Program Overview
Course Overview
Introduction to Project Estimating is a one-day awareness course designed to build an awareness of estimating techniques and how these develop throughout the stages of the project life cycle. This course equips participants with the understanding and confidence to contribute to the estimating process.
On this course you will...
- Explain the importance of project estimating
- Outline the problems and challenges in project estimating
- Understand and apply different estimating techniques including comparative, parametric, and three-point estimating
- Understand risk and opportunities in the context of project estimating
Key Details
- Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
- Course Location: Online / Various
- Institute: Institute of Business, Industry and Leadership
- Delivery Style: In-Person or Online
- Course Duration: Part-time: 1 Day
- Course Start Point: undefined
- Award: Short course
- Open Days: All
Minimum entry requirements
Tuition Fees Policy
What our course participants have to say
The course was very informative and the presentation was very good
Feedback from participants on Introduction to Project Estimating, July 2020
Very good tutor and well delivered. Set-up and support was very good.
Feedback from participants on Introduction to Project Estimating, August 2020
Course Structure
What you will learn
A one-day awareness course, Introduction to Project Estimating explores the following topics:
Day one
- Problems with estimating
- Estimating models
- Estimating methods
- Risk in estimating
Teaching & Assessment
How you will learn
Introduction to Project Estimating can be delivered either online (via Zoom) or face-to-face over one day.
Participants looking to attend this course online can find more information here.
The course includes a variety of interactive exercises and maximises opportunities for discussion, networking and collaboration.
Participants are encouraged to share their thoughts, reflections, and experiences throughout the course with an emphasis on how the learning can be seen in and applied to the workplace environment.
How you will be assessed
Fees & Funding
Tuition Fees
2025 - 2026
Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
Funding
To book your place, please see below for arrangements if you want to pay by purchase order and invoice or by credit card.
I wish to pay using a company purchase order and require a separate invoice
Please email the following details to: no less than 4 weeks before the first day of the course:
- Participant name(s), job title(s), email address(es) and company
- Name and date(s) of course(s)
- Purchase order and any additional details to be quoted on invoice.
If you have not conducted business with the University of Cumbria before, please be aware that both of us may have administrative procedures required to set up our respective customer/supplier accounts and the time taken to complete these may impact on the availability of places on your preferred course.
I wish to pay using a company or personal credit card and do not require a separate invoice
Please email the following details to: no less than 4 weeks before the first day of the course:
- Participant name(s), job title(s), email address(es) and company
- Name and date(s) of course(s)
On receipt of your booking and confirmation that we can accommodate you, we will send a link to take your payment.
Payment, cancellation and changes
- Bookings, including purchase orders (if applicable), to be received at least four weeks ahead of course start date.
- At our discretion, late bookings may be accepted. Please contact us to check whether we have a place for you or before sending a purchase order.
- Invoices (for customers paying by purchase order) or a payment link (for customers paying by credit card) will be issued four weeks before the course once delivery is confirmed (or immediately on receipt of an accepted late booking) and will be due for payment immediately. Your place will not be confirmed until payment is received in full.
- In the event that a booked participant is unable to attend, substitutions may be made at no cost. UoC must be notified of the substituted names prior to the course commencing. No substitutions will be accepted once the course is in progress.
- In the event of a substitute not being provided for a cancelled participant place, the unfilled place will be charged for.
- Any no-shows during the course will be charged for.
- For all cancellations and substitutions, UoC must be notified in writing via email to: .
More Information
We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries, grants and funds available to support you throughout your studies with us. This includes the Cumbria Bursary - a non-repayable bursary designed to support first year students with a household income of less than £25,000.
Student Finance
Additional Costs
- Location: Online Learning
Online learning at the University of Cumbria is an interactive experience that makes use of a range of technologies and media types to provide a rich learning environment.
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Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This course provides participants with an understanding of the activities, roles and responsibilities within the project estimating process and the contribution of estimating to successful project planning and delivery. Participants will explore the techniques for estimating time and cost, the inputs and outputs of an estimate, and the challenges in estimating for a project. Designed to build an awareness of estimating techniques and how these develop throughout the stages of the project life cycle, this course equips participants with the understanding and confidence to contribute to the estimating process.
Outline:
- Day one:
- Use of estimates
- Contents of an estimate
- Estimate planning
- Cost estimates – inputs and outputs
- Cost elements
- Estimating in relation to scope and schedules
- Estimating techniques
- Problems with estimating
- Whole life costing
- Estimating software systems
Assessment:
Participants will complete a 30 minute open book multiple choice assessment at the end of the of the course.
Teaching:
Introduction to Project Estimating can be delivered either online (via Zoom) or face-to-face over one day. Participants looking to attend this course online can find more information here. The course includes a variety of interactive exercises and maximises opportunities for discussion, networking and collaboration. Participants are encouraged to share their thoughts, reflections, and experiences throughout the course with an emphasis on how the learning can be seen in and applied to the workplace environment.
Other:
- The course is available to all individuals working in a project or programme environment and is particularly useful to those who are new to the profession.
- A highly interactive one-day course, participants will have an opportunity to practise the different elements of preparing an estimate through a series of case study exercises.
Tuition Fees 2024 - 2025 Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.
