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What Is a Capital Improvement Plan & How to Create One

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It’s not uncommon for organizations to have more plans than they have funds. A capital improvement plan can guide an organization when it’s trying to figure out which large projects or purchases in which they should invest. But what exactly is a capital improvement plan? What Is a Capital Improvement Plan?

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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

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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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Project Cost Management – The Essential Things to Know and Do

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Project Cost Management often puts people off. But there’s little your project sponsor, your client, or their Finance Director care about more than your budget and how closely you can stick to it. Project cost over-runs are common. The governance considerations for project cost management.

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Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

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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. Here are a few to help with the project intake process.

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

Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance. Strategic planning ensures successful outcomes. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis.

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Cost Management Basics

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Cost management is the process by which one plans and manages the budget of a business or project. In the case of a project, it helps the project manager estimate what the project will cost and set in place controls by which they can reduce the chance of the project going over budget.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Projects usually require project management practices to help them get delivered. Even if you aren’t using a formal lifecycle or specific methodology, you’ll still be planning, executing, controlling, and monitoring tasks in order to meet objectives – that’s project management. Weddings are fixed date projects.

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