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tools, basic CPM tools, or integrated systems. We discuss the options and make
some generalized recommendations in Chapter 5.2.

There are additional topics that impact on this subject of budgeting and cost
control. Change control and managing costs associated with scope changes are
discussed in Chapter 7.1. The area of performance management, including using
cost variance measurements for measuring performance, is covered in Section 8.
Project portfolio management is discussed in Section 9. The integration of project
management and ERP tools is covered in Section 10.