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An analysis of the literature also shows that in practically all existing models of project costs and cash flow management, project costs and cash flows are treated at a very high level of generality (without considering the various types of project, factors influencing their variability and signals warning of imminent cash-related problems), and estimations are not updated on an ongoing basis throughout the duration of the project. The results of a survey performed with the participation of 100 project managers show that this simplistic view of project cash flows may be distorting, and cannot guarantee the development of an efficient project cost and cash flow control system. We propose an approach that at least partially compensates for these drawbacks: it differentiates between types of project cash flows and the factors and triggers affecting changes in cash flows. Two case studies are used for a an initial verification of the approach. 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