Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It covers all the (approved) expenses required to deliver the project. Developing some new software? You’ll need hardware to run it on and software licenses. Capex/Opex Costs Another way to categorize expenditure is into capital and operating expenses (often shortened to capex and opex). What is a project budget?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Microsoft Project Gantt chart is typically seen as the centerpiece of that project management software. Let’s look at Microsoft Project’s Gantt chart and see what is worthwhile and what is lacking in the essential project management tool. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts are easier to use and less expensive than MS Project.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Google Sheets helps with collaboration but it isn’t a true project management software. Solely relying on templates puts your project at risk, and companies often need additional tools to help estimate costs and manage resources effectively. Then you can use ProjectManager to track work and monitor costs as they occur.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 18, 2024

If you’re looking to manage a project and facilitate better collaboration with your teams, chances are you’ve heard of and are thinking of trying Microsoft Project and Microsoft Planner. MS Project integrates with MS products such as Office and has financial management tools and Gantt charts. May the best app win.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Plus, we’ll explore how software can help. Project management software helps manufacturers track production costs. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that tracks manufacturing costs in real time. Unlike lightweight software solutions, our real-time dashboard requires no lengthy setup.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 11, 2023

Finally, we’ll show you how to manage a business budget to keep your business viable. A business budget is a company’s spending plan based on its income and expenses. ProjectManager is project management software that helps businesses create a workable budget and track that budget against their financial plan in real time.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 26, 2024

Asana is a popular work management software that helps teams collaborate on tasks and projects. Microsoft Project is a popular project management software that has the tools that project managers need to manage teams and projects. For one, MS Project is notoriously difficult to use and expensive.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2024

Project management software can help organizations keep to their maintenance schedule. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with multiple project views that help keep maintenance schedules on track. It also keeps machines working longer, as replacement is expensive.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 8, 2023

Project portfolio management software differs from project management software in that the former has to oversee many projects while the latter only involves one project. That’s going to require specific project portfolio management tools that can manage all those projects at once.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2022

Whether you’re a numbers person or not, as a project manager, ownership of a budget is usually a key part of your job responsibilities. Creating and managing a project budget can be a daunting task, but it can be easy if you use the right project budgeting software. Why Should You Use Project Budgeting Software?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

Projects are expensive. The goal is to clearly understand the profit or loss related to each project by looking at the cost of each piece of the project, which allows managers to track the profitability of each. Project management software can help you plan, schedule and track your project costs.

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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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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When speaking of a capital project, one is referring to something big and expensive that’ll involve a great deal of planning and resources to complete. Because a capital project must be carefully managed, governments and corporations alike will use project management software to control the use of its resources and manage time.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

ClickUp and Monday are two of the more visible project management software products on the market. But is that because they’re good at marketing or a good project management tool? But are either of these true project management tools? In the bout of ClickUp vs. Monday, the project management winner is an outsider.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Whether you’re managing a project in construction or manufacturing, keeping costs down is paramount. This is why in project management and business in general cost control is so important. Learn how cost control can help you better manage construction or manufacturing projects. The lower your costs, the higher your profits.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 4, 2024

Bottom-up budgeting is, as its name suggests, budgeting that starts from the departments in an organization and then moves up to senior management. Therefore, the company allows each of its departments to set its budgets, including a list of expenses and cost projections, which are then submitted to senior management for review.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 12, 2023

ProjectManager’s API gives customers the tools to develop, implement and manage their own bespoke integrations between two systems. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that helps you plan, manage and track your projects in real time. Do you have more questions?

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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

JULY 12, 2023

There are many project management software products available on the market. Does Oracle Primavera Cloud have the features and price point you’re looking for, does it address the work you need to do and are there Oracle Primavera Cloud alternatives that do the job better and less expensively? What Is Oracle Primavera Cloud?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2023

There’s one thing that all businesses have in common with project management: money. By understanding the budgeting process for business and project management , it’s easier to understand how to make a budget for your company or project. A budget is an estimate of the revenue and expenses that occur over a period of time.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Being able to manage and track expenses is what keeps the project within a budget. You have to manage all three, giving and taking from one to the other. The following tutorial video addresses costs, specifically project expenses. The following tutorial video addresses costs, specifically project expenses.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2024

They’re also expensive. Incorporating the construction payment schedule with the execution of the project can be seamlessly achieved with project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with robust Gantt charts that plan, manage and track schedules in real time.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 3, 2021

Brainstorming A senior leader asked Jane to manage a project to implement a new insurance policy administration system. Jane asked the five participants to come prepared to brainstorm the project expenses. During the workshop, Betty started with the software expenses and asked the participants to write down software expenses.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Finally, we’ll offer links to a few free construction project management templates to help manage industrial construction projects. Being able to manage all these elements, including scheduling and the costs involved in industrial construction requires project management software. What Is Industrial Construction?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2022

Let’s start with the definition and explore how to improve operational efficiency in addition to ways that using project management software can help manufacturers. To achieve these goals, companies look at resource utilization, production, inventory management and distribution. What Is Operational Efficiency?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

Just as a doctor takes a person’s temperature or blood pressure, project managers need to check on their project’s health. Project management software acts as the thermometer for the project. ProjectManager is cloud-based project management software that collects real-time data to help monitor the actual health of a project.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Before we get into the management of a residential construction project, we’ll explore the meaning of residential construction and examples of the two major types of residential construction. One thing is for certain, to manage all these stages requires project management software.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 22, 2022

Project accounting, as with general accounting, is a method by which project managers can manage project finances. Project accounting is not the same as balancing your checkbook or even seeking the service of a certified public accountant as it’s unique to project management. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 28, 2021

In order to understand cost control, you must first understand why it is used: monitoring expenses and identifying risks in order to increase profits. Not to be confused with cost management, cost control has its own set of objectives that can save businesses money. What Is Expense Control? Direct Expenses .

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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

AUGUST 26, 2021

Money sets the gears of construction management in motion. A construction budget is an estimate of the money required to take a construction project from initiation to closure, including all associated costs and expenses that are accrued during the building process. Tracking those costs is a way project management software can help.

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Project Risk Coach

APRIL 26, 2021

Think about it for a minute – what have you done in the last six months to improve your cost management? Let's look at some practical ways to actually improve your cost management. Consider John, a savvy project manager, who was asked to manage a project aimed at replacing a dated network system. We zigzag, don't we?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 22, 2021

As projects grow in complexity and workforces expand globally, the need for online project management tools is no luxury. While MS Project has become an industry-standard in project management, it comes with problems. Microsoft Project can do much of what you need when managing a project but it’s not a perfect tool.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Then we’ll explain what a project metrics dashboard is and why it’s one of the essential project management software features. Project managers use project metrics to compare their actual effort against their plan so they know if they’re on schedule and keeping to their budget. What Are Project Metrics?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 28, 2021

A cost-plus contract is an agreement between an owner and a contractor, in which the contractor covers the expenses of the project and is reimbursed by the owner upon its conclusion. Execute your cost-plus contracts with powerful construction scheduling software. When this is the case, you might want to consider a cost-plus contract.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Asana vs. Monday is a matchup made for project management professionals. Asana vs. Monday are both similar project management tools. They have features, such as project tracking, workflow automation and other standard project management software features. Which one to choose? You can’t have both, so you want what’s best.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We’ve learned a lot over the past year about social distancing, hand washing, and, if you want to keep productivity chugging along, you need project management software. Task Management Focused: Tools that target your work, organizing it and monitoring your progress to keep you on schedule. ProjectManager.

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