Successful Cost Reduction Strategies & Cost Engineering and Earned Value Management

Seeking the optimum balance between cost, quality and time requirements is essential in managing a project. Cost engineering is the engineering practice devoted to the management of project cost, involving estimating, cost control, cost forecasting, investment appraisal and risk analysis. It is to have accurate cost
estimates and schedules and to avoid cost overruns and schedule slips, act as supporting assessment in decision making. Earned Value Management is important to provide accurate forecasts of project performance problems which is an important contribution for project management.

Our Cost Engineering & Risk Management course is developed to help you learn the required techniques in project cost engineering and risk management to successfully manage project cost and risk. Earned Value Management course is developed to help you learn the principles, methodologies in analysing project performance to contribute to project’s increased performance and success.

Course Design Focuses on Methodologies
This course focuses on the methodologies of project cost engineering, risk management and best practices in earned value management .

Includes Specific and Practical Case Studies
Participants will be guided through step by step exercises on real oil & gas project case studies through knowledge project parameters and uncertainties.

Understand the business context, the project life cycle and the purpose of cost engineering

Learn the methodologies of project cost engineering to maximize business Return on Investment (ROI) in long run

Learn to prepare cost estimates & cost reduction strategies

Prepare cost estimates from high level factor estimating to very detailed equipment and bulk material cost, as well as managing cost effectively and maximising profits.

Understand the principles and methodologies of risk analysis and execute risk mitigation

Learn the methodologies of risk management through risk analysis skill to better measure the parameters and uncertainties in a project.

Learn the techniques to control, forecast and report the cost and monitor project performance

Able to control, forecast and report the cost and progress during project execution.

Attain skill to analyse project performance

Learn the principles, methodologies and best practices in analysing project performance and to provide accurate cost and schedule forecasting at project completion

This course is designed for cost engineering professionals who wish to enhance their knowledge in cost engineering and earned value management of projects, including:

• Cost Engineers
• Cost Estimators
• Cost Controllers
• Project Managers
• Project Engineers
• Project Planners
• Finance Managers & Executives

Day One - Cost Engineering Definitions & Cost Estimating Methodologies

• Estimating Definitions
• Factor Estimating
• Case study: Factor estimating
• Quantity Ratio Estimating
• Case study: Quantity ratio estimating
• Parametric and Range Estimating
• Detailed Estimating
• Case study: Detailed Estimating

Day Two - Location & Market Factor, Indices,Budgeting & Project

• Location Factors and Market Factors
• Case Study: Analysing differences between locations and markets
• Budgeting
• Case Study: From Estimate to Budget
• Project Control
• Case Study: Earned Value Analysis
• Advanced Project Control
• Case Study: Advanced project control

Day Three - Assurance, Risk Identification, Assessment, Analysis & Management

• Project Assurance
• Case Study: Project Assurance
• Risk Analysis Introduction & Definitions
• Case Study: Setting up a risk analysis model
• Risk Management
• Case Study: Risk Management
• Schedule Risk Analysis
• Case Study: Schedule Risk Analysis
• Integrated Cost and Schedule Risk Analysis
• Case Study: Integrated cost/schedule risk analysis

Day Four - Definitions, Objectives, Methodologies and Analysis

• Definitions and Principles
• Case Study: Budget Allocation
• Project Control
• Case Study: Project Baseline and Control Sheet
• Earned Value Analysis
• Case Study: Earned Value Analysis

Day Five - Monitoring, Reporting & Advanced EVM

• Monitoring
• Case Study: Earned Value Monitoring
• Reporting
• Case Study: Project Controls Report and Dashboard
• Advanced Earned Value Management
• Case Study: Advanced Earned Value Management