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Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management

In this project time and cost management course you will learn how to effectively manage the time and cost constraints of a project to achieve project success as part of the ‘triple constraint’.
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Study Hours
30 hours
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Course Access
12 Months

In the field of project management, two common areas of project over-run are time and cost factors. So, if you’re in the business of managing a project, no matter how simple or complex, this course is ideal professional development for you.

The Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management is an online professional development course that will develop the skills required to effectively manage the schedule and budget of a project.

In this project time and cost management course you will learn how to effectively manage the time and cost constraints of a project to achieve project success as part of the ‘triple constraint’.

You will discover tools and techniques crucial to effective project management, including activity definition processes, work breakdown structure, precedence and arrow diagramming methods and milestone trend analysis.

You will also learn about earned value management and how to establish this within a project to be able to report on project status and forecast future performance.

On completion of this course you will have gained solid schedule and budget management skills to enhance your project management performance for an organisation or company.

Printed learning materials are available for purchase for this course and can be ordered during enrolment.  

Course Structure
Unit - Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management

Unit 1 – Manage project time

  • Manage project time
  • Project scheduling
  • Project time management processes
  • Activity definition process
  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
  • Inputs and outputs
  • Project scope
  • Tools and techniques
  • Activity sequencing process
  • Milestones
  • Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM)
  • Arrow Diagramming Method (ADM)
  • Dependencies
  • Project network diagrams
  • Resource estimating process
  • Project calendar
  • Duration estimating
  • Parametric estimating
  • Constraints
  • Critical path
  • Schedule compression
  • Resource levelling
  • Critical chain method
  • Schedule control process

Unit 2 – Manage project cost

  • Manage project cost
  • Project cost management
  • Job costing
  • Double-entry accounting
  • Cost-benefit analysis
  • Risk management analyses
  • Budgets
  • Cash flow budget
  • Cost accounting
  • Developing a project budget
  • Responsibility accounting
  • Budgets and controls
  • Capital budgets
  • Break-even analysis
  • Financial cost analysis
  • Cost management plan
  • Earned value management (EVM)
  • Variances
  • Ratio analysis
  • Variance analysis reports
  • Project outcomes
  • Milestone trend analysis (MTA)
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Estimated Duration
30 hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online
Assessment

Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.

Career Outcomes
  • Project Cost Analyst
  • Cost Specialist
  • Cost Controller
  • Project Management Assistant
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Truganina, VIC
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
May 2026
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SA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
September 2025
Easy to access, well written, covered all the key areas necessary.
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Rostrevor, SA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
March 2025
Really liked the fact there was no pressure to finish within a time frame, the content and resources available made it very easy to address the questions.
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Aileen
Bunbury, WA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
October 2024
Very User friendly. Relatable to current position.
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Wendy
Deception Bay, QLD
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
October 2023
This is my first time doing an online course and it is a great experience doing this online course with Australian Online Courses.
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Peter
Papua New Guinea
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
September 2023
It was something that I need it for my next professional step, more that happy to recommend you.
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A. Gomez
QLD
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
May 2023
Easy to study and submit. Great content. I really enjoyed the two units I took
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V. Hambley
Willaston, SA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
October 2022
The course material was easy to follow and were questions applicable to the content provided.
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D. Ilba
Adelaide, SA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
August 2022
It was very helpful for the industry practice
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G. Darshana
Prospect, SA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
May 2022
The course although relevant to my career, felt more like a refresher of information. I didn’t learn anything new. However, the course is well presented and operation is intuitive.
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J. Salerno
Thebarton, SA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
May 2022
The requirements of the course were very straight forward and easy to understand. The course material was relevant, concise and easy to navigate through. Overall I thought the course was extremely useful and I would recommend it to others looking to expand their knowledge of project management
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Luke Corrigan
Coogee, NSW
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
January 2022
Very well planned and delivered. Lots of learnings gained
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Bibra Lake, WA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
November 2021
Good, easy to navigate through the information
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Wynne Vale, SA
Certificate of Project Time and Cost Management
October 2021
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