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APRIL 23, 2024

This is called operational project management. To better understand operational project management requires defining what an operational project is, how it differs from strategic projects and what operational project management is. All project views update simultaneously, so everyone is always working on the same page.

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APRIL 18, 2024

When managing teams, it’s essential to create timelines to track their progress as they execute their tasks. Project management software is the most efficient way to create timelines to plan, assign and track their tasks. More powerful than Google Sheets is project management software. They’re stored online.

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APRIL 14, 2024

As project managers, most of us know how important it is to make sure that what we deliver is actually useful and used by the people we deliver it for. That’s where change management comes in. It’s more a collection of best practices, real-world advice and tried-and-tested strategies for speedy and stress-free change management.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Download one or all and get your next project started right. Download one or all and get your next project started right.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Gantt charts have been a fundamental project management tool for over a century, and it’s easy to understand why. We’ll show you how to make a Gantt chart in ProjectManager and why construction Gantt charts help deliver projects on time and within budget. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Many project management tools can help you plan, manage and track your projects. Let’s take a look at kanban vs. Gantt charts to explain what each is, with an example showing how they work, and their pros and cons. Gantt charts to explain what each is, with an example showing how they work, and their pros and cons.

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MARCH 12, 2024

Resource requirements need to be identified and allocated for those steps to be executed. Think of resource requirements as the fuel that drives all project activities. Once one understands what resource requirements are in project management, next there is estimating what those resources will be and managing them.

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APRIL 4, 2024

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. Yes, Trello is software by Atlassian that offers five project management tools: kanban boards, project timelines, calendars, dashboards and tables.

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APRIL 5, 2024

It keeps equipment in optimal working condition, which leads to more efficiency and quality and keeps work on time and within budget. Learn how to create a maintenance schedule and download a free maintenance schedule template to get started. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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MARCH 14, 2024

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. What Is Project Strategy?

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Asana is a likely matchup for anyone looking for the right project management software. They’re both well-known and popular project management tools. Asana, on the other hand, is a simple-to-use work management tool. The Gantt chart organizes tasks and shows your project on a visual timeline, but that’s only the start.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

Managing resources effectively is one way to deliver your projects on time and within budget. But what do you do when you don’t have enough resources and the deadline is quickly beating down on you? Project managers use a technique called resource smoothing. What is resource smoothing? Learn more.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

Managing a program or portfolio of projects involves many things, but utmost importance should be given to resource management, especially organizational resources. Resource planning, resource allocation and resource utilization are all under the umbrella term of organizational resources.

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APRIL 2, 2024

Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. However, a Jira kanban board can also be used for managing simple workflows, tracking project progress and improving team collaboration by organizations in other industries. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Then, subcontractors build it and vendors are responsible for the resources. Whether you’re looking to hire a construction superintendent or want to land that job yourself, you’re going to have to consider what you need or how to frame a resume to show you’re the one for the position. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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APRIL 25, 2024

The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development. What Is Kanban? Kanban as a name came later.

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MARCH 21, 2024

Making sure resources are in working order keeps production moving forward and helps you stay productive. We’ll explain and show how it differs from maintenance scheduling. This requires identifying the resources needed for maintenance. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Ordering a product and getting it delivered has become commonplace. While order processing seems to work fast and without issue, a lot is going on in the background to ensure the seamless management of placement, picking, sorting, packing and shipping. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is the start of strategic planning. Once the vision is defined, then the practical work begins, and strategic planning templates can facilitate that work. Using premade strategic planning templates is also helpful because there’s no busy work involved. Why Should You Use Strategic Planning Templates?

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APRIL 10, 2024

But the only reason it feels effortless is because of order management. We’ll explain what order management is and explore how an order management process is conducted. There are, of course, people behind the order management process. What Is Order Management? Customer satisfaction is also an objective.

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MARCH 29, 2024

I’ll show you how. We start with the 5 easy steps to plan and write your budget proposal. Then I’ll show you a worked example (from a fictional proposal but you will be able to see how to apply this to your project). So, how do you convince an evaluator that your idea will work?

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

It can be used to communicate what’s needed in the project, the costs associated with the activities and the management of payments. But what is a schedule of values and why is it such an essential construction project management document? Then we’ll link to a free schedule of values template to help you get started.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Construction sites are busy with subcontractors and other crews working on various smaller projects that will lead to the final build. One of the tasks of the general contractor is to track those work hours to manage labor costs and keep everyone paid. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 31, 2024

The most commonly used planning constraint method in project management was historically the “triple constraint” – time, cost and scope – sometimes known as the project management triangle or the “iron triangle” because it’s often shown as a triangle with the constraints at each vertex. What is the Triple Constraint?

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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. We’re getting ahead of ourselves.

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APRIL 9, 2024

A kanban board is a project management tool that manages workflows and processes using two key elements: kanban cards, which represent tasks, and kanban columns which divide the kanban board vertically to represent steps or stages of completion for them. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Your team is your most valuable resource when executing a project. Workload analysis is how project managers figure out how many team members they will need to properly execute a project. Workload analysis is part of the larger workload management and is an ongoing process throughout the execution of the project.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Managing more than one project at a time creates a lot of problems. How can you allocate resources wisely across all those projects? How can you keep the projects aligned with the strategic goals of the organization? That and more is what enterprise project management does. What Is Enterprise Project Management?

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MARCH 20, 2024

Construction projects are structured with schedules, budgets and resource allocation. Many people work on them, from general contractors overseeing subcontractors to architects and, of course, the project owner. A preconstruction meeting ensures that all those parts are working together on a common goal.

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MARCH 6, 2024

While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart. In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations.

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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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JANUARY 10, 2024

Project managers are constantly making requests to the project management office (PMO). It’s used by PMOs to manage the requests they get from the many projects they’re overseeing. PMOs can use project management software to review and decide on whether to accept, reject or defer the request. That’s normal.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Knowing which is right for you starts with understanding both of these budgeting approaches. Let’s start with defining both bottom-up budgeting and top-down budgeting as well as looking at the advantages and disadvantages of each budgeting approach. Therefore, this budget starts at the top and works its way down the organization.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Managing the workforce in a construction project is a complicated endeavor. There are so many different subcontractors and all have to work together to deliver the project on time and within budget. Resources in construction are managed by construction resource management. The following is a list of them.

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APRIL 17, 2024

To distinguish between other transactional documents, we’ll define a sales invoice and purchase order and how they differ from sales orders. The sales order is then used to get credit approval by the credit department, initiate a work order or unit construction or initiate a picking operation to get goods from stock.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Tactical planning tells you how to get there. This concept is an important part of project portfolio management (PPM) and project management offices (PMOs). Let’s dive a bit deeper into the subject and explain how it differs from other types of planning, its benefits and more. What Is Tactical Planning?

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MARCH 5, 2024

Plus, most people understand them, which makes them a fundamental tool for project managers. Another advantage of calendars is that they can be used in most project management methodologies, unlike other tools like Gantt charts or kanban boards, which are better for waterfall and agile teams respectively.

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