MPUG

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It may just be me, but every time I present in front of a group (even virtually), I have a hard time sleeping the night before. Extrovert qualities often include social, outgoing personalities, who seem to possess natural presentation skills with any audience. Here are some tips I implement to ease my presentation anxiety.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Estimating in for many teams a pain. As we want our teams to be able to make swift decisions, they themselves need to have some way of having insight in their past performance, even if not all team mates are present. Endless discussion if a Product Backlog Item is now 5 or 21 Story Points. Now the conversation itself is important.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 29, 2024

This is key to doing a presentation to management. The contents of a budget proposal are: A solid project schedule (normally a Gantt chart) Estimated costs per work package/person that summarize into overall labor costs Other resource costs for subcontractors and expenses Any other costs you need to deliver the proposed work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

What is a ROM estimate? 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.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Top-down estimating is a form of estimation where existing knowledge of similar projects is used in the estimation process to produce a ballpark figure for the total cost. Like other methods to estimate a new project’s cost , top-down estimation has advantages and disadvantages. What is top-down estimating?

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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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Teamweek

AUGUST 1, 2022

Project cost estimation can be challenging, especially when the project is complicated and has many moving parts. In this guide, you’ll learn: What a project cost estimate is Why most project cost estimates are terrible How to create an accurate project estimate What to do after creating your project cost estimate.

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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. There will be many people present, most of whom haven’t met one another, such as subcontractors just brought on to do specific jobs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The four types of project management methods are: Data gathering and analysis methods Estimating methods Meetings and events Other (because it’s always worth having a bucket category for anything else, right?). Estimating methods. Here are four estimating methods. Analogous estimating. This is my go-to estimating method.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2022

For example, imagine reviewing estimates from the project team. As you enter their estimated effort for tasks, the software prompts you: Claire’s estimates were 20% under on her last five projects. Would you like to add 20% to this estimate? Big data and artificial intelligence features should be making it easier.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

“ I’ve done this a million times–let’s skip estimating just this once.”. You rush through the beginning estimates only to miss deadlines, blow budgets, and draw raised eyebrows from clients. In this guide we’ll cover: What are project estimation techniques? What are project estimation techniques? Cost estimations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 25, 2022

Delineate the topics or issues to address in your notebook or/and the presentation. It’s important to think about what could impact the meeting or your presentation and be ready to go in a different direction if necessary. Check for the presentation twice (share it with someone else to see if it’s clear and easy to follow).

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 22, 2024

Your wife wanted you to be (more) present This might sound like a lot of work, but you don’t need to be overwhelmed. Advanced Kanban Board Features ProjectManager’s online kanban boards help you track many details about your activities such as due dates, priority, percentage of completion, estimated duration, and estimated costs.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Despite our best intentions, human beings are terrible at estimating how long a project or task will take to complete. But as a project manager, it’s your job to properly estimate a project’s time and cost so that your team knows what they’re working towards (and you know when you’re going off the rails!). Poor estimating.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

However, PowerPoint isn’t project management software and therefore PowerPoint Gantt charts serve only one purpose, which is to provide a visual representation of your project for a presentation. Select “Blank” Layout Let’s get started by opening PowerPoint and creating a blank presentation. To do so, follow these steps: a.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Estimate Your Project Duration The project duration is the total amount of time needed to complete the project. Estimate Your Project Costs Project costs refer to the financial investment for delivering the project. Each of these costs must be accurately estimated and added together to determine the project’s budget.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Construction Estimator As the name implies, a construction estimator is the professional responsible for forecasting the cost of a construction project. They do their best to accurately estimate the cost of every aspect of the construction project, but they can also be used to focus on the cost of only one part of the project.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2023

It begins with the planning and design and goes hand-in-hand with estimating and even on-site specialty contractors, change orders and the finished product. 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

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. It’s presented to the project sponsor in a neat, organized and easy-to-digest fashion. Then you could estimate the labor, materials and other costs , such as travel, equipment, food and more.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Infused with a time-phased, metrics-driven engine that delivers visibility to assignments, deliverables, work and cost estimates, and the ability to do enterprise wide resource capacity and forecasting/strategic planning, there is no question that Agile is a game changer to large and small organizations alike.

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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. Therefore, a proper cost estimation is about finding a fine line in this complex process. What helps make cost estimation simple and efficient? How to estimate project cost .

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Wrike

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Accurate construction cost estimates are crucial for successful project planning and execution. Understanding the Basics of Construction Budgeting Accurate cost estimation is the cornerstone of construction budgeting. Moreover, accurate cost estimates play a crucial role in financial planning and control.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 30, 2023

We’ll go further, explaining how to estimate general condition costs and how general conditions compare to construction specifications and general requirements. The general conditions estimate the cost of the infrastructure. When trying to accurately estimate general condition costs, you’ll first want to look at historical data.

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 11, 2022

And this can be particularly difficult when estimating the cost and the timeline of complex, volatile projects. Estimating just one value/date for a complex, risky project is not a good idea and can lead to significant issues. Project managers may use it to simulate project tasks and estimate the risks associated with various outcomes.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Step 2: Populate the template Then, populate your numbers with your cost estimates. Accurate estimates give you an accurate budget. Check that tax is included in your detailed estimates. This is the number that you need to present to your sponsor, along with any notes and assumptions. Then total the whole budget up again.

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iZenBridge

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As a Project Manager, doing project ESTIMATION is a key responsibility but how often are we able to deliver the project under budgeted cost and time? What will help in this scenario would be the right understanding of estimation tools and techniques. To start with, let’s understand Analogous Estimation, what exactly does it mean?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The process of capital budgeting helps managers create a budget for the project’s costs, estimate a timeline for the project’s return on investment and decide if the potential value of that project is worth the capital investment. This is done by dividing the net present value of all cash inflows by the net present value of all the outflows.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 11, 2022

This process can be broken down into five phases: information, creative, evaluation, development and presentation. The team should present their ideas and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each. It’s likely that you’ll need to sketch out these possibilities, create cost estimates and use other technical analyses.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Baseline A baseline is an estimate of the project’s scope, schedule and costs that is created during the planning stage. Cost overrun This is the actual cost that exceeds the estimated cost in the budget, also known as a cost increase or budget overrun. The data however, was often outdated by the time of the presentation.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Site Engineer Responsibilities Inspect facilities and analyze operational data Maintain compliance with safety and regulatory requirements Compile estimates for technical and material requirements for project development Determine and present estimates of operating costs Evaluate operations and processes Suggest process and technical design changes (..)

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 11, 2023

One of the main objectives of a business budget is to identify the business’ available funds and estimate how much will be spent over a period of time. Estimate Your Revenue First, review your revenue, look at all your revenue sources and determine how much money you make monthly.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the dynamic business environment, companies need accurate estimations for timely decision-making and futureproofing workforce availability against market volatilities. It is a step-by-step process that project managers can implement to estimate and allocate resources effectively.

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MPUG

APRIL 29, 2020

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Oliver Gildersleeve’s Analogous and Parametric Estimating Schedule Template webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. This webinar is an update of Oliver’s MPUG presentation and schedule template provided on October 2013. Kyle: More on Oliver.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Present a Business Case. Include the estimated costs for the tasks you’ve defined, but be aware that new project requirements and tasks will require adjustment of this budget. This is how you’ll know what you need before you need it, and you’ll be able to estimate your budget more accurately.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The framing effect is a cognitive bias that can lead us to make different decisions based on how information is presented to us. Framing occurs when people identify the key issues in a situation and then present them in a way that will influence the decision that is made. The way you present a statement shapes how people respond to it.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 17, 2022

ProjectManager features a real-time dashboard that presents all the critical project data that impacts the triple constraint. This is what project managers do to control costs: Estimate the costs for all the tasks in the project scope. 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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