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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Information technology (IT) runs most businesses. Managing information costs and managing information security for those costs are part of making an IT budget. First, we need to understand what an IT budget is, how often they’re made and what is the best size for one. What Is an IT Budget?

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

What Are Organizational Resources? How to Manage Company Resources Now that we have a better understanding of what organizational resources are, let’s take a look at how to manage them. Resource planning, resource allocation and resource utilization are all under the umbrella term of organizational resources.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Figuring out what to spend its capital on, such as capital spending on long-term assets, is part of capital budgeting. First, we need to define capital budgeting, what a capital budget is and why it’s important. Then we can go through the capital budgeting techniques and the steps to a capital budgeting process.

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MARCH 14, 2024

What Is Project Strategy? The importance of a project strategy is simple: it helps deliver projects on time, within budget and aligned with larger strategic goals. Every project is different. While they all have a timeframe and end with a deliverable, they require unique methodologies and steps to reach their goals.

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MARCH 8, 2024

But how do they know what to work on? This construction document helps subcontractors understand what they need to do if they have any questions. First, we’ll explain what an RFI in construction is and then list what should be included in one. What Is an RFI in Construction?

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

To communicate this, organizations will usually employ what is called a strategy map. If you’re unfamiliar with a strategic map, we’ll explain what it is and what is included in one. What Is a Strategy Map? What Should Be Included in a Strategy Map? What Should Be Included in a Strategy Map? Learn more.

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APRIL 5, 2024

It keeps equipment in optimal working condition, which leads to more efficiency and quality and keeps work on time and within budget. What Is a Maintenance Schedule? Maintenance is an essential part of industries from construction to manufacturing. A maintenance schedule ensures those tasks are done regularly.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

That and more is what enterprise project management does. Let’s define the term enterprise project management and then identify its unique challenges before going into what an enterprise project manager is and what an enterprise project management office is. What Is Enterprise Project Management?

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

What Is a Capital Project? What Is a Capital Project? Learn more What Is a Capital Asset? But what is a capital asset? It’s not something that a business would want to sell over the course of its normal operations. Capital assets are used by businesses to generate revenue over an extended period.

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MARCH 7, 2024

We’ll first define the term and then go into the organizational strategy levels, as well as explain its importance in business. What Is Organizational Strategy? It involves how the company will allocate its resources to support business activities that lead to achieving those long-term goals.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

For a project to function properly and be delivered on time and within its budget, all the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved must be clearly defined and communicated. What exactly is a project owner, what does the project owner do and so forth? What Is a Project Owner? What Is a Project Owner?

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

What we might take for granted actually involves a great deal of work and investment. What Is IT Financial Management (ITFM)? There’s also the communication of the value of these processes and tools to IT leaders in order to prove their value to the business.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

We’ll look at project cash flow, what it is and how to calculate and manage it. What Is Project Cash Flow? Cash flows are used in business and project management to report income and expenses. You can track your planned vs. actual costs to make sure you’re keeping to your budget. Projects cost money.

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APRIL 17, 2024

One of those business documents is a sales order. To better understand what a sales order is, we’ll define the term, list what should be included and outline the sales order process. What Is a Sales Order? Learn more What Should Be Included in a Sales Order? A sales order can be for goods or services.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2023

That’s why a production budget is essential. But what is a production budget and what should be included in one? We’ll answer those questions and then show you how to make a production budget so you’re always producing what your customers want. What Is a Production Budget? Learn more.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

What Is Workforce Planning? What Is Workforce Planning? It’s used to avoid gaps in your workforce coverage and determine what skills are needed where and when, at the right cost, to help the project or projects succeed. One way to make sure you’re supporting your team and project alike is with workforce planning.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Coming up with long-term goals for a business or organization is just the beginning of a five-year project. Making sure your daily operations are working towards achieving those strategic goals and that they’re clearly communicated throughout the business or organization greatly improves by using a balanced scorecard.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

This is why in project management and business in general cost control is so important. What Is Cost Control? Cost control is a practice performed across businesses in most industries. Cost control as a process begins with budgeting. Follow these steps to better control costs in your project or business.

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APRIL 25, 2023

Whether you’re running a company or a project, you’re going to have to deal with a budget. A budget is the spending plan that you forecast using estimates of income and expenses. To ensure you’re keeping to that ever-important operating budget, you’ll be making a regular budget report as well as referencing financial statements.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Learn more The first project management basic is the definition of a project, which allows us to understand what project management is and why it’s so important for any type of organization. What Is a Project? These all depend on what results you want to achieve and when you want to achieve them.

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MAY 16, 2023

An operating budget is a tool that helps business owners and project managers alike to look at the long-term financial needs of their organization or project. It’s instrumental in forecasting the budget needed to run your business or project. We’ll explain that and go into what should be included in your operating budget.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. They organize your tasks, help you write a project charter, come up with an accurate budget and so much more. That’s how you deliver on time and within budget. Without a plan, projects are in trouble.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Businesses aren’t projects but they share many commonalities. While businesses run projects, they also have strategies and objectives that must be met. All of these things and more make them a perfect candidate for business project management. Let’s first explore the definition of business project management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

If so, then you know how frustrating and even maddening it can be to try to work on something without having a good understanding of what is required. It might feel like you’ll never nail down what you’re supposed to be doing (GDPR project, I’m looking at you). First, let’s make sure we know what we are talking about.

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JUNE 6, 2023

There’s one thing that all businesses have in common with project management: money. Without funding and the proper budgeting process, projects in any industry grind to a halt. Budgeting is how those funds are spent. But first, let’s define what a budget is and explore the types of budgets and methods for making a budget.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

What Is a PMO Director? A PMO director is a senior-level position that takes ownership and is accountable for creating, organizing and implementing the strategies and business programs in an organization. They’re responsible for making sure that the related projects are completed on time and within budget.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

What is a project pipeline? Then we’ll identify the stages of project pipeline management, what to track in your project pipeline and the tools that can help. What Is a Project Pipeline? Learn more What Is Project Pipeline Management? Projects have a beginning, middle and end. That’s called the project life cycle.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

But what exactly is financial project management? What Is Project Financial Management? To do this requires planning, estimating, budgeting, funding, managing project expenses and billing. The budgeting part of project financial management is by far the most important aspect of this process.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Microsoft Power BI is a data analysis software that allows you to use various tools such as spreadsheets, pie charts, stacked bars and other types of diagrams to visualize project or business data, including the Power BI Gantt chart. Learn more What Can You Use a Power BI Gantt Chart For? But is Power BI good for project management?

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MARCH 6, 2024

In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. Learn more What Can You Use a Tableau Gantt Chart For? Does Tableau Have a Gantt Chart?

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MARCH 5, 2024

A calendar is a great planning tool for tracking tasks and deliverables’ due dates, especially when executing large projects that span across months. They’re useful throughout the project scheduling process and are easy to use. Plus, most people understand them, which makes them a fundamental tool for project managers.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

The ability to know who you need and when you need them for the project is what workload analysis is all about. We’ll explain what workload analysis is and when you should be using it in your project. What Is Workload Analysis? They need to have the right resources at the right time to keep the business doing what it does.

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Businesses need all the help they can get. These free Word and Excel templates for business will give you an upper hand over the competition. These 15 free Word and Excel templates for business help with everything from cost-benefit analysis to timesheets. The free business template is set up in four quadrants.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Whether you’re looking to hire a construction superintendent or want to land that job yourself, you’re going to have to consider what you need or how to frame a resume to show you’re the one for the position. What Is a Construction Superintendent? This will inform the construction project’s budget. Many things.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Let’s look at what a simple Gantt chart is and why one would want to use it over the more dynamic Gantt charts. What Is a Simple Gantt Chart? However, a simple Gantt chart might be just what you need to plan a project. However, a simple Gantt chart might be just what you need to plan a project.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

What Is a Workflow Diagram? What Is a Workflow Diagram? A workflow diagram is a type of flowchart that displays every task in a project or business process, including dependent tasks. That’s why workflow charts are commonly used for process improvement, business process mapping and business process analysis.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Using planning templates can help you stay organized and keep to your budget and they allow you to schedule and create the kind of event that serves its purpose, whether that’s networking at a trade show or launching a team-building workshop. You can read weekly blogs, guides and download free event planning templates for Excel and Word.

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