Article Estimate Process Tips 
ProjectManager.com
JANUARY 8, 2021
The more accurate your estimates, the more likely you’ll keep to your budget and deliver a project on time. Using a project estimate template is the perfect way to get your project planning on the right track. Download the Project Estimate Template. Download the Project Estimate Template. When to Use an Estimate Template.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Frankly it’s too hot, but it has made me realize one thing: I am no good at estimating. In fact, I’ve always known that I’m not good at estimating. The only thing I can estimate is time. In this article I’ll share estimating techniques for schedules and budgets: the kind of things we need to know to get projects done.
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Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
It’s probably fairer and less controversial to say that it was ‘estimated’ rather than created totally randomly from scratch. But she was worried that other people were interpreting the estimate as definite fact. Later in this article is an example of an ethical scenario that Jeff Furman found himself in on a project.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
DECEMBER 13, 2022
It can be helpful to compare estimates back to actuals to review how accurate the estimates were and inform future task planning. But while these things are easier to achieve in an office setting, you have to put in place processes, tools, and structures to ensure it still works for your team when they’re working remotely.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
MARCH 29, 2024
Granted, if the budget you build in the proposal phase is carefully put together and everything goes according to plan, you will end up using that directly as your project budget, but for the purposes of this article, let’s just stick to the proposal phase. For more on how to create a project budget, this article has all the info you need.)
Planview
JULY 29, 2021
This informative and easy-to-read article explores the basics of project budget tracking , including best practices and a 7-phase methodology. Tracking costs involves estimating budgets, establishing controls, measuring results, updating forecasts and continuous communication. Estimate Budgets. Estimate Budgets.
Epicflow Blog
JULY 5, 2022
Estimation of project cost is one of the core practices of the project initiation stage, which becomes the basis for the approved project budget. However, the main challenge of this process is that it has to be performed under conditions of uncertainty – you can forecast only the approximate budget you’re going to spend on a project.
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