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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Construction projects come big and complex as well as small and simple, but one thing they all share is a construction phase plan. The construction phase plan is a critical construction project management document that helps to ensure a safe project. What Is a Construction Phase Plan? Learn more.

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MARCH 1, 2024

In this blog, we’ll show you how to make a Gantt chart in Asana and we’ll do an in-depth analysis of its features, benefits and limitations. It’s an easy-to-use tool that allows you to easily create a project schedule, visualize project tasks, track their due dates and collaborate with your team online.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. Let’s take a look at capital projects, explore the idea of a capital asset and delve into the process of capital planning. We’ll end with a few examples of capital projects to make the concept more understandable.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Planning an event can range from a meeting at work to a convention and everything in between. It’s another project where you have to manage time, cost and scope (and don’t forget quality) to deliver on a deadline. ProjectManager is award-winning software that can help you plan, manage and track your events. Learn more 3.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Manufacturers need to have a process by which to make or assemble their products. Before they go into production, therefore, they must engage in what’s called process planning. Learn what process planning is, including why it’s so important and the different types there are. What Is Process Planning?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Gantt chart is one of the most important tools in a project manager’s toolbox. One side is a spreadsheet that collects important project data and the other is a visual timeline that shows the entire project from start to finish. The Microsoft Project Gantt chart allows you to visually plan your project. There are more.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sometimes the whole picture isn’t clear when you’re planning a project. But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. Others still prefer forms of agile software development where they have room to adjust their project plan. Rolling wave planning might not be for every project, but it could be for yours.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Our Gantt chart does more than either, linking all four task dependencies, filtering for the critical path and setting baselines to track project variance. It does this by creating schedules, distributing resources and managing budgets. It also consolidates project scheduling, resource allocation and budget management.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Power BI allows you to import data from a variety of file formats and sources such as Microsoft Excel, SAP, Oracle, Google Analytics and other software and applications, which makes it a versatile tool that most organizations can use for data analysis. But is Power BI good for project management?

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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. On this board are cards that represent specific tasks. It shows who’s working on what and its latest status.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Gantt charts are essential project planning and scheduling tools that can manage and track resources and costs. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts have planning, scheduling and tracking features that Notion’s Gantt chart doesn’t, including the ability to link all four types of task dependencies.

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MAY 11, 2021

Having a benefits management plan lets project managers maximize these outcomes for the organization and stakeholders, and it’s part of any successful project management plan. This is done by identifying, planning, measuring and tracking benefits from the beginning of the project to the end, when all benefits have been achieved.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It can also help to make your budgeted resources more cost-effective. The cost performance shows if the project is effectively staying on budget or not. Earned value management uses schedule, costs and scope to measure project performance. What Is the Cost Performance Index (CPI)? Project costs can vary.

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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. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart is a robust project planning, scheduling and tracking tool.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

To avoid this, focus on quality planning. Create a quality plan before you start your project to consistently meet the expectations of your stakeholders. What Is Quality Planning? Quality planning is the method of deciding what’s most important to the project. The quality plan itself includes: Objectives.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

If you’re looking to start or grow a business (or just keep a business profitable), you need a business plan. But not all plans are the same. If you need to define your business and its objectives, you need to use organizational planning. That planning provides a clear path forward. What Is Organizational Planning?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Projects are planned and then life happens. Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. They need to know immediately if their team is on track or falling behind. What Is a Performance Measurement Baseline?

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JUNE 28, 2023

Projects are divided into phases to make them more manageable. Project monitoring and control is how a project manager ensures the plan they’re implementing with the project team goes off without a hitch. Project controlling involves a lot of steps to thoroughly monitor the project schedule, resources and costs.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Customer data is collected and stored securely during order processing to make sure that all the pertinent information is being accurately tracked so that the customer’s order is correctly fulfilled. Project management software can make order processing more efficient and achieve those advantages.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Proper schedule management helps you deliver a project on time. The process starts before the schedule is even made, and continues throughout the project. An ideal plan includes setting expectations, including how to develop, manage, execute and control the project schedule. Updating the Schedule.

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APRIL 2, 2024

It has tools that allow you to plan sprints, track the completion of tasks, balance your team member’s workload and create product roadmaps. Yes, Jira’s kanban view is one of its most popular features and software developers commonly use it for sprint planning. Does Jira Have a Kanban Board?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’ve made the product or developed a great service, now you need to create a marketing plan. Your marketing plan defines the strategies that your organization will use to reach target customers, outperform competitors and position your brand. Basically, it’s taking a marketing plan and executing it. What Is a Marketing Plan?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A project timeline is a project scheduling tool that’s used to estimate the total duration of a project from start to end by mapping tasks, deliverables and milestones in chronological order. Why Should You Make a Project Timeline In Excel? It also filters for the critical path to identify essential tasks.

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OCTOBER 1, 2021

To reach their target customers, marketers use content marketing tactics like blog posts, eBooks, case studies and social media. A content plan, on the other hand, is the blueprint that defines the assets and steps needed to implement your content strategy. What Is a Content Plan? What Is a Content Strategy? Learn More!

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APRIL 11, 2024

This includes high-level processes, such as receiving and organizing warehouse space, scheduling labor, managing inventory and fulfilling orders. They need a clear understanding of the planning, scheduling and monitoring of warehouse operations to ensure that they’re being done properly. Here are a few more.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Creating a schedule of values is important for the project owner, contractor and subcontractors alike. But what is a schedule of values and why is it such an essential construction project management document? We’ll answer these questions, explain when the schedule of values is used and the benefits of using one.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Gantt charts are powerful planning tools in project management, but they’re also notoriously difficult to make. There is, however, a simple Gantt chart that can be made in a variety of ways that can be essential when scheduling a project. However, a simple Gantt chart might be just what you need to plan a project.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Keeping tabs on the performance of your project is an essential part of project management. Tracking project performance gives project managers the data they need to keep the actual effort of the project aligned with the planned effort and deliver the project on time and within its budget. Project management software can help.

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APRIL 14, 2022

The quality of your work can make or break a project, which is why a quality management plan is so important. If you deliver on time and under budget, but the quality doesn’t meet your stakeholders’ expectations, the project is not a success. What Is a Quality Management Plan? Get started today for free.

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APRIL 10, 2024

One way to enhance the efficiency of the order management process is through an order management system. This tool gives real-time visibility into orders and gives vendors the tools to manage their customers in one place. Piece picking is where each warehouse employee collects products one at a time.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Project documentation, such as the project budget, project schedule or project plan, is critical for the successful delivery of projects. Microsoft Word is one of those tools. Why Should You Make a Gantt Chart In Word? Because of this, knowing how to make a Gantt chart in Word can be helpful.

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JULY 5, 2022

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? Let’s answer these questions one by one.

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APRIL 5, 2023

There’s much to plan in construction. We’ll define what a construction site is, what is meant by construction site planning and inspection and explore the variety of construction sites and roles you’ll find when working in construction. But a construction site requires more than just setting up work on a plot.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Payment is determined in the contract process, which includes the contractor payment schedule. What’s included in the contractor payment schedule and the different types are a critical part of the professional relationship between the project owner and the general contractor. What Is a Contractor Payment Schedule?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It was 15 years later in the 1910s that Henry Gantt created his version of the Gantt chart, one that was widely adopted in Western countries. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with Gantt charts that would make Henry Gantt proud. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

For any company to profit from a product, there must be a strategic plan in place to produce just enough to meet that need. Aggregate planning is a technique to create an equilibrium between demand and capacity. Let’s take a look at what aggregate production planning is and some aggregate planning strategies.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

You can’t predict the future, but you can make accurate forecasts about supply and demand by researching and analyzing the data. This is called supply chain planning. Let’s take a closer look at supply chain planning and what it means for your business planning. What Is Supply Chain Planning? Learn More!

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