Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2023

Are you ready to dive into my Google Project Management: Professional Certificate review? I’ve done a lot of project management training in my 20+ years as a project manager, and those courses helped me understand the skills, tools and techniques required to succeed leading projects.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 29, 2024

Manufacturers are no different, except in the areas in which they seek to standardize and streamline their production processes. Then we’ll explore shop floor management, what a shop floor manager does and best practices to achieve the benefits of effective shop floor management. What Is Shop Floor Management?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

Then we’ll explore scenario planning in business and project management before explaining the steps that must be taken to use this process. By using regular and consistent scenario planning, organizations can better allocate resources successfully, mitigate risk and decrease production costs. What Is Scenario Planning?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Gantt charts are the most commonly used tool to create and manage project timelines, but there are other methods and tools you can use like Excel. Before learning how to make a project timeline in Excel, let’s review the final product to better understand how this tool can help you. We encourage you to download our free file below!

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 1, 2024

Warehouse management ensures that stock matches customer demand. To understand effective warehouse operations, you must first be clear on the warehouse operations process and how it plays into the larger warehouse operations management. ProjectManager’s kanban boards help manage warehouse operations.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 4, 2024

Choosing the best kanban software for your team might be overwhelming, especially if you’re not sure of what features to look for. That’s why we’ve reviewed Trello’s kanban board and identified its key features, pros and cons to help you better understand how it compares to other kanban software. Does Trello Have a Kanban Board?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Gantt charts have been a fundamental project management tool for over a century, and it’s easy to understand why. The only difference from a Gantt chart used in any other industry is that it manages construction tasks. ProjectManager’s construction Gantt charts help you plan, manage and track projects in real time.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 11, 2023

Once the production line is in action, managers need to keep a close eye on what’s happening to ensure they’re meeting the production schedule and delivering goods on time to retailers. Production control is the way that managers keep track of the work being done in the manufacturing facility. What Is Production Control?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Project management software does more than a static Excel or Word template, but using these free 12 project planning templates for Excel and Word is a decent substitute. Download one or all and get your next project started right.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When working in information technology (IT), an incident can shut down a network or server and stop work, which is why IT incident management is so important. Before we go into the process of IT incident management, let’s first understand what the term IT incident means and how IT incident management is defined.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 28, 2024

Buildertrend is construction project management software used by residential builders, from custom builders to specialty contractors and remodelers. This cloud-based solution helps to manage projects, reduce errors and increase customer satisfaction. Users have found this process laborious.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2024

Tableau is an analytics platform that allows organizations to visualize their data on powerful yet user-friendly data analysis charts and diagrams powered by machine learning, natural language processing and predictive analytics. While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2024

To further illustrate kanban in manufacturing, we’ll show a visual example of it at work and outline the key advantages of using this scheduling system as well as how project management software can advance its benefits. Kanban is a visual method for managing workflow and production. What Is Kanban?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Many project management tools can help you plan, manage and track your projects. We’ll even do a side-by-side comparison of Gantt vs. kanban and throw in a couple of free templates so you can kick the tires of both and see if they’re a good fit for managing your project. What Is a Gantt Chart?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 14, 2024

RAG status begins with understanding the acronym and how RAG status is used in project management. What Is RAG Status in Project Management? By color-coding the project data, the progress and performance of the project or portfolio are more intuitive and delivered with greater efficiency. Learn more What Is RAG Status Tolerance?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2024

Manufacturing is an ongoing process. Maintenance planning is a process to determine which assets or facilities need to be kept up, where this needs to happen and with what frequency. Maintenance planning is a proactive step towards anticipating risk and keeping everything working at its best. What Is Maintenance Planning?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2024

Payment is determined in the contract process, which includes the contractor payment schedule. This sets clear payment terms for the contractor and reduces the risk of them receiving late payments or even no payment at all. Payment: Detail the payment due to all parties involved and the due date for those payments.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 4, 2023

They can be internal, such as project managers, teams, owners or investors, or external, such as clients, customers or suppliers. There can be a lot of stakeholders in any project and managing them requires stakeholder management templates. Here are some free stakeholder management templates. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Because of that, as a project manager, you should be familiar with tools to create your project documents. While it won’t help you with all the documents, charts or diagrams that you need to manage a project, it can help you create some of them. Microsoft Word is one of those tools. For example, you can create a Gantt chart in Word.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2021

We were due to go live with our pilot software launch but things didn’t feel right. The easier part is always implementing that decision – after all, isn’t that what project managers do? As a project manager, you will be used to making multiple decisions on a daily basis. My project sponsor was on holiday in Canada.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 26, 2024

I've closed out lots of projects in my 20+ years career as a project manager. Others have been a breeze to close down because I've learned from the experience and set up a decent handover process! The project closure process isn't difficult, but it does make a big difference to how you feel about the work, so it's worth doing right.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 28, 2024

Notion is work management software that helps teams from across industries such as product development, engineering or marketing to facilitate team communication, manage tasks and create simple project timelines. While Notion has project management features, is there a Notion Gantt chart? Does Notion Have a Gantt Chart?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 16, 2023

Let’s go into why to use a Gantt chart in Excel, how to make one and where to download a free Gantt chart template in Excel. A Gantt chart is an essential tool in project management, especially for projects that use traditional methodologies, such as waterfall. Here’s a quick overview of what this process looks like.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

What is a Risk Register? A risk register is a tool in risk management and project management. It is used to identify potential risks in a project or an organization, sometimes to fulfill regulatory compliance but mostly to stay on top of potential issues that can derail intended outcomes.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself!

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Developing software, like any project, is complicated and littered with roadblocks. A bug is a problem with a feature or the functionality of the software, which needs to be fixed before it can be shipped to customers. A bug relies on a bug report to get that process started. ProjectManager’s kanban boards manage bug reporting.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

There’s a lot riding on what project your organization moves forward with, especially if you’re managing a program or portfolio. Thankfully, there’s project prioritization to help guide your decision-making process. Project prioritization is a process that allows an organization to figure out which potential projects are worth doing.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Managing information costs and managing information security for those costs are part of making an IT budget. Some of the items that are included in an IT budget are hardware, software, personnel, outsourcing, disaster recovery and any occupancy costs associated with the support of the IT in the organization.

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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? It’s also money.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2022

ProjectManager has dozens of free templates to download. A production schedule template is an essential part of your supply chain management. It helps you manage your resources effectively and even supports the sales team as they know when products will be delivered and available for sale. Gantt Chart Template.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 3, 2024

Managing more than one project at a time creates a lot of problems. 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.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. This is done by using a project management maturity model. What Is Project Management Maturity?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In project management, overlooking recurring tasks can quickly send a project off-track or a team member could miss an important update. Having recurring tasks as part of project management software is essential. Using recurring tasks helps streamline processes. If you don’t believe that, let’s convince you.

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Function Point

APRIL 12, 2023

But a lack of emphasis on the agency project management process can seriously derail your creative team’s best efforts. This is where a Project Management Checklist can help keep you on track. Even the most organized project managers need to take time to regularly reevaluate processes for efficiencies.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

You could use the free terms of reference template (it’s a Word.docx that you can download from the template library ) to define almost anything: the remit of your school parent teacher association, the terms for a client project. Register for Resource Library access to download this template. It can be as formal as you like.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Plan for project risks with this risk register template for Excel. Define risk priority and the potential impact for each. Risk is going to happen, but with this free risk tracking template handy, you can prepare for it and have a response already thought out and in place. Every project has risk.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2023

Project managers understand this and work hard to create change management plans that ensure their projects run smoothly. Project management software helps, too, but if you’re not ready to upgrade, we have some free change management templates that can help you manage change.

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