PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. But there is a real problem here: With so many different frameworks and project management approaches, life cycles are so confusing. It is covered by the project management approach. That is true.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2024

When a project is planned, a set of steps are outlined to deliver a product or service. 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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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. What Is Kanban?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Product Manager vs Project Manager. While both are leadership roles and the titles are similar, there’s a difference between a product manager and a project manager as Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains. What Is a Project Manager? Project Manager Responsibilities.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome to project management 101. Project management can seem like a daunting discipline, but once you get a grasp of the fundamentals and combine that with some intuition, you’ll be on your way to leading successful projects, no matter your situation. What Is a Project? What Is Project Management?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 26, 2023

There are many different types of projects, but interestingly, they all have one thing in common. They all go through the same cycle, known as the project life cycle, or project management life cycle. What Is the Project Life Cycle? Stakeholders provide input.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

IT service management (ITSM) is the process of how those services meet the needs of the end users who employ them. Over the course of this blog, we’ll discuss how ITSM is implemented, managed and delivered to meet the needs of an organization and how project management software can help facilitate those processes.

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ActiveCollab

APRIL 11, 2017

No matter what methodology you use, it should include all the stages of an average project life cycle. The project life cycle defines the beginning and the end of a project, including the work that should be done in each phase and the people who should be involved in it. Stage 1: Initiating.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Then we’ll outline what’s included in the project order so you know how to make one run production more efficiently. All this is part of the larger manufacturing process that can be controlled with project management software. Each part is numbered and named, including which stage each part is at in its life cycle.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Every project your team works on feels drastically different. But, those varying projects have more in common than you might think. So how can you make the most of this consistent sequence and nail each and every stage, regardless of the specifics of your project? Project management life cycle phases.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 11, 2024

The better the warehouse management, the greater the company’s success. After defining warehouse management and its importance, we’ll focus on its key areas and what the operation life cycle looks like. What Is Warehouse Management? Learn more Why Is Warehouse Management Important? Here are a few more.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Project meetings often feel as if they’re in the way of your work. If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration. What Are Project Meetings? Types of Project Meetings. Learn more.

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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. It’s as simple as that.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 5, 2021

I frequently see questions asked in project management discussion groups about hybrid projects. As I wrote in last week’s article, projects themselves can’t be waterfall, agile, traditional or hybrid but how we approach them can be. So when someone asks the question “What is hybrid project management?”,

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

However, in project management, project assumptions are essential for planning a project. But how do project assumptions differ from the assumptions that often mislead us in our daily lives? Let’s take a look at how project assumptions are defined in project management and why they’re so important.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 26, 2023

All that means there are many points in the project’s life cycle in which something can go wrong. Get your free Test Case Template Use this free Test Case Template for Excel to manage your projects better. It also helps with future projects so they don’t have to start from scratch.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

Project managers know the importance of having project documentation. Project documents must be accurate and constantly updated to keep current with the project. Creating and managing project documentation throughout the project life cycle is critical for project success, but where to start?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether you’re managing a traditional, agile or hybrid project, they all have one thing in common: documentation. Depending on the methodology, project management requires a lot of paperwork, which is why records management is so important. After this quick guide, you’ll be able to better manage any project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Helena Liu Earning a project management certification is the top career goal for project managers — over 1 in 5 PMs want to get a certification. Although you have good intentions, life often gets in the way since you have many more items competing for your attention.

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The Digital Project Manager

DECEMBER 16, 2022

What is the project life cycle? Sure, agile complicates things a little bit, but the project life cycle is still a useful way to think about projects. Regardless of what project management methodology or framework you’re using, every project follows the same life cycle.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2024

Construction projects are often long and complicated endeavors. 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. The contractor payment schedule is how contractors in construction projects are paid.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. For example: a project management artifact is the project closure document.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

PRINCE2® is a project management method. It’s structured, and experience-based, created from the lived experience of thousands of project managers and successful projects. PRINCE2® stands for Projects IN a Controlled Environment (Version 2). It’s a customizable way of managing and controlling the work.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 19, 2024

Projects need resources, often consistently. Suppliers and contractors deliver those products and services that help fulfill the project. Managers want to stay on budget and resources cost money, which is why they use a request for quote (RFQ) to get pricing from suppliers and contractors. What Is a Request for Quote (RFQ)?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Risk culture is simply an organization’s employee’s awareness, attitudes and behaviors towards risk and how they’ll manage it. An organization that has a risk culture simply means they’re prepared for identifying, managing and mitigating risks as issues arise in their work.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In project management, a program is a set of related projects that are executed simultaneously by organizations to make the most out of their resources and maximize their return on investment (ROI). Program management requires company-wide collaboration and lots of planning. A program manager oversees this process.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Projects cost money. But what’s harder to discern is if the project is worth the investment. The last thing stakeholders want is to discover the project isn’t financially effective. The cost performance index is a way to measure the financial performance of a project. Project costs can vary. Everyone knows that.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For a project to function properly and be delivered on time and within its budget, all the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved must be clearly defined and communicated. Everyone has their part to play in the process, which is orchestrated by the project manager acting on behalf of the project owner.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 18, 2021

I highlight 10 of the 40 PMO problems and provide ways to manage them. No project sponsor or project charter for the implementation of the PMO. How to manage: Typically, a senior leader in your organization must make the decision to implement a PMO. Offer to work with the sponsor to develop a project charter.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Projects don’t end with the final deliverable. This is doubly true with construction projects in what’s called post-construction. Finally, we’ll show how using project management software can help with post-construction. Project management software will help make this process more efficient.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Businesses aren’t projects but they share many commonalities. While businesses run projects, they also have strategies and objectives that must be met. All of these things and more make them a perfect candidate for business project management. Let’s first explore the definition of business project management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. There’s also a checklist of project artifacts by phase at the end, which you can use as an aide-memoire for creating your own documentation. For example: a project management artifact is the project closure document.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. What is Project Execution? Project Execution Steps. Execute Project Scope.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Many project management tools can help you plan, manage and track your projects. If we compare Gantt charts vs. kanban boards we’ll find both are valuable to your project in different ways. A Gantt chart is a graphical representation of a project schedule from start to finish. What Is a Gantt Chart?

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Kiron Bondale

OCTOBER 3, 2021

One of the misconceptions I like to clear up with learners in the project management fundamentals courses I teach is that there is no such thing as a “waterfall” or “agile” project. But let’s consider the purely predictive life cycle.

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ProjectManager.com

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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

We gathered 57 of the top AI in project management statistics to help understand this key development in technology. Recent advancements in tech have changed how project managers work in 2024. It covers everything from the impact of AI replacing jobs to how AI is used to support the delivery of projects.

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