ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Resources are what you need to execute your project plan—people, equipment and materials. Managing those resources is part of how you deliver a successful project. Each task in your project plan will have project resources like people, time and a budget attached.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 17, 2023

Before we cover task dependency mapping, let’s first understand what’s meant by dependency in project management and define the four different types of task dependencies. Once that’s clear, we’ll explain a dependency map and why it’s so important to projects. What Are Dependencies in Project Management?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

To ensure that your project is meeting scheduling and budget milestones, you need to have project metrics to measure your progress and performance. Project metrics are essential to delivering a project on time and within its budget. But what are project metrics? What Are Project Metrics?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

There’s never enough time when managing a project. That’s why we make schedules—to try and control time, just enough to get your deliverable by the deadline. Project managers don’t have the luxury to quote poems to stakeholders when going off track. What Is Project Crashing? Different Interpretations of Project Crashing.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

IT service management (ITSM) is the process of how those services meet the needs of the end users who employ them. Over the course of this blog, we’ll discuss how ITSM is implemented, managed and delivered to meet the needs of an organization and how project management software can help facilitate those processes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Have you ever been a part of a project that just didn’t seem to be going anywhere? 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. What are project requirements? What are project requirements?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. What is Project Execution? Fortunately, there are strategies ( and tools! )

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. However, at the beginning of your project when your risk log is empty, it can be a bit of a challenge to think of all the stuff that might need to go on there. Use your professional judgement and add the others you need.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 2, 2023

Resource optimization is key to delivering a successful project. Resources, of course, are anything used to execute the project, including human resources and non-human resources. Resource management techniques keep a project on schedule. This is one way that an organization can stay within budget.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s easy to get lost in the weeds when you’re managing a project. There are day-to-day operations that the project manager obsesses over, but they also need to see the big picture. Plus, we’ll give you tips on how to write a better one before showing how project management software can make the process even more efficient.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

Stakeholders are important to every project. They are impacted by the project, be they investor or customer. A stakeholder is either an individual, group or organization who is impacted by the outcome of a project or a business venture. The stakeholder has a vest interest in the project. But what is a stakeholder?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

I want to do my projects to the best of my ability, but there’s so much to do and so little time to do it that it can be difficult to stay on top of everything, let alone have a chance to think about the bigger picture. But if you want to enjoy this career and be successful in project management, one habit to get used to is reflection.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 18, 2023

You can see your whole production cycle on a visual timeline, create a production plan and link all four task dependencies and avoid costly bottlenecks. Then set a baseline to capture the production plan and be able to compare it to your actual progress in real time so you can stay on track. Let’s explore production vs. manufacturing.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 19, 2022

Construction procurement can maximize the efficiency of a construction project. While construction project management includes all plans and schedules for the project, without the goods and services provided by procurement in construction, it’s only an idea and not a structure. What Is Procurement In Construction Management?

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Function Point

JUNE 14, 2023

Having strong project budget management skills is crucial to the success of any agency. Subsequently, it’s something that keeps a lot of project managers up at night. What Are Project Budget Management Skills? Project budget management abilities are required in planning and regulating spending of a project.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Projects are delicate operations. The risk response plan that you create to deal with these risks, which describes risk identification, assessment, and mitigation response strategies, could mean the success or failure of the project. It’s no wonder so much of project management is focused on risk! What is a Project Risk?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 7, 2021

A WBS dictionary is a complement to your WBS that conveys detailed info about each component. It’s one of the three pillars that support the scope management in your project: the other two are a work breakdown structure (WBS) and a project scope statement. This makes one foot on the tripod of your scope baseline.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 16, 2021

Your thoughts turn to what you should be doing for your professional development in the months ahead… and there’s a lot of choice. I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the project management competencies I need to succeed. Video (recorded or live).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

This article, Is the Classic Triple Constraint in Project Management Still Relevant? Projects always have certain constraints – there may be an urgency to complete a project because of external market factors, for example; or there may have to be tightly controlled costs because of a fixed or limited budget.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2022

There are several project management certifications that you can get to become a project management professional. To determine which one is best for you, you’ll need to think about things such as your project management skills, the career path you want to choose or your desired project management methodology specialization.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

As a project manager, I have delivered many complex initiatives, from re-platforming a consumer products website to doubling the size of a line of business. My most successful projects have one thing in common; I used an agile approach to deliver them. The Project Management Process. * The Project Management Process. *

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Project Bliss

MARCH 20, 2021

Project managers do a lot of firefighting. Every day, project managers are putting out fires, both internally within the team and externally with clients. They constantly need to overcome several roadblocks to ensure that the project stays within the agreed constraints of time, scope, and budget.

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Project Bliss

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Moscow Prioritization method can help you and your product team decide what you need to focus on for your project. Dai Clegg created the MoSCoW prioritization method while working at Oracle to help his team prioritize project requirements. But you could still launch your product without them.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2023

That’s why effective project management should go beyond theory, and expand to include risk factors – both internal and external. A practical project risk management strategy accounts for team member miscommunications and mistakes, scope creep and shifting client expectations, and any technical difficulties along the way.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Built-in support system Challenges and risks that arise from working in teams Experience levels Having to stay on top of changing dynamics Productivity paranoia How to overcome the disadvantages of teamwork In summary. There are both advantages and disadvantages to working as part of a team. Table of Contents Disadvantages of Teamwork 1.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 10, 2021

Once a project is approved, it’s likely that the execution will require goods and services outside the purview of the organization managing the work. It is through this channel that project managers collect interested parties and make a decision on who to contract with for the project. Try our software for free today!

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 3, 2021

How you assemble the items you need to execute the project is called procurement, which is a fancy way of saying how you get the goods and services you need for a project. There isn’t a project if there isn’t procurement contracting. First, you need to identify the goods or services you need.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2020

No matter how great the product or service, it will wither on the vine and die if no one knows about it. You might even say it’s a project, because it is. And any project manager can tell you that without a plan, a project is aimless and destined for failure. Marketing doesn’t get the respect that it’s due.

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Resource Guru

JANUARY 17, 2023

Project scope is the project manager’s best friend. It’s what we lean on throughout the project life cycle. It keeps us on the straight and narrow all the way to project success. We might think that “oh, I don’t need a project scope, I’ve done thousands of projects like this!”. Project scope definition.

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nTask

JUNE 8, 2021

Estimating projects is part and parcel of project management for any project. However, estimating projects with accuracy is not always so successful. In fact, many of the issues in project management can be traced back to failed attempts at estimating projects. Why Does Estimating Projects so Often go Wrong?

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Velociteach

APRIL 11, 2023

The project charter is a foundational deliverable created during the project’s initiation phase. The charter documents the project’s purpose, planned direction, and what is initially known. Regardless of the format, articulating the project’s intent is invaluable and harder than expected.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Frohnhoefer Ethical dilemmas frequently arise in project management, demanding conscientious decision-making. These scenarios, often marked by conflicts of interest, competing stakeholder needs, tight budgets, communication challenges, and complex legal and regulatory landscapes, highlight the critical role of ethics in project success.

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Planio

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Instead, it’s a core part of the project and product management process. If you’re a project manager or team leader gearing up to build a long-term product roadmap, this article is for you. What should you include in an annual plan for your product? How to create an annual product plan you’ll actually use 1.

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Planio

APRIL 25, 2022

Projects operate under similar limitations called the triple constraint of project management. Scope, time, and budget–any change in one of these factors will impact the rest. However, while the triple constraint is an easy way to understand the basics of project management, it quickly falls apart in the real world.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 22, 2024

Knowing how to monitor and manage project resources can make or break that project. One common technique that helps project managers handle resources efficiently is resource leveling. Project teams use resource leveling to adjust project timelines, address resource constraints, and avoid overloading.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

One of the most common: The lack of an organized and systematic approach which then creates chaos in the company’s underlying operations. One of the other biggest reasons is due to the mismanagement of running projects. To have a clean scope, let’s perform a suitable requirement analysis before initiating the project development.

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Planio

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Ask a hundred project managers what one of their biggest sources of frustration is and at least half will tell you some variation of the same theme: resource allocation. Whether it’s people, raw materials, or cold hard cash, projects can’t function without resources. How does it impact your project’s success?

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