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    Managing Project Budgets: Shortcuts to success
    Managing Project Budgets: Shortcuts to success
    Managing Project Budgets: Shortcuts to success
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    Managing Project Budgets: Shortcuts to success

    By Elizabeth Harrin

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    More than one-third of projects have a budget of seven figures or more, so handling the finances is an essential part of a project manager’s repertoire. Keeping to budget is not always easy, and it is made harder by the fact that project managers themselves don’t always get control over the money. As the 'average' project has its budget revised at least three times, the situation can be further complicated. This is one section of the book "Shortcuts to Success".
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
    Release dateSep 15, 2013
    ISBN9781780172019
    Managing Project Budgets: Shortcuts to success

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      Managing Project Budgets - Elizabeth Harrin

      PREFACE

      When I was asked to put together a second edition of Project Management in the Real World, I wondered how much of the wisdom I had gathered for the first edition was out of date. Surely the shortcuts hadn’t changed that much in six years – good project management practice was still good project management practice. I was wrong.

      In the last few years, lots of things have changed. A global recession forced businesses to rethink how they deliver more projects with fewer resources. Keeping ahead of the curve became more important. The job of a project manager morphed from someone who was paid to get things done to someone who contributed effectively to business strategy through delivery. Project Management Offices became a more mature part of many businesses, helping to standardise and improve practices, and stop the loss of organisational knowledge. The role of social media tools for branding and communication grew beyond my expectations – and I was an early adopter of many of

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