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7 - PROJECT COST MANAGEMENT

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Project cost MAnAGeMent

Project Cost Management includes the processes involved in planning, estimating, budgeting, financing, funding,
managing, and controlling costs so that the project can be completed within the approved budget.
Figure 7-1 provides an overview of the following Project Cost Management processes:
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7.1 Plan cost Management—The process that establishes the policies, procedures, and documentation
for planning, managing, expending, and controlling project costs.
7.2 Estimate costs—The process of developing an approximation of the monetary resources needed to
complete project activities.

7.3 determine Budget—The process of aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work
packages to establish an authorized cost baseline.
7.4 control costs—The process of monitoring the status of the project to update the project costs and
managing changes to the cost baseline.
These processes interact with each other and with processes in other Knowledge Areas as described in
detail in Section 3 and Annex A1.

On some projects, especially those of smaller scope, cost estimating and cost budgeting are tightly linked
and can be viewed as a single process that can be performed by a single person over a relatively short period
of time. These are presented here as distinct processes because the tools and techniques for each are different.
The ability to influence cost is greatest at the early stages of the project, making early scope definition critical
(Section 5.3).

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