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Project Cost Control Tools & Techniques

Jason Owens, [e-mail]
Scott Burke
Matthew Krynovich
DJ Mance

Last Updated: 1/15/07

Project Cost Control Tools & Techniques

Contributors:

Introduction

Owens, Jason, [e-mail]
Burke, Scott
Krynovich, Matthew
Mance, DJ

The formatting and minor edits of this document have been updated since its original creation. Contact information for some of the contributing authors has been removed for reasons of privacy and in no way indicates a lesser degree of contribution.
All project team members have contributed equally to this paper.

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Jason Owens, [e-mail]

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Project Cost Control Tools & Techniques

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Executive Summary
This paper reviews certain tools and techniques that can be used in order to help those responsible for managing a project to potentially better control and manage project costs. The aspects of life-cycle costing are presented and opportunities for optimizing cost management are presented. Finally, a table summarizing the recommendations are presented in the conclusion.

Jason Owens, [e-mail]

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Table of Contents
Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................3
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Table of Tables...................................................................................................................4
Table of Figures .................................................................................................................4

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