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When you complete Estimating & Planning microcredential, you gain knowledge of the types of costs organizations have along with skills to use techniques to accurately estimate costs and protect profitability.
As a participant, you will:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the different types of costs organizations experience to include their traits and behaviors,
- Gain the ability to estimate these costs using applicable cost estimation techniques
- Recognize the estimating’s relationship to the organization's profitability.
Being a skilled estimator can mean seeking new opportunities for your organization. From the first day, you can contribute responsibly to emerging opportunities so that your team is well positioned for success.
This course is recommended for anyone in all disciplines seeking to sharpen their estimating and planning skills.
The Finance: Estimating & Planning microcredential is earned by completing a short (approximately 10-hour), non-credit, self-paced, online course. Earning this microcredential requires demonstrated knowledge of the different types of costs organizations experience to include their traits and behaviors, an ability to estimate these costs using applicable cost estimation techniques, and an understanding of how this relates to an organization's profitability. The earner’s knowledge is verified via expert-designed assessments.
Earners’ knowledge of the following has been assessed and verified:
- Evaluate the applicability of different cost estimation techniques to varying types of costs.
- Describe the primary types of costs an organization incurs and examine their behavior.
- Demonstrate an ability to appropriately estimate different costs.
- Formulate answers to situations effecting an organization's profitability.