How to create your project budget
One of the most important jobs for a project manager is to keep control of the money, as one of
How a health care provider moved to the cloud
This week I wanted to do something a bit different on the blog, so decided to share a case study
A lesson from space on keeping projects grounded
You may have heard a fair bit in the news about the International Space Station lately. This has largely been
Budget management 101
Most programmes and projects are subject to the Triple Constraints of budget, schedule and scope. It is the first of these constraints that we are discussing today. For your programme or project to be successful is has to stay within the approved budget. The approved budget can be either the original baseline budget or it can include approved changes. Even if the budget is only loosely constrained you want to track the actual expenditure for reporting purposes. This article describes some of the basic principles of budget management including forecasting, baselines, approved changes, actual expenditure and variance.