cost overrun risk

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• cost overrun — ➔ overrun1 * * * cost overrun UK US noun [C or U] ► the fact of spending more money on a project than was planned in the budget, or the actual extra amount that is spent: »The projected cost overrun on the new system is expected to be in the… …   Financial and business terms

• Cost overrun — A cost overrun, also known as a cost increase or budget overrun, is an unexpected cost incurred in excess of a budgeted amount due to an under estimation of the actual cost during budgeting. Cost overrun should be distinguished from cost… …   Wikipedia

• Cost estimation in software engineering — The ability to accurately estimate the time and/or cost taken for a project to come in to its successful conclusion is a serious problem for software engineers. The use of a repeatable, clearly defined and well understood software development… …   Wikipedia

• Risk — takers redirects here. For the Canadian television program, see Risk Takers. For other uses, see Risk (disambiguation). Risk is the potential that a chosen action or activity (including the choice of inaction) will lead to a loss (an undesirable… …   Wikipedia

• Cost-benefit analysis — is a term that refers both to:* a formal discipline used to help appraise, or assess, the case for a project or proposal, which itself is a process known as project appraisal; and * an informal approach to making decisions of any kind. Under both …   Wikipedia

• Cost-effectiveness analysis — (CEA) is a form of economic analysis that compares the relative costs and outcomes (effects) of two or more courses of action. Cost effectiveness analysis is distinct from cost benefit analysis, which assigns a monetary value to the measure of… …   Wikipedia

• Cost escalation — is defined as changes in the cost or price of specific goods or services in a given economy over a period of time. This is a similar to the concepts of inflation and deflation except that escalation is specific to an item or class of items (not… …   Wikipedia

• Cost contingency — When estimating the cost for a project, product or other item or investment, there is always uncertainty as to the precise content of all items in the estimate, how work will be performed, what work conditions will be like when the project is… …   Wikipedia

• Megaprojects and risk — Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition (ISBN 0521009464) is a book by Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, and Werner Rothengatter dealing with the risks and legalities of promotion, policy, planning, and construction of megaprojects. Review… …   Wikipedia

• Government contract — Contracting with the U.S. Government is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting andcan be very profitable, but is sufficiently different from commercial contracting to require special care.Persons entering into commercial… …   Wikipedia

• Government procurement in the United States — is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting, but is subject to special laws and regulation as described below. Persons entering into commercial contracts are pretty much free to do anything that they can agree on. Each… …   Wikipedia