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Tracking Budget Variance in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

MAY 9, 2024

Therefore, project managers are always tracking budget variance to deliver projects without breaking the bank. We’ll define project variance below as well as what a budget variance analysis is. Before defining budget variance, let’s look at the meaning of variance. What Is Budget Variance?

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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? Let’s Begin!

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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Every project is different. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy.

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Everything You Need to Know About Project Cost Management in 2022

nTask

MARCH 30, 2022

This is why, for the long-lasting success of your company, you need to understand what project cost management or cost control in project management is and how it can be helpful to you while you are working for your organization to stay on course. What is Project Cost Management? So, let’s begin.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance. Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact.

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What is project scope? (Plus 7 steps to help you define project scope)

Resource Guru

JANUARY 17, 2023

We might think that “oh, I don’t need a project scope, I’ve done thousands of projects like this!”. As project managers, defining and planning projects is what we do. That means everything starts with creating a project scope. Project scope definition What is a project scope statement?

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How to Make a Contractor Payment Schedule in Construction (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2024

Therefore, a construction payment schedule shows how they receive compensation for their work over the project’s life cycle. This contractor payment schedule is defined in the construction contract and sets pay over regular intervals across the project schedule. Or it could be whatever is defined as a milestone.

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Importance of Scenario Planning and Analysis in Business

ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

It does this by defining the possible outcomes with a probability assigned to each that reflects the degree to which it’s likely to happen. Through in-depth analysis, businesses can define their decisions and actions for a variety of outcomes, which allows them to quickly make informed choices.

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Cost Performance Index (CPI) In Project Management

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Projects cost money. But what’s harder to discern is if the project is worth the investment. The last thing stakeholders want is to discover the project isn’t financially effective. That’s where the cost performance index comes in. We’ll discuss what the cost performance index does and how it does it below.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Our free project plan template for Word helps you organize all the various project management documentation needed to prepare your project for success. You get to address the planning basics, such as defining your project scope, identifying milestones and breaking the project down into manageable phases and tasks.

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Project Cost Estimation: Overview of the Process, Main Challenges, and Recommendations

Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Estimation of project cost is one of the core practices of the project initiation stage, which becomes the basis for the approved project budget. At the same time, the forecasted cost should not be too overestimated or underestimated. What helps make cost estimation simple and efficient?

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Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

PMOs can use project management software to review and decide on whether to accept, reject or defer the request. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that estimates project costs and creates budgets to show the viability of the request.

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Notion Kanban Board: Key Features, Pros, Cons & Alternatives

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 30, 2024

ProjectManager Has a Better Kanban Board Than Notion ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that offers advanced planning, scheduling, tracking and reporting features to help you manage projects across industries. Track Project Costs ProjectManager’s kanban boards do more than track the completion of tasks.

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Project Financial Management: Managing Project Financials

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

It’s more than just keeping up with costs. But what exactly is financial project management? We’ll get to that and define the various project financials before getting into the process of managing a project’s finances. Dashboards have easy-to-read graphs and charts that track five other project metrics, too.

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How to Start a Project in 10 Steps

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

This vision must be clear and shared across the project team. Define Your Project Goals and Objectives Now that you have a general idea of why the project exists, you have to get a bit deeper and define its goals and objectives. That is, what does the organization want to achieve with this project?

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Announcing Our Newly Redesigned API, Now Available on All Editions

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 12, 2023

With ProjectManager’s API, customers can choose which system they want to integrate, define their own use cases and provide feedback via discussion boards on our dev center.

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RFI in Construction: A Quick Guide for Contractors

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2024

Let’s define a few in comparison to an RFI in construction. Request for Information (RFI) vs. Request for Proposal (RFP) A request for proposal is asking for in-depth project information. These are mostly used by the client who is requesting a detailed understanding of the requirements to finish the project.

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Project Budget Template for Google Sheets

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This Google Sheets project budget template can be accessed anytime by project managers and team members by just clicking on a link. You can manage the permissions of your team members to define who can review the project budget on a view-only mode and who can make changes to it.

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Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM): Understanding ROM Estimates

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

No one needs to tell you that projects cost money. But how much they’ll cost is an open question. The closer you can come to an accurate forecast of project costs, the more likely you’ll deliver a successful project. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs.

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Resource Requirements in Project Management: A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2024

Once one understands what resource requirements are in project management, next there is estimating what those resources will be and managing them. To help with this process, we’ll define resource requirements and link to a free resource plan template. What Are Resource Requirements in Project Management?

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Have You Left Anything Out of Your Project Management Plan?

Project Risk Coach

APRIL 5, 2021

Have you left anything out of your project management plan? Check out this checklist to help you identify the baselines and plans that will be most helpful to each of your projects. As I define a project management plan, I strive for clarity, brevity, and simplicity. Define your project plan accordingly.

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What is ROM and how to calculate it (with example)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. 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. Break the project work into chunks.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

In other words, you can look at an organization with strong project management maturity as one that’s managing the planning, execution and compilation of its projects well. Rather, it’s a team effort guided by standardized processes, well-defined roles and responsibilities and collaboration.

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Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Estimate and How to Calculate It (with example)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2021

A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. 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. Break the project work into chunks.

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What Is Kanban? Meaning, Definitions & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

MAY 1, 2024

ProjectManager is an award-winning project management software that offers kanban boards with robust features for managing tasks and workflows in any industry. Assign tasks to your team members, track their progress and monitor project costs in real time. Get started with ProjectManager for free today.

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Project Monitoring and Control: Tools & Steps

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2023

Related: 12 Best Project Scheduling Templates for Excel Project Monitoring Steps Once the project manager has scheduled tasks and created a project plan that the project sponsors approve, it’s time to move on to the project execution phase. A project schedule baseline is another necessary project control.

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Organizational Process Assets: Definitions, Examples & Templates

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

These organizational process assets are critical to a project’s success and its operations. To make sure you understand what organizational process assets are, first, we’ll define the terms and explain their importance. Let’s define each of these types. Then we’ll get into some examples to fully illustrate their meaning.

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Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 21, 2019

Cost estimation is the process that takes those factors into account, and calculates a budget that meets the financial commitment necessary for a successful project. Project cost estimation applies to everything from building a bridge to developing that new killer app. An Overview of Cost Estimation.

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The Construction Resource Management Process Explained

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

There are so many different subcontractors and all have to work together to deliver the project on time and within budget. There are many different types of construction resources beyond labor and we’ll define them as well as the process for construction resource management. What Is Construction Resource Management?

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

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 7, 2023

Work Breakdown Structure We’ve already touched on the difference between a cost breakdown structure and a work breakdown structure , but it’s an important distinction that requires more detail. Clearly, the cost breakdown structure represents the costs of all the parts of the work breakdown structure.

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What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 20, 2024

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. In a preconstruction meeting, project exceptions are defined, roles are clarified and risk mitigation strategies are discussed.

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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

But in practice, to me that looks like a lot of project documentation, and not a lot of actual doing, so let’s talk about 12 simple ways that you can manage project quality , without it being loads of work or a drama to get right. You’ll also need to know how you are going to assure project quality. The options are: Once (i.e.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Scrum is a project management framework with well-defined roles, guidelines and procedures that ensure this methodology is implemented consistently. Scrum is often used by smaller teams in what they call sprints , made up of tasks of a shorter duration, to make the project more flexible and adaptable to change.

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What Is Job Costing? When to Use a Costing Sheet (Example Included)

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

Job costing is a type of accounting method that helps identify project costs and track them to keep to your budget. It tracks all costs and revenue associated with a particular project and is commonly used in construction projects, but it can also be found in manufacturing, engineering, retail, logistics, healthcare and more.

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Project Management Basics: Definitions, Methods and Tools

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

You need money to pay for the resources to meet the demands of the project within the time allotted. A project budget outlines these expenditures. Now that we’ve determined what a project is, we can define project management as a discipline. What Is Project Management? What Does a Project Manager Do?

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General Conditions in Construction: Definitions & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

MAY 30, 2023

If you’re a general contractor working in construction project management, you’ll need to know about general conditions. To understand what general conditions are, we’ll define the term as it relates to construction and why the term is important. The general conditions in this place are specific to the project.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

While kanban systems were once analog, they have since moved into the digital space and are often found in project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that has powerful kanban features that can estimate project costs and track resource allocation.

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Cost Management Basics

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 4, 2019

At the close of the project, the actual costs that have been collected and documented are then compared to the estimated costs determined at the beginning of the project. This actual versus planned comparison is valuable data for predicting future project costs. What Is the Process of Managing Project Costs?

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How to Create a Project Initiation Document (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

JULY 26, 2023

Before you can start a project — even before you can plan it — you first need to define the project in detail. This allows the project manager to get buy-in from the project’s key stakeholders and ensure all the research has been done to move into the planning phase without any hiccups.

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A Quick Guide to Project Charters: Definition, Steps & Key Elements

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A project charter is the statement of scope , objectives and people who are participating in a project. It begins the process of defining the roles and responsibilities of those participants and outlines the objectives and goals of the project. Key Elements of a Project Charter. What is the essence of the project?

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Construction Cost Management: Managing Construction Costs

ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2023

It’s a hierarchical chart where each line or row is a specific cost type, item, work or organizing activity. The CBS works at the task level to create a bottom-up analysis of project costs. It’s helpful to look back at historical data for similar projects and seek the guidance of experts for their judgment.

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The Triple Constraint in Project Management: Time, Scope & Cost

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 17, 2022

Create a project budget based on the estimated costs of the project. Use the project budget as a cost baseline, which is employed to control costs during project execution. Control all project costs to keep spending under the project budget. Related: Free Project Budget Template.

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How to Make a Cost Management Plan

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Ultimately, your cost management plan will help you to both plan for the project cost, and manage your project cost throughout the course of the project’s life cycle. Cost Management Plan Terms and Formulas, Defined. Let’s define them. Anything above or below that is deemed unacceptable.

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Best Cost Control Techniques

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The lower your costs, the higher your profits. This is why in project management and business in general cost control is so important. To understand cost control, let’s first define it and then we’ll show the steps you can take to implement cost control. It’s as simple as that. Seek it out.

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How to Make a Contractor Payment Schedule in Construction (Template Included)

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Cost Performance Index (CPI) In Project Management

12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

Project Cost Estimation: Overview of the Process, Main Challenges, and Recommendations

Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

Notion Kanban Board: Key Features, Pros, Cons & Alternatives

Project Financial Management: Managing Project Financials

How to Start a Project in 10 Steps

Announcing Our Newly Redesigned API, Now Available on All Editions

RFI in Construction: A Quick Guide for Contractors

Project Budget Template for Google Sheets

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM): Understanding ROM Estimates

Resource Requirements in Project Management: A Quick Guide

Have You Left Anything Out of Your Project Management Plan?

What is ROM and how to calculate it (with example)

Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Estimate and How to Calculate It (with example)

What Is Kanban? Meaning, Definitions & Best Practices

Project Monitoring and Control: Tools & Steps

Organizational Process Assets: Definitions, Examples & Templates

Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately

The Construction Resource Management Process Explained

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

What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

What Is Job Costing? When to Use a Costing Sheet (Example Included)

Project Management Basics: Definitions, Methods and Tools

General Conditions in Construction: Definitions & Best Practices

Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

Cost Management Basics

How to Create a Project Initiation Document (Template Included)

A Quick Guide to Project Charters: Definition, Steps & Key Elements

Construction Cost Management: Managing Construction Costs

The Triple Constraint in Project Management: Time, Scope & Cost

How to Make a Cost Management Plan

Best Cost Control Techniques

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