Successful Project Management
    • Advanced Rnancial Modeling
    • Strategic Business Planning

    mode

    • Consultant led classes including fcetures, tutorial exercises and case study

    Prerequisites

    • Understanding of Project Management is preferred
    Updated on 29 October, 2017

    About Etisalat Academy

    We_They is the largest single-source business and telecom training solutions provider in the Middle East. For 30 years we have been providing training consultancy and human capital development services to telecoms, government agencies, oil & gas companies, financial institutions and organizations across all industries and business sectors.

    We provide training and development programs ranging from cutting-edge technology courses in 3G, WiMAX, VoIP or IPTV, to career-changing leadership masterclasses, strategy workshops and business management seminars.

    Based in the UAE and operating a 1.2 Million square feet training facility in Dubai, our partner network spans two continents and delivers world class training solutions to customers in over 28 countries in GCC and MENA regions.

    We help organisations to:

    • Develop effective leaders, managers and team members
    • Discover and overcome competency gaps
    • Measure and improve performance
    • Build teams and improve communication
    • Recruit and retain talent
    • Build a knowledge culture
    • Create an organisation-wide competency framework
    • Stay competitive by using cutting-edge technology
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