Projects are investments so is important to ensure that the right projects are being selected and that they are delivering value for money. By using proven processes for integrating project scope, risk, cost and schedule project teams can achieve improved project communication and cost management. Effective cost management involves the processes of project risk analysis, estimating and earned value management.
These processes can provide a single source of the truth for project progress and forecasts and can be applied to any project methodology including agile. This workshop will introduce you to cost engineering and explain the simple processes needed in order implement effective cost management on your projects. 

• The interests and requirements of Project stakeholders.
• The key elements of Estimating and Project Control.
• The importance of Project Control in procurement and contracts.
• The process for becoming a Certified Cost Professional (CCP) 

• The asset lifecycle and the project lifecycle.
• Project Assurance and risk-based decision making.
• Value engineering throughout the project lifecycle. 

This course is mapped to the following standards or guides:

•  AACE’s Total Cost Management Framework
• AACE’s Skills & Knowledge of Cost Engineering, 6th Edition
• AACE's CCP Certification Study Guide 
• AACE’s Recommended Practices 11R-88 and 10S-90 
• CCP Technical Paper Handbook 

This course is intended for both, those who are interested in becoming a Certified Cost Professional, as well as for those professionals who want to augment or brush up their cost engineering skills and knowledge.

Engineering projects are notorious for optimism bias and schedule overruns. In order to overcome these problems, it is vital to have effective planning and scheduling processes in place and competent professionals to implement these processes. Project planning and scheduling includes developing, monitoring, updating, forecasting and analysing integrated project schedules. By using proven processes for integrating project scope, risk, cost and schedule project teams can achieve improved project communication and planning. This workshop will introduce you to project planning and scheduling and explain the simple processes needed in order implement effective planning and scheduling for your projects. 

• The interests and requirements of Project stakeholders 
• The key elements of Estimating and Project Control 
• The importance of Project Control in procurement and contracts 
• The process for becoming a Certified Cost Professional (CCP) 

• The asset lifecycle and the project lifecycle 
• Project Assurance and risk-based decision making 
• Value engineering throughout the project lifecycle 

This course is mapped to the following standards or guides:

• AACE’s Total Cost Management Framework 
• AACE’s Planning and Scheduling Certification Study Guide 
• AACE's Skills & Knowledge of Cost Engineering, 6th Edition  
• CPM in Construction Management, 8th Edition  
• Construction Planning and Scheduling Manual, 2nd Edition 

This course is intended for those who are interested in becoming a certified Planning and Scheduling Professional, as well as for those professionals who want to augment or brush up their planning and scheduling skills and knowledge. Potential course audi- ence would be planners, schedulers, cost engineers, contract administrators, project managers, project control professionals, and all those professionals who are associated with project planning and scheduling.