ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In the world of planning, there’s no shortage of software offerings that let you plan and execute your project. Microsoft Planner in particular, which is included in the Office 365 suite, is a major player in the project planning software space. Specifically, MS Planner is part of the Office 365 Business Essentials plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Teamhood is a Kanban project management system for teams. It’s a visual, flexible tool that is perfect for small and medium businesses who want to improve how they manage projects. Teamhood is a full Kanban system – but you don’t need to be trained in Kanban boards to use it. Let me show you how! Let me show you how!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 8, 2019

Backlog (from Nulab) is a project management tool for prioritising and tracking work. This is a review of the product using my laptop and Chrome browser, and my iPad with Safari, in June 2019. Cost and plans: There’s a full free trial for 30 days, and a free plan (1 project, 10 users, plenty to give it a test drive). Milestones.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 21, 2020

Gantt charts have been around for a long time, but since they migrated from analog to digital, their ease of use has made them a staple of project management. There can be misconceptions about Gantt charts, but plainly stated, a Gantt chart shows tasks over time. How to Make a Gantt Chart.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2021

No matter what kind of project you want to tackle, you must have a plan first. Planning is the cornerstone of project management, but if you’re a Mac user, then you’re going to find that a lot of the big players in the field don’t want you on their team. Gantt Charts for Planning. It keeps everyone in the loop.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 13, 2018

If you manage projects, you will have come across a Gantt chart. Even if you don’t manage projects but are involved in project teams, or you manage Agile projects – Gantt charts are everywhere. I have used Microsoft Project for many years and it creates great Gantt charts.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. Although I am guilty of using ‘plan’ and ‘Gantt chart’ interchangeably. A project management plan is a document that sets out how you are going to do what you’re going to do. It’s a guide to how the project will be managed.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Project managers are the point person in charge of a specific project or projects within an organization. We regularly feature project management resources to help train PMs to land jobs in the industry or develop better skills in their current role. What Does a Project Manager Do?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2023

There are many project management software products available on the market. Oracle Primavera Cloud (OPC) is a project, program and portfolio management software. The software integrates project and portfolio planning with teams, resourcing and risk management as well as scheduling. Many of them are good and only some are great.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Create a visual tracking of your project tasks with our free Gantt chart template for Excel. It’s a great way to see the duration of the overall project. Once you schedule your tasks on our Gantt chart template, you’ll never go back to the old-fashioned task list. Why You Need a Gantt Chart Template.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2020

Project management software tools are essential to manage projects efficiently. In this article I’ll share my top 15 project management tools that I use for managing multiple projects. Most of what I use isn’t software-driven. A Project Action Log. A Project Milestone Tracker.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 28, 2022

Me: Will I actually use it in my daily life afterwards? That’s only happened once before, with Apollo (which I actually don’t use any more). I’ve used Vizzlo to create graphics for both roles. I’ve even used it to help the boys with their homework. It also has Gantt charts and waterfall diagrams.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

There are many steps that are taken just to get a project approved. The project has to have a goal and then a criteria for defining its success. But once you’ve sold the project with a strong business case and presentation to your stakeholders, the fun really begins. What Makes a Project Plan? Sample Project Plan.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The world of project management is vast. But the common thread tying this diverse discipline together are the techniques that project managers use to get the job done. Project management techniques make managing projects easier and more effective. There are many project management techniques to choose from.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 10, 2019

A project without a plan is like a car without a driver. The project plan is the guide that gets a project manager from concept through execution, and a finished product at its destination. There’s an argument that a project plan supersedes everything else in a project. Critical Path Analysis. Brainstorming.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Microsoft Excel is a popular tool to create data-driven charts. However, it does not come with Gantt charts. If you’re looking for a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a Gantt chart in Excel, this article is for you. In this article you’ll learn: What is a Gantt chart? What is a Gantt Chart?

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Every project starts with a plan. But how does a blank document become a solid, detailed project timeline? Project timeline templates can provide that initial plan structure, spark some ideas, and get you going quickly. How to create custom project timeline templates in Toggl Plan? MS Excel project timeline template.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It’s been a year of challenges and successes but in true “Project-Manager-style”, we always manage to find creative solutions and a way to get things done. As Project Managers we remain masters of organization, planning, and problem-solving, and always seem to find a way to get things done on time (and within budget ?).

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 1, 2019

Before you start any project, it is crucial to have a statement of work (SOW). Why Use a Statement of Work Template? Think of the statement of work, or SOW, as a bucket in which to collect all pertinent items in a project. The statement of work is the granddaddy of project documents, as it is the first you’ll create.

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MPUG

AUGUST 9, 2021

While interacting with MS Project users across a couple of industry verticals recently, I encountered a question from a senior mechanical engineering lead regarding Planned and Actual Percent Complete fields. The lead was managing a bridge construction project in the Middle East. This had to be created. Functions and Fields.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 28, 2021

No one likes missed deadlines, delayed project deliveries, and failed projects. And yet, according to PMI , over 11 percent of project investment is wasted due to poor project performance. Using project tracking software can help you reduce waste and deliver projects profitably.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 27, 2016

Basic Features: Building Projects. It’s easy to create a new project. Click on Create a new Project and enter the project details – including the rate for resources and the project budget. A proper Gantt chart). You can also add dependencies and milestones. Reports and Dashboards.

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PM Basics

APRIL 17, 2022

Creating a realistic project schedule is difficult when you have the wrong mindset. Everyone expects that there’s always a way to squeeze the whole project scope into the deadline project owners set. So begins a tiresome dialog with project owners and other stakeholders. Validate the whole project schedule.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2017

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. Although I am guilty of using ‘plan’ and ‘Gantt chart’ interchangeably. So what does go in the project management plan? Below you’ll find 20 things that make up a comprehensive project management plan. Project Definition.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Toggl Track Price: Starts at $10/month Toggl Track is a simple yet powerful time-tracking tool that you can use to track time, manage projects, and organize tasks. What we like Toggl Insights feature lets you easily see how profitable projects and employees are. Track estimated vs. actual progress on the time spent on a project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2017

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. Although I am guilty of using ‘plan’ and ‘Gantt chart’ interchangeably. So what does go in the project management plan? Below you’ll find 20 things that make up a comprehensive project management plan. Project Definition.

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Teamweek

AUGUST 10, 2021

Agency teams often use task lists. Timelines or Gantt charts are simple visual charts that plot a team’s work on a timeline. Timelines or Gantt charts are simple visual charts that plot a team’s work on a timeline. A team member may be away on leave, on holiday, or busy with another project.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Wrike is a popular project management application used by many and in different market segments. Like all things in life, one size does not fit all and one application does not fit every project’s needs. The lack of the ease of use is a major hindrance to using Wrike effectively. Wrike Alternatives.

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Binfire

JANUARY 4, 2021

Wrike project management software is one of the earliest project management applications which appeared in the market to compete against 800-pound Guerilla called Microsoft’s project management software. Wrike Project Management Pros. Here we list the advantages of Wrike compared to other project management apps.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 17, 2020

Gantt charts are essential project management tools. They used to be difficult to use when you had to draw them out by hand. As Gantt charts migrated to digital platforms not only did their ease-of-use increase, but they became more dynamic too. Microsoft Project just doesn’t work on Mac.

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Teamweek

JUNE 11, 2020

In this article, you’ll learn how to create a project roadmap to manage stakeholder expectations and keep your team on track to meet deadlines. We’ll also look at: What is a project roadmap? How is it different from a project plan? What is a Project Roadmap? A project roadmap is a high-level, visual overview of a project.

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Teamweek

MAY 28, 2020

But it has no features for project planning. Trello makes it difficult to plan projects longer than a couple of weeks. In either case, you don’t want to switch to a tool that’s difficult for your team to use. In either case, you don’t want to switch to a tool that’s difficult for your team to use. Project Planning.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Agile project management software is accepted by more organizations in a variety of industries than anytime before. . The Agile PM has become very popular not only for the project management practice in the software industry but also business management and entrepreneurship as well. Agile Project Management software.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Plus we’ve added handy links to help you dive deeper into different topics with videos, articles and even our round-up of all resources so you can put these important terms into practice with your projects.

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Ganttic

JANUARY 16, 2017

There are hundreds of Gantt chart resource planning tools out there. There isn’t a tool in the project management or resource planning scenery that would be right for everyone. Reporting and printing out the Gantt chart. No need to have a software like MS Project installed. It’s a visual tool.

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Teamweek

JULY 15, 2022

You can have access to the best marketing project management tools but without a clear, documented marketing plan you’re bound to fail. What is a marketing project plan? Monitoring and reporting. Gantt project plan. Create the Perfect Marketing Project Plan. What is a marketing project plan?

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Wrike

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Visual project timelines are a manager’s best friend. P roviding an easy way to report big picture progress to executives and stakeholders can be a life saver when it comes to managing large projects. Here, we’ll show you how to make a timeline in MS Project, along with an easier way to do so with Wrike. .

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