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4 Mechanisms for Forecast the Project Schedule and Cost

In Podcasts | February 6th, 2012

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about the methods of forecasting project schedule and cost. He comments that there are four methods of predicting future project performance: time series methods, causal/econometrics methods, judgmental methods and ...

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The cost of Project Management and the PMO

In Podcasts | June 28th, 2011

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about how appropriate the amounts allocated to the project management activities in the project. He explains that there is no an international standard to define the values, but there are good practices. Ricardo also ...

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Identifying the Project Vital Signs

In Podcasts | June 20th, 2011

In this podcast, Ricardo makes a comparison between monitoring of the project and monitoring of a patient in an Intensive Care at the hospital. He explains that the Project Manager should monitor since the beginning, the project vital signs and ...

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The risk of pricing a project without Scope

In Podcasts | June 6th, 2011

In this podcast, Ricardo talks about the difference between cost and price of the project and gives some tips to put the price on the project. He explains that it is often important to divide the project into two - the first to define the scope and ...

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Use of CPI and TCPI in the Earned Value Management (EVMS)

In Podcasts | September 7th, 2009

In this podcast Ricardo discuss the importance of TCPI (To Complete Performance Index) to evaluate the possibility of cost recovery in the project. The TCPI is the complement of CPI (Cost Performance Index) and allows the evaluation of the future ...

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Importance of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to the Project Cost Management

In Podcasts | August 17th, 2009

In this podcast Ricardo discuss the relevance of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to the Project Cost Management, specifically during the budget estimating. The podcast also discuss the influence of the WBS quality to the budget quality and the ...

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The Cost of Quality

In Podcasts | June 22nd, 2009

In this podcast Ricardo Vargas talks about the concept of quality vs. the costs included to deliver the quality. He shows that the costs related to the creation of attributes that aren't perceived by the client are a direct waste of capital. On the ...

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