Duration: 2 days

Price: $1,199.00

16 PDUs (1.6 CEUs)

Group discounts available.

Requirements
Associate degree, or global equivalent, plus 1-3 years of information and management systems experience.

Description

Defining and managing the project budget can be a challenge-especially for those of us who are not financial experts. In this short course, you'll learn why it's important to establish how you will manage costs up front, best practices for cost identification and estimating, and how to develop a budget. You'll also discover key metrics that can help you manage the budget throughout the project life cycle.

Learning Objectives

• Make the connection between budgeting and accounting
• Apply budget and accounting terminology appropriately
• Track budgetary and proprietary accounting transactions through the budget execution process
• Describe the use of the U.S. Government Standard General Ledger account structure
• Relate budget obligations to agency assets, liabilities, and expenses
• Determine unfunded budget requirements from accounting reports
• Improve budget estimating with accounting information

Who Should Attend
Managers, team leaders, supervisors and functional managers, financial managers.

Method of Delivery

• Onsite/Live class instructions or Online web seminar
• Lectures
• Open discussion
• Case studies
• Surveys