Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,12 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9781489198358
Cost Estimation Complete Self-Assessment Guide.
Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher : 5starcooks
Page : pages
File Size : 19,6 MB
Release : 2018-01-05
Category :
ISBN : 9781489148353
How can skill-level changes improve Cost Estimation? What tools and technologies are needed for a custom Cost Estimation project? How do we Identify specific Cost Estimation investment and emerging trends? Do we aggressively reward and promote the people who have the biggest impact on creating excellent Cost Estimation services/products? What business benefits will Cost Estimation goals deliver if achieved? This breakthrough Cost Estimation self-assessment will make you the credible Cost Estimation domain visionary by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Cost Estimation challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Cost Estimation work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Cost Estimation task and that every Cost Estimation outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Cost Estimation opportunity costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Cost Estimation advise instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Cost Estimation essentials are covered, from every angle: the Cost Estimation self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the business/project activities and processes so that Cost Estimation outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Cost Estimation practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the uncommon elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Cost Estimation are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Cost Estimation self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher : 5starcooks
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 2020-01-28
Category :
ISBN : 9781867317340
Property - did the study utilize cost estimates or actual cost records? Is the peer review document included with the cost estimate documentation? What is the best case cost estimate if it is necessary to incur the risk? What happens after final inspection/acceptance? Which risk margins have to be applied in construction and maintenance cost estimates? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Cost Estimate investments work better. This Cost Estimate All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Cost Estimate Self-Assessment. Featuring 897 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Cost Estimate improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Cost Estimate projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Cost Estimate and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Cost Estimate Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Cost Estimate areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Cost Estimate self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific Cost Estimate Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.
Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,92 MB
Release : 2018-04-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781717475893
Does the Cost estimate performance meet the customer's requirements? How will variation in the actual durations of each activity be dealt with to ensure that the expected Cost estimate results are met? What about Cost estimate Analysis of results? What is our Cost estimate Strategy? Meeting the challenge: are missed Cost estimate opportunities costing us money? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Cost estimate investments work better. This Cost estimate All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Cost estimate Self-Assessment. Featuring 708 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Cost estimate improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Cost estimate projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Cost estimate and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Cost estimate Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Cost estimate areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Cost estimate self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher : 5starcooks
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 2018-03-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780655165132
Who needs to know about Cost estimate ? Is the impact that Cost estimate has shown? Is maximizing Cost estimate protection the same as minimizing Cost estimate loss? Is Cost estimate currently on schedule according to the plan? Why should we adopt a Cost estimate framework? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Cost estimate investments work better. This Cost estimate All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Cost estimate Self-Assessment. Featuring 708 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Cost estimate improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Cost estimate projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Cost estimate and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Cost estimate Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Cost estimate areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Cost estimate self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher : 5starcooks
Page : pages
File Size : 46,61 MB
Release : 2018-01-06
Category :
ISBN : 9781489139030
How do we Identify specific Estimating Software Costs investment and emerging trends? Does the Estimating Software Costs task fit the client's priorities? How does the organization define, manage, and improve its Estimating Software Costs processes? Will new equipment/products be required to facilitate Estimating Software Costs delivery for example is new software needed? How can the value of Estimating Software Costs be defined? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a business challenge or meet a business objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project within a business, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make Estimating Software Costs investments work better. This Estimating Software Costs All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth Estimating Software Costs Self-Assessment. Featuring 722 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which Estimating Software Costs improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose Estimating Software Costs projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in Estimating Software Costs and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the Estimating Software Costs Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which Estimating Software Costs areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the Estimating Software Costs self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Author : Barry Leonard
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 17,99 MB
Release : 2009-11
Category :
ISBN : 143791702X
To use public funds effectively, the gov¿t. must meet the demands of today's changing world by employing effective mgmt. practices and processes, including the measurement of gov¿t. program performance. Legislators, gov¿t. officials, and the public want to know whether gov¿t. programs are achieving their goals and what their costs are. To make those evaluations, reliable cost information is required and fed. standards have been issued for the cost accounting that is needed to prepare that information. This Cost Guide has been developed in order to establish a consistent methodology that is based on best practices and that can be used across the fed. gov¿t. for developing, managing, and evaluating capital program cost estimates. Illustrations.
Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2018-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781987421088
How do mission and objectives affect the Total cost management processes of our organization? What potential environmental factors impact the Total cost management effort? Whats the best design framework for Total cost management organization now that, in a post industrial-age if the top-down, command and control model is no longer relevant? Who will provide the final approval of Total cost management deliverables? How likely is the current Total cost management plan to come in on schedule or on budget? This amazing Total cost management self-assessment will make you the reliable Total cost management domain veteran by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Total cost management challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Total cost management work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Total cost management task and that every Total cost management outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Total cost management costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Total cost management advice instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerard Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Total cost management essentials are covered, from every angle: the Total cost management self-assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the required activities and processes so that Total cost management outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Total cost management practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the easy elegance of the self-assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Total cost management are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access details to the Total cost management self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows you exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Author : Gerardus Blokdyk
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 25,68 MB
Release : 2017-09-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781976312649
This exclusive Cost Management Self-Assessment will make you the principal Cost Management domain Visionary by revealing just what you need to know to be fluent and ready for any Cost Management challenge. How do I reduce the effort in the Cost Management work to be done to get problems solved? How can I ensure that plans of action include every Cost Management task and that every Cost Management outcome is in place? How will I save time investigating strategic and tactical options and ensuring Cost Management opportunity costs are low? How can I deliver tailored Cost Management advise instantly with structured going-forward plans? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed best-selling author Gerardus Blokdyk. Blokdyk ensures all Cost Management essentials are covered, from every angle: the Cost Management Self-Assessment shows succinctly and clearly that what needs to be clarified to organize the business/project activities and processes so that Cost Management outcomes are achieved. Contains extensive criteria grounded in past and current successful projects and activities by experienced Cost Management practitioners. Their mastery, combined with the uncommon elegance of the Self-Assessment, provides its superior value to you in knowing how to ensure the outcome of any efforts in Cost Management are maximized with professional results. Your purchase includes access to the $249 value Cost Management Self-Assessment Dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. Your exclusive instant access details can be found in your book.
Author : Rodney D. Stewart
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
Page : 756 pages
File Size : 48,97 MB
Release : 1995-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471305101
In today's hypercompetitive global marketplace, accurate costestimating is crucial to bottom-line results. Nowhere is this moreevident than in the design and development of new products andservices. Among managing engineers responsible for developingrealistic cost estimates for new product designs, the number-onesource of information and guidance has been the Cost Estimator'sReference Manual. Comprehensive, authoritative, and practical, the Manual instructsreaders in the full range of cost estimating techniques andprocedures currently used in the fields of development, testing,manufacturing, production, construction, software, generalservices, government contracting, engineering services, scientificprojects, and proposal preparation. The authors clearly explain howto go about gathering the data essential to preparing a realisticestimate of costs and guide the reader step by step through eachprocedure. This new Second Edition incorporates a decade of progress in themethods, procedures, and strategies of cost estimating. All thematerial has been updated and five new chapters have been added toreflect the most recent information on such increasingly importanttopics as activity-based costing, software estimating,design-to-cost techniques, and cost implications of new concurrentengineering and systems engineering approaches to projects. Indispensable to virtually anyone whose work requires accurate costestimates, the Cost Estimator's Reference Manual will be especiallyvaluable to engineers, estimators, accountants, and contractors ofproducts, projects, processes, and services to both government andindustry. The essential ready-reference for the techniques, methods, andprocedures of cost estimating COST ESTIMATOR'S REFERENCE MANUAL Second Edition Indispensable for anyone who depends on accurate cost estimates forengineering projects, the Cost Estimator's Reference Manual guidesthe user through both the basic and more sophisticated aspects ofthe estimating process. Authoritative and comprehensive, the Manualseamlessly integrates the many functions--accounting, financial,statistical, and management--of modern cost estimating practice.Its broad coverage includes estimating procedures applied to suchareas as: * Production * Software * Development * General services * Testing * Government contracting * Manufacturing * Engineering * Proposal preparation * Scientific projects * Construction This updated and expanded Second Edition incorporates all the mostimportant recent developments in cost estimating, such asactivity-based costing, software estimating, design-to-costtechniques, computer-aided estimating tools, concurrentengineering, and life cycle costing. For engineers, estimators, accountants, planners, and others whoare involved in the cost aspects of projects, the Cost Estimator'sReference Manual is an invaluable information source that will payfor itself many times over.
