I’ve got a six-week gap before prep on a $12M thriller and want to sharpen cost control and schedule risk. Debating the PMP for cross-project rigor versus advanced EP Budgeting v7/Movie Magic Scheduling workshops to tighten change-order flow and hold contingency at 8%. If you’ve done PMP while actively producing, did it measurably improve forecasting and variance tracking, or was the film-specific route the better ROI?