there is extensive emphasis placed on each project budgeting and cost control so it's above average rating on cost management is understandable. a strategic planning until has been formed within this company project management group. two of its key functions are to :1 develop better screening criteria for assessing the likelihood of project success before the project passes the budget authorization stage and 2 to improve the lessons learned during the feedback cycle. if a project is canceled during this screening step unused budget funds are returned to the customer