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11 Must-Have Project Management Excel Templates (Updated Sept. 2019)

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Visit our Templates Page and you’ll find Excel and Word templates for creating all the project documents you need to manage your project. This is a key element of planning, but it is also critical to estimating project costs and setting up a realistic schedule. This is the document in which you can collect that information.

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Cost-Plus Contract: How to Use One

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The most well-written contracts also outline things like how expenses should be documented by contractors and how any disagreements between contractor and employer should be handled. This variation is often seen when contractors are hired for a very specialized task and can accurately estimate labor costs. Cost-Plus Fixed Fee.

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How to Write a Business Case

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The need for a business case is that it collects the proposal, outline, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization. Document everything. Think of the business case as a document that is created incrementally to avoid spending unnecessary resources.

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Cost Management Basics

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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. Then, when the project is executed, the expenses are carefully monitored and recorded to make sure that they’re aligned with the cost management plan.

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7 Steps for a Successful Project Budget

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It’s used to estimate what the costs of the project will be for every phase of the project. But it’s not a static document. Related: Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately. It provides a clear path that leads to more accurate estimates. This post was updated December 2019).

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Sample Project Plan For Your Next Project

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List all your tasks in order of importance and from that list make an estimate as to how much money and time will be needed to complete the project. So, the project plan is more than just a plan on how to execute the project but as close to a realistic snapshot of the project in its entirety that you can estimate.

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Best Construction Project Management Software of 2019

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in addition to monitoring, tracking and reporting. 2019 Best Construction Project Management Software Rankings. They can then collaborate at the task level, leaving comments and adding relevant documents and images directly to the task. It has a place for the many documents related to construction project management.