Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2021

How do you manage to communicate about your project with virtually no marketing budget? This was a question someone asked me after my presentation on how to market your project at a PMI PMXPO event. We don’t all have big budgets to produce banners, T-shirts and mugs with logos on to share the messages about our projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2019

Creating a project budget involves: being able to identify all the items that are going to cost money building a complete picture of what you need to spend getting approval for that amount. So it’s worth spending some time on making sure your budget is comprehensive. Direct costs are going to form the bulk of your project budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 13, 2020

We start with 5 steps for how to put a proposal budget together and then Edoardo shares a worked (fictional) example to show you what the budget would look like once it is completed. A proposal budget is similar to a project budget, but with a very different goal. Plan your person-days accordingly.

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Techno-PM

JUNE 13, 2023

Capital Budgeting Introduction Capital budgeting is the process of evaluating and selecting long-term investment projects or expenditures that involve significant capital outlays. What is Capital Budgeting? It considers the inflow and outflow of cash over the life of a project to assess its profitability and viability.

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Epicflow Blog

JULY 16, 2021

Budget Task: Plan and Monitor the Amount of Work Allocated for Project Tasks . Budget Task feature indicates a certain part of work that has to be completed within the scope of a project. The purpose of the Budget Task feature is to help project managers plan and monitor the amount of work required for completing the project tasks. .

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Binfire

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Yet, the challenge lies not just in being present online, but in strategically navigating the digital landscape to secure your startup’s visibility and credibility. Fortunately, enhancing your online presence doesn’t necessarily mean stretching your already tight budget to its limits.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

At some point in your career, there’s a good chance that you’re going to be required to deliver a presentation about a project. There are many ways to present a project, from talking informally at the office water cooler to calling everyone into the board room and hitting them with a sit-down presentation.

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nTask

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

After drafting an impeccable project plan, the next step is to present it to your clients. This is the turning point, as PMs have to deal with the age-old ‘ How to present a project plan efficaciously ?’ Presenting a project plan requires more than just PowerPoint slides. How to Present A Project Plan In an Agile Environment?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets. And we haven’t yet received the mandate to do a deep dive into requirements and scope that would enable more accurate results from the budget forecasting.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 20, 2024

Construction projects are structured with schedules, budgets and resource allocation. To help you once you break ground on your construction project, we’ll throw in some free construction project management templates on estimating, scheduling and budgeting. What Is a Preconstruction Meeting?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Remember, the sections outlined below should be short because they refer to more detailed project planning documents, such as a scope statement , project budget, risk management plan or request for proposal. Present a Business Case. Build the Project Budget. Define the budget for the project and who will have spending authority.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

We start with 5 steps for how to put a proposal budget together and then Edoardo shares a worked (fictional) example to show you what the budget would look like once it is completed. A proposal budget is similar to a project budget, but with a very different goal. So how does this budget information look in your proposal?

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Planview

JUNE 28, 2019

Funding practices—that is, the way budgets are allocated throughout the organization—dictate nearly every business outcome. When implementing Lean-Agile practices at scale, organizations quickly realize that their push for agility conflicts with traditional budgeting and cost accounting practices. This is where Lean budgeting comes in.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2021

Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets. And we haven’t yet received the mandate to do a deep dive into requirements and scope that would enable more accurate results from the budget forecasting.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2024

You can track your planned vs. actual costs to make sure you’re keeping to your budget. Establish the Profitability of the Project The profitability of the project is important to project cash flow because it presents the value of future cash flows and initial project investments. Our dashboard is ready when you are.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 29, 2019

I learned this week that two of my presentation submissions for the Agile 2019 conference in Washington D.C. It will be a fast-moving presentation recapping the rise, role, and results of agile approaches before moving onto emerging trends. August 6-10 have been accepted. It should be fun and I am really looking forward to it.

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ProjectManager.com

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. Project Budget Template All projects cost money.

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Project Bliss

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

By using charts and graphs in your project presentation, you can send a more impactful message more quickly. Thee three common charts and graphs listed below are simple tools to incorporate into your presentations and give them more impact. Different Types of Charts and Graphs to Use in Your Next Project Presentation for More Impact.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 26, 2024

Shut down the cost code for your project budget or tell Finance that nothing more will be charged to the project. State the budget and what you actually spent. This is not the place to whine about why you are three months late or massively over budget. Don't let that happen to you.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Each of these costs must be accurately estimated and added together to determine the project’s budget. This budget will have to be submitted and approved by the client or stakeholders in order to get the funding to execute the project. Conduct a Feasibility Study A feasibility study will let you know if the project is worth initiating.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 15, 2020

From that you can calculate the return on investment (ROI), internal rate of return (IRR), net present value (NPV) and the payback period. What Is the Net Present Value of the Project Options? Project Budget. That’s where our free project budget template comes in. A thorough budget makes for a more accurate cost analysis.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 16, 2024

Work in Progress As the project moves into the execution, monitoring and controlling phase, you’ll need to keep track of the progress and performance of your team to make sure that the project is on schedule and staying within the budget. Project Budget The project budget is the total amount of the project.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

They offer easy access to information, lower training costs by streamlining onboarding and support various learning styles by presenting information in a variety of formats. Examples of project documents are the project plan, schedule and budget. There are many reasons for an organizational knowledge base.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This will inform the construction project’s budget. Once you’ve set a baseline, progress and cost variants can be tracked in real time to help you stay on schedule and within budget. But beyond monitoring the schedule, they also monitor the budget, as we’ve noted above. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 4, 2023

A well-developed budget lays a solid foundation for managing costs and ensures that projects are completed within financial constraints. Understanding the Basics of Construction Budgeting Accurate cost estimation is the cornerstone of construction budgeting.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The main role of a project manager is to deliver the project on time, within budget and meeting quality expectations. The only way to know if projects are performing as planned is to monitor them and track essential metrics, such as costs, timelines, budgets and other performance metrics.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2023

But if the construction cost goes over budget, that’s coming out of the contractor’s pocket. Construction cost management is the process of keeping projects on budget. Property owners prefer to work with general contractors who are proactive, efficient and accurate with cost estimation and keeping to their budget.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Track task status, budget and your project progress. The dashboard offers views of cost, budget, time, health, workload, progress, risk, issues and changes, plus so much more, in the project. Focus on one of the many sections of the project and generate a graph from the dashboard for a visually compelling presentation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

Decide how to present the projects. For example: Leadership (you lead the project) Teamwork (you worked on the project team) Decision-making (you provided data to help make decisions or were the person making the decisions) Communication (you gave a presentation about the project or wrote project reports or briefings).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In this article I’ll share estimating techniques for schedules and budgets: the kind of things we need to know to get projects done. We create estimates mainly for project budgets and project schedules. The answers to these questions will allow you to pull together a project timeline and a budget. Why estimate? Expert judgment.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 17, 2022

Those constraints are threefold: Cost: The financial constraints of a project, also known as the project budget. As stated above, project managers can increase or reduce the cost, time and scope of a project with trade-offs to keep it on schedule and under budget. Create a project budget based on the estimated costs of the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

10 Project Management Knowledge Areas from Elizabeth Harrin FAPM You can also download a PDF version of this presentation inside my project management resource library. Join the free resource library to receive the Knowledge Area presentation as a PDF. Let's look at each of those in a bit more detail.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They monitor work to ensure that it is being done on time and within budget. They’re usually hired by the property owner to make sure that the project is delivered as planned and budgeted. They’ll analyze cost differences to determine which are best and then write up and present the project’s budget.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 8, 2022

The key concern of a steering committee focuses on the direction, scope, budget, timeline and methods used by an organization. Approve the Project Budget. The project manager creates the budget and speaks to experts and their teams to determine the number of funds necessary to complete all tasks within the necessary timeframe.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 24, 2021

One of these formulas solves for Estimate at Completion — an important metric for monitoring a project budget. This term refers to the practice of estimating a project budget during the project’s life. Your EAC can then be compared to the originally projected budget. What is Estimate at Completion (EAC)? Estimate to Complete.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 4, 2023

Construction reporting is the creation of informational documents on everything from project events to stages and processes for monitoring and controlling the project, but also to present to stakeholders and keep them updated. Reports can be shared in a variety of formats and even printed out for stakeholder presentations. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Cost overrun This is the actual cost that exceeds the estimated cost in the budget, also known as a cost increase or budget overrun. Traditionally, dashboards were created “manually” by assembling select pie charts or data graphs in a presentation view. Learn more about how to use milestones in project scheduling.

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