Chapter 8 Cost Estimation and Budgeting 8.1 True/False 1) Direct costs are those clearly assigned to the aspect of the project that generated the cost. Answer TRUE 2) Material is an example of a cost that is recurring‚ variable and direct. Answer TRUE 3) An expedited cost is one that does not vary with respect to their usage. Answer FALSE 4) An order of magnitude estimate is usually more accurate than a ballpark estimate. Answer FALSE 5) Comparative estimates are more accurate than definitive
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Chapter 7 Budgeting and Cost Estimation Copyright 2009 John Wiley & Sons‚ Inc. Low Bids If you are bidding on a project‚ do you want your bid to be as low as possible and still make a profit? Accept Low Bid If you are accepting bids on a project‚ do you want to accept the lowest bid? Budgeting A plan for allocating scarce resources to the various endeavors of an organization A budget implies constraints Thus‚ it implies that managers will not get everything they
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Project Management Word Document Subject: Project cost estimation‚ budgeting & cash flows Names of Group members: Nilay Shah Sharad Tiwari Mayur Kakkad Nishant Agrawal Amit Sharma Submitted to‚ Prof. Deepak Jakate Introduction Project Definition: Why‚ What‚ How? How does a project get started? How do you know what it is supposed to achieve? How do you know what approach is required? How do you know that it is a good idea in the first place? How will you know if you succeeded
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Cost estimation is a fundamental aspect of managerial/cost accounting (Datar et al. 2008; Eldenburg and Wolcott 2005). The cost predictions are used in each of the management functions. for example used to predict costs so that management can determine the desirability of alternative options and to budget expenditures‚ profits‚ and cash flows. The objective is to support students in learning how to apply regression analyses to understand cost behavior and forecast future costs using real data from
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Project Scope and Estimation of Time and Cost PROJECT KICK-OFF MEETING -The Kickoff Meeting is the first meeting with the project team and the client of the project. This meeting would follow definition of the base elements for the project and other project planning activities. This meeting introduces the members of the project team and the client and provides the opportunity to discuss the role of each team member. Other base elements in the project that involve the client may also be discussed
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Accounting for Managers 3. BUDGETING When you have completed this section‚ you should be able to: • Explain the benefits of budgeting • Describe a budgeting process • Explain the difference fixed and flexible budget • Prepare a simple flexible budget from a fixed budget • Compute variances from budget and actual data • Prepare a cash budget • Explain the setbacks of traditional budgeting • Explain the problems of budgetary slack • Explain the impact of globalization to the budgeting process
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G Different Methods for Cost Estimation Expert Judgment Method Expert judgment techniques involve consulting with software cost estimation expert or a group of the experts to use their experience and understanding of the proposed project to arrive at an estimate of its cost. Generally speaking‚ a group consensus technique‚ Delphi technique‚ is the best way to be used. The strengths and weaknesses are complementary to the strengths and weaknesses of algorithmic method. To provide
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Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) Vol. 31‚ No. 2 (December 2011)‚ pp. 207-214 Beyond Budgeting: The Way Forward? Michael Goode M.Sc Accounting and Financial Management Programme University of Hertfordshire Hatfield AL10 9AB‚ UK Email: m.goode@herts.ac.uk Ali Malik‚ PhD Senior Lecturer and Programme Tutor University of Hertfordshire Hatfield AL10 9AB‚ UK Email: m.a.1.malik@herts.ac.uk Abstract Beyond Budgeting has been proposed as an influential idea that will reinvigorate management accounting
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Budgeting and the Planning and Control Process Learning Objectives By the end of this chapter‚ you should be able to: • Describe how the budget is a component of the planning and control process. • Explain the three components of planningmission‚ goals‚ and objectives. • Describe how performance reports relate to budgets. • List the advantages of budgeting. • Describe how budgeting is related to strategic planning. • Describe the budget administration process. INTRODUCTION Have
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