Study guide

AACE CCT study guide

Contents

Chapter 1: AACE Certification, Ethics & Total Cost Management Framework

Chapter 2: Elements of Cost, Labor, Materials & Indirects

Chapter 3: Engineering Economics: Time Value of Money & Depreciation

Chapter 4: Capital Budgeting, NPV, IRR & Life Cycle Costing

Chapter 5: Statistics, Probability & Decision Models

Chapter 6: Organization, Communications & Project Management Basics

Chapter 7: Cost Estimating Principles & Classification Systems

Chapter 8: Allowances, Escalation, Location Factors & Contingency

Chapter 9: Project Planning, WBS & CPM Scheduling

Chapter 10: PERT Estimating, Progress Measurement & Schedule Control

Chapter 11: Earned Value Management (EVM): Variances, Indices & Forecasting

Chapter 12: Procurement, Contract Types & Administration

Chapter 13: Project Risk Management: Identification, Analysis & Response

Chapter 14: Quality Management, Value Engineering & Resource Management