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11 Must-Have Project Management Excel Templates (Updated Sept. 2019)

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Before you can plan for your project you have to have the right tools to collect the data you need in order to formulate a strategy—and project management Excel templates are a great place to start. A Gantt chart is a visual tool that helps you see at-a-glance the scheduling of tasks and their dependencies over the lifecycle of a project.

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Risk Analysis 101: How to Analyze Project Risk

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By planning for risks, you begin the process of knowing how to identify, monitor and close out risks when they show up in your project. There are also tools that can assist. You should at the very least, have a risk tracking tool or use a risk tracking template to identify and list those risks. Activity duration estimates.

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Cost Management Basics

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In the case of a project, it helps the project manager estimate what the project will cost and set in place controls by which they can reduce the chance of the project going over budget. Then, when the project is executed, the expenses are carefully monitored and recorded to make sure that they’re aligned with the cost management plan.

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7 Steps for a Successful Project Budget

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It’s used to estimate what the costs of the project will be for every phase of the project. Related: Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately. It provides a clear path that leads to more accurate estimates. It is a tool to gauge the variance of the project. This post was updated December 2019).

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The 5 Best Resource Management Software of 2019

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So, if you’re on a hunt for resource management tools (you should if you’re not), here’s our version of resource management software you can start using right now to get your team on track and in line with your project goals. Resource estimation calculation. Weekly timesheets to monitor the time being spent on tasks.

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What Is Microsoft Project? Uses, Features and Pricing

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The newest version is Microsoft Project 2019, which runs only on Windows 10. It has limited features and doesn’t include such essential tools as reporting, timesheet submission and resource management. It has financial management tools that help project managers with estimating budgets. Plans and Pricing.

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Understanding Critical Path in Project Management (Example Included)

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They came upon the tool around the same time as Booz Allen Hamilton and the U.S. Monitoring the Critical Path with ProjectManager.com. Monitoring the critical path is a way to make sure your project stays on schedule. This can be difficult if you’ve not built a birdhouse before and have nothing to base your estimates on.

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