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 enterprise level projects.

According to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), PCM's primary concern is the cost of the resources needed to complete the project. However, PMBOK also notes that PCM should also consider the impact of project management decisions on customers' wider or life-cycle costs such as the use of the building or IT system generated by the project.[1]: 73 

Beginning with estimating, a vital tool in PCM, actual historical data is used to accurately plan all aspects of the project. As the project continues, job control uses data from the estimate with the information reported from the field to measure the cost and production in the project. From project initiation to completion, project cost management has an objective to simplify and cheapen the project experience.[3]

This technological approach has been a big challenger to the mainstream estimating software and project management industries.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Project Management Institute, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMI Standards Committee, 1996 edition, archived 1 January 2020, accessed 31 August 2023
  2. ↑ College, Kathy Schwalbe, Ph.D., PMP, Augsburg (2012). Information technology project management (Seventh ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology. ISBN 9781133526858.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Rad, P.F. (2002). Project Estimating and Cost Management. Management Concepts. ISBN 9781567261448. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  4. ↑ "Magic Quadrant for IT Project and Portfolio Management". gartner.com. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
  5. ↑ "Practical Project Cost Management with Twproject | Twproject's blog". 2013-06-03. Retrieved 2015-09-14.
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