Analysis, Project Cost, Risk and Risk Management

Importance of Scenario Planning and Analysis in Business

ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

Then we’ll explore scenario planning in business and project management before explaining the steps that must be taken to use this process. Scenario planning is a strategy used to consider possible future events for an organization or project to develop an effective and relevant long-term plan to respond positively to that change.

Planning

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Monte Carlo Risk Analysis in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By: Dr. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you a project manager struggling to predict the risks in your projects accurately during planning? Do you find yourself overcome by the inherent uncertainty of project variables like cost or schedule and worried about how they might impact your project's success?

Risk Management

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What Is Alternative Analysis in Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To discover those means, you can use an alternative analysis. An alternative analysis is how project managers choose how they’re going to approach a project. There are always options, and knowing which is the best one for your project takes time, research and an understanding of possible scenarios.

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Types of Risks In Project Management – Are All Risks Equal?

WorkOtter

MAY 18, 2023

Risks are common in business. These risks carry uncertainties which pose potential threats to the financial health of the organization. Projects help the business reach objectives and goals, and with each project comes its own set of risks. It’s an unknown and unaccounted-for variable that leads to project failure.

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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Inloox

APRIL 16, 2024

Content What is a SWOT analysis? SWOT analysis in the project management context Why should I conduct a SWOT analysis? How to perform a SWOT analysis Once the SWOT analysis is completed: 5 key approaches for strategy development Concrete example: SWOT analysis in a software development project Conclusion 1.

Artificial Inteligence

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Risk Management Process Explained (+resources, templates)

PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Risk management is arguably the most crucial piece in my project management approach. Therefore, I spent lots of time and effort creating a practical risk management process. Short Glossary of Project Risk Management.

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Managing Risks and Controlling Projects: How Data-Driven Project Management Come in Useful for Multi-Project Environments

Epicflow Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

This article is inspired by the webinar featuring Epicflow co-founder Jan Willem Tromp and professor Mario Vanhoucke based on his latest book “The Illusion of Control: Project Data, Computer Algorithms and Human Intuition for Project Management and Control”. So, what do you need for an efficient risk analysis?

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Risk Management Plan Example (Comprehensive Guide+Tempalte)

PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, you’ll find the real-life project risk management plan example. It comes from my practical experience working on software development projects. Below the example, you’ll find all the required information and resources to create your Risk Management Plan quickly and for free.

Risk Management

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Top 10 Project Management Qualifications

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

What qualifications do you need to land a project management job? What Are Project Management Qualifications? Being qualified for a position as a project manager means you have the skills, experience and temperament for the job. Qualified project managers need the right tools for the job.

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Best Cost Control Techniques

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Whether you’re managing a project in construction or manufacturing, keeping costs down is paramount. The lower your costs, the higher your profits. This is why in project management and business in general cost control is so important. What Is Cost Control? It’s as simple as that.

Controlling

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10 Do’s & Don’ts of Project Cost Management

nTask

MARCH 2, 2022

Unexpected costs, events, and miscalculations can take your project down the hill in no time. This is where project cost management jumps in. Cost management helps you to mitigate the risk of any surprise costs and budget constraints. What is Project Cost Management?

Project Cost

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Your Guide to Cost Benefit Analysis in Project Management

nTask

MAY 5, 2021

Project management involves making a lot of decisions and these decisions cannot always be easy. This is especially true when those decisions could potentially be critical to the success of your project overall. Enter cost benefit analysis. Here is your guide to an efficient cost benefit analysis. .

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7 Tips on Reducing Project Costs

Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc.

Project Cost

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Project Financial Management: Managing Project Financials

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Whether you call it project financial management or project accounting, managing a project’s finances is essential to delivering a successful project. It’s more than just keeping up with costs. There’s a lot of planning, managing and tracking involved. What Is Project Financial Management?

Finance

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8 Tips on Reducing Project Costs

Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc.

Project Cost

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11 project risk examples: Watch out for these common pitfalls

Planio

MARCH 11, 2024

Project management is a risky business. Whether you’re launching a new product, migrating an IT server, or remodeling an operational process, project uncertainty contributes to 66% of projects failing (or partially failing) every year. Knowing what risks you could face is a project management superpower.

Risk

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Project Performance Reporting: Key Performance Reports

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Keeping tabs on the performance of your project is an essential part of project management. Tracking project performance gives project managers the data they need to keep the actual effort of the project aligned with the planned effort and deliver the project on time and within its budget.

Performance Measurement

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10 Knowledge Areas of project management (PPT & PDF included!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition. All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area. What are the project management Knowledge Areas?

PMI

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10 Essential Excel Report Templates

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Then there are your stakeholders whose expectations must be managed. Project reports are tools that project managers use to extract valuable project data. Using Excel Report Templates for Project Management. Excel Report Templates for Project Management. Project Dashboard Template.

Risk Management

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Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

Project managers are constantly making requests to the project management office (PMO). A project intake process is beneficial for an organization. We’ll explain why as well as what to look out for when evaluating those project requests. Project management is all about efficiency, after all.

Process

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Capital Budgeting: Definitions, Steps & Techniques

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The use of capital budgeting offers an objective view that helps managers figure out how to invest capital in order to increase business value but also helps the overall health of the company. Capital budgeting is part of the larger financial management of a business, focusing on cash flow implications when making an investment decision.

Budget

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The 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

What do you need to know to succeed at project management? While there’s some truth to that joke, it’s not helpful to the student or the experienced professional who is looking for a way to understand the myriad responsibilities of being a project manager. What is PMBOK in Project Management? Everything!

Monitoring

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Understanding the Monte Carlo Analysis in Project Management

ProProfs Project Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

A good plan can help you in risk analysis, but it can not guarantee that your project will run smoothly. If you are associated with any stage of software project development life cycle, you most probably agree with this quote. It can help you stick to the project timeline and meet the client’s requirements.

Project Life Cycle

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15 Free PMO Templates for Excel and Word

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A PMO, or project management office, can be an internal department or an external group or agency that defines and maintains the standards for a company’s project management. However, all three can use PMO templates to support project programs and portfolios.

PMO

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Create & Manage a Project Budget Using Software

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2022

Whether you’re a numbers person or not, as a project manager, ownership of a budget is usually a key part of your job responsibilities. Creating and managing a project budget can be a daunting task, but it can be easy if you use the right project budgeting software. What Is a Project Budget? Learn More!

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Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 21, 2019

Many costs can appear over the life cycle of a project, and an accurate estimation method can be the difference between a successful plan and a failed one. Projects bring risks, and risks bring unexpected costs. Develop Point Estimate: Develop a cost model by estimating each WBS element.

Estimate

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How to Measure Project Profitability

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

As projects are all about the bottom line, you can imagine the importance of project profitability in project management. Being able to determine beforehand whether a project will turn a profit is how organizations can decide which projects to initiate and which ones to skip. Project Profitability Analysis.

Initiating

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Project Contingency: The Ultimate Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Your new project was approved for funding. You wouldn’t believe the number of project managers I speak to on mentoring calls who struggle to get their budget approved. You can’t do much on a project without some funding behind you. What is project contingency? Why risk matters. That in itself is a huge step.

Technical Review

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Resource Forecasting Guide for Project Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Managing resources in professional services firms is crucial for maintaining sustainability and achieving anticipated employee performance goals. But unfortunately, many resource managers have to rely on approximation and guesswork because they don’t have the right tools and techniques. Let us begin with the basics.

Underperforming Technical Team

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What Is a Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) In Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 7, 2023

There are many factors that must be considered, and project managers use a cost breakdown structure to help them determine the cost of that product. Using a cost breakdown is essential to developing a sound cost breakdown analysis and selling that product or delivering the project at a profit.

Manufacturing

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What Is Project Accounting? Principles, Methods & More

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 22, 2022

Project accounting, as with general accounting, is a method by which project managers can manage project finances. Project accounting is not the same as balancing your checkbook or even seeking the service of a certified public accountant as it’s unique to project management. Learn more.

Software Review

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10 Must-Have Project Management Templates for Google Sheets

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 1, 2023

There are many ways to manage a project. While project management software is the gold standard, there are many free project management templates for Google that you can download to plan, manage and track your projects. They cover all phases of the project through its life cycle.

Risk Management

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Let Me Show You How to Determine Project Budget Reserves

Project Risk Coach

MAY 28, 2019

After publishing my article entitled Evaluating Risks Using Qualitative Risk Analysis , I received questions on how to determine project budget reserves. Project Budget Reserves: Questions and Answers. Question #1 After evaluating risks qualitatively, do you set aside some dollars for a contingency reserve ?

Budget

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What Is a Cost Baseline in Project Management? A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It’s with this cost baseline that you can make cost estimates for each task of your project and see if you’re on target or overspending. Let’s take a moment to fully understand this cost management basic concept and how you can use it to keep your project on track. How to Create a Cost Baseline.

Estimate

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003. Risk Management Papers. “A

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Notion Gantt Chart: Key Features, Pros and Cons

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 28, 2024

Notion is work management software that helps teams from across industries such as product development, engineering or marketing to facilitate team communication, manage tasks and create simple project timelines. While Notion has project management features, is there a Notion Gantt chart?

Software Review

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Tableau Gantt Chart: A How-to Guide With Pros, Cons & Alternatives

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2024

Tableau is an analytics platform that allows organizations to visualize their data on powerful yet user-friendly data analysis charts and diagrams powered by machine learning, natural language processing and predictive analytics. While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart.

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Everything You Need to Know About Project Cost Management in 2022

nTask

MARCH 30, 2022

According to a report generated by PMI , 14% of the IT projects surveyed and started by companies in the organizational paradigm are deemed failures. Today, we will discuss project cost management, the benefits associated with it, and the steps involved in the overall cost management process.

2022

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So, picture this: you are transitioning from your current position into a project management career. The industry didn’t matter; it was about translating my work experience into specific project management industry-recognized terms and managing projects.

Development Team Review

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Construction Cost Management: Managing Construction Costs

ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2023

That’s why construction cost management is so important. Knowing exactly what construction cost management means and what a construction cost is can be the difference between project success or failure. What Is Construction Cost Management? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

Construction

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10 Project Constraints That Endanger Your Project’s Success

ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

One of the biggest challenges of every project manager is project constraints. They limit a project, and they can quickly endanger your project’s success. Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints.

Technical Review

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Securing contingency reserves is the responsible thing to do!

Kiron Bondale

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

If you have ever taken a course in project management, you may have learned the differences between contingency and management reserves. The former are used to protect project cost or schedule objectives from the impacts of identified, realized risks whereas the latter are used to address the impacts of unidentified risks.

Risk Management

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How to Do a Cost Benefits Analysis in Project Management

ProProfs Project Management

JUNE 30, 2021

At the time of the project proposal, you had done a random forecast of project duration, price of resources, etc., and had reached a tentative project cost estimate. Based on the same calculation, you go ahead and divide resources and set the project deadline. Is the ‘big-ticket project’ in chaos?

Underperforming Technical Team

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. reducible and irreducible ? De Meyer, C.

Risk Management

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Importance of Scenario Planning and Analysis in Business

Monte Carlo Risk Analysis in Project Management

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What Is Alternative Analysis in Project Management?

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Types of Risks In Project Management – Are All Risks Equal?

SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Risk Management Process Explained (+resources, templates)

Managing Risks and Controlling Projects: How Data-Driven Project Management Come in Useful for Multi-Project Environments

Risk Management Plan Example (Comprehensive Guide+Tempalte)

Top 10 Project Management Qualifications

Best Cost Control Techniques

10 Do’s & Don’ts of Project Cost Management

Your Guide to Cost Benefit Analysis in Project Management

7 Tips on Reducing Project Costs

Project Financial Management: Managing Project Financials

8 Tips on Reducing Project Costs

11 project risk examples: Watch out for these common pitfalls

Project Performance Reporting: Key Performance Reports

10 Knowledge Areas of project management (PPT & PDF included!)

10 Essential Excel Report Templates

Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

Capital Budgeting: Definitions, Steps & Techniques

The 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)

Understanding the Monte Carlo Analysis in Project Management

15 Free PMO Templates for Excel and Word

Create & Manage a Project Budget Using Software

Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately

How to Measure Project Profitability

Project Contingency: The Ultimate Guide

Resource Forecasting Guide for Project Managers

What Is a Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) In Project Management?

What Is Project Accounting? Principles, Methods & More

10 Must-Have Project Management Templates for Google Sheets

Let Me Show You How to Determine Project Budget Reserves

What Is a Cost Baseline in Project Management? A Quick Guide

Risk Management Resources

Notion Gantt Chart: Key Features, Pros and Cons

Tableau Gantt Chart: A How-to Guide With Pros, Cons & Alternatives

Everything You Need to Know About Project Cost Management in 2022

125 Project Management Buzzwords

Construction Cost Management: Managing Construction Costs

10 Project Constraints That Endanger Your Project’s Success

Securing contingency reserves is the responsible thing to do!

How to Do a Cost Benefits Analysis in Project Management

A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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