Chapter 7

Project Cost Management

The PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition defines Project Cost Management as “the processes involved in planning, estimating, budgeting, and controlling so that the project can be completed within the approved budget.” Chapter 7 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition describes three processes:

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7.1 Cost Estimating

See Section 7.1 of the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition.

7.2 Cost Budgeting

As stated in the PMBOK® Guide—Third Edition, “Cost budgeting involves aggregating the estimated costs of individual schedule activities or work packages to establish a total cost baseline ...

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