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2. Cost breakdown analysis - Wikipedia

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   The cost breakdown analysis is a popular cost reduction strategy and a viable opportunity for businesses. [1] [2] [3] The price of a product or service is defined as cost plus profit, whereas cost can be broken down further into direct cost and indirect cost. [1] As a business has virtually no influence on indirect cost, a cost reduction ...

3. Work breakdown structure - Wikipedia

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   Example from MIL-HDBK-881, which illustrates the first three levels of a typical aircraft system [1] A work-breakdown structure (WBS) [2] in project management and systems engineering is a deliverable-oriented breakdown of a project into smaller components. A work breakdown structure is a key project management element that organizes the team's ...

4. Resource breakdown structure - Wikipedia

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   In project management, the resource breakdown structure (RBS) is a hierarchical list of resources related by function and resource type that is used to facilitate planning and controlling of project work. [1] The Resource Breakdown Structure includes, at a minimum, the personnel resources needed for successful completion of a project, and ...

5. Cost estimate - Wikipedia

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   A cost estimate is the approximation of the cost of a program, project, or operation. The cost estimate is the product of the cost estimating process. The cost estimate has a single total value and may have identifiable component values. A problem with a cost overrun can be avoided with a credible, reliable, and accurate cost estimate. A cost ...

6. Value breakdown structure - Wikipedia

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   The main purpose of the value breakdown structure is to prioritize components and work by the value they are expected to add, and to ensure that the value of the project investment is not reduced by the inclusion of work which has a value-added that is less than its true cost, which is the sum of its resource costs and its drag cost. This can ...

7. Project management triangle - Wikipedia

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   Analogous Estimating: Using the cost of similar project to determine the cost of the current project; Determining Resource Cost rates: The cost of goods and labor by unit gathered through estimates or estimation. Bottom Up estimating: Using the lowest level of work package detail and summarizing the cost associated with it. Then rolling it up ...

8. Glossary of project management - Wikipedia

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   Budgeted cost of work scheduled (BCWS) the approved budget that has been allocated to complete a scheduled task (or Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) component) during a specific time period. Business case a document that examines business need and cost-benefits analysis of a project to justify the approval of the project and to set its boundaries.

9. Project cost management - Wikipedia

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   Project Cost Management (PCM) is the dimension of project management which aims to ensure that a project is completed within its approved budget. [1] [2] It encompasses several specific project management activities including estimating, job controls, field data collection, scheduling, accounting and design, and uses technology to measure cost and productivity through the full life-cycle of ...