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10 Free Change Management Templates for Excel and Word

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It’s a cliche to say nothing is constant but change, but cliches grow from truths. Project managers understand this and work hard to create change management plans that ensure their projects run smoothly. If you’re looking for other free project management templates, you’re in the right place.

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Project Controls: A Quick Guide

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There are many tools that can mitigate risk in a project, but it also takes skill in something called project controls. Like the name implies, project controls are about controlling the project and keeping it from exceeding budgets and deadlines. What Are Project Controls? Cost estimates. Risk management.

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Unraveling the Causes of Troubled Projects: A Closer Look

Project Risk Coach

Inadequate Planning and Estimation Insufficient planning and inaccurate estimation of resources, time, and budget are common culprits in troubled projects. When project managers fail to conduct a thorough analysis of project requirements and dependencies, they are likely to underestimate the effort required.

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Project Cost Estimating: How to Nail Your Estimates

Teamweek

The project is spiraling out of control, scope creep is closing in, and you’re losing sleep because of all the stress. Unfortunately, this scenario is all too common for project managers. . Project cost estimation can be challenging, especially when the project is complicated and has many moving parts.

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Mastering Project Estimation: Simplified Techniques for Reliable Scheduling

MPUG

The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. But that’s not what 90% or more of Project Managers need. But before we start, let’s tackle the Estimation Elephant in the Room…. We need simple techniques that get us close enough.

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10 Best Procore Alternatives of 2024 (Free + Paid)

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People looking for a Procore alternative want construction project management software that can do this without having to involve a third-party app. Subpar bidding tool: Users find Procore’s bidding and estimating functionality problematic, which has been brought to the attention of the software. Capterra review: 4.3

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Top 10 Reasons for Project Failure

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But the idea is that when we do set that situation up, without estimating things appropriately and taking that into account, we get into trouble which can lead to project failure. Scope Creep Number ten, uncontrolled project scope , that’s where things changed due to changing priorities or things changing, where the scope gets out of control.

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