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Understanding Project Budget and Accounting
This course is an excellent resource for project managers who want to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to manage project finances effectively. It covers topics such as budget preparation, accounting principles, financial analysis, cost control, and financial reporting.
Understanding Project Budget and Accounting
Overview of Course
The "Understanding Project Budget and Accounting" course provides a comprehensive understanding of budgeting and accounting principles for project management. This course is designed to help you develop an in-depth understanding of the fundamentals of budgeting and accounting, which are essential skills for managing projects successfully.
Course Highlights
Learn essential budgeting and accounting principles for project management
Understand budget preparation, accounting principles, financial analysis, cost control & financial reporting
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Skills You’ll Learn
Develop budgeting and accounting skills necessary for managing projects effectively
Understand the principles of financial analysis and control
Learn to create, manage, and analyze project budgets
Develop financial reporting skills for project management
Training Options
1-on-1 Training
Access to live online classes- Flexible schedule including weekends
- Hands-on exercises with virtual labs
- Session recordings and learning courseware included
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Curriculum
- Definition of project budgets
- The purpose of project budgets
- Benefits of having a project budget
- Consequences of not having a project budget
- Direct costs
- Indirect costs
- Variable costs
- Fixed costs
- Marginal costs
- Sunk costs
- Identifying stakeholders
- Defining roles and responsibilities
- Outlining procedures and policies
- Determining cost estimating methods
- Establishing a change control process
- Establishing a reporting structure
- Definition of cost accounts
- Importance of cost accounts
- Types of cost accounts
- Cost account structure
- Cost account management
- Cost estimating techniques
- Creating a cost estimate
- Determining budget reserves
- Allocating budget to project tasks
- Creating a budget summary
- Definition of baseline
- Importance of baseline
- Establishing a baseline for the budget
- Approval and sign-off of the budget baseline
- Definition of performance measures
- Importance of performance measures
- Types of performance measures
- Creating performance measures
- Monitoring performance measures
- Definition of cost control
- Importance of cost control
- Controlling project costs
- Monitoring actual costs
- Taking corrective actions.
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Description
Target Audience:
- Project Managers
- Financial Analysts
- Business Analysts
- Entrepreneurs
Prerequisite:
- Basic knowledge of accounting and finance
Benefits of the course:
- Develop essential budgeting and accounting skills for project management
- Improve your financial analysis and control skills
- Develop the ability to create, manage, and analyze project budgets
- Gain financial reporting skills for project management
Exam details to pass the course:
- There is no exam for this course.
Certification path:
- Project Management Institute (PMI)®️ Certified Associate in
- Project Management (CAPM)®️
- PMI®️ Project Management Professional (PMP)®️
- PMI®️ Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)®️
Career options after doing the course:
- Project Manager
- Financial Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Cost Accountant
- Budget Analyst
Why should you take this course from Skillzcafe:
Industry experts teach this course- Flexible learning options with online classes
- Learn at your own pace
- Access to course materials even after course completion
FAQs
The course duration is 8 hours.
Yes, this course is designed for beginners who want to learn the basics of project budgeting and accounting.
This course is available online and is self-paced.
No, there is no certification after completing the course. However, you can take the PMI®️ CAPM®️, PMP®️, or PMI-ACP®️ certification exams after completing this course.
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