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How To Make 2019 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Would you like to make 2019 a successful year for your projects? I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2019 to make 2019 their most successful year ever? What will you be doing in 2019 to have your most successful year ever? A well-documented plan? Helena Lui.

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How to Write a Business Case

ProjectManager.com

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. The research you’ll need to create a strong business case is the why, what, how and who. Business Case Checklist.

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Cost-Plus Contract: How to Use One

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Imagine you’re building something conceptual, but you only have a general idea of how to do so. 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. One of these is called a cost-plus contract.

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How to Make an Action Plan (Example Included)

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Specifically, in project management, it’s a document that lists the steps needed to achieve a goal. An action plan is a document that documents the project. By having this all collected in a document, you can more successfully plan out how to achieve this. Make sure the team knows how to use it.

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How to Write a Scope of Work (Example Included)

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In this video, Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you how to write a scope of work for project management. Follow her steps to get started or use our project plan and scope document template! The document includes: Deliverables: This is what your project delivers, of course. This post was updated November 2019.

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5 Types Of Project Reports (Updated Nov. 2019)

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However, you may not know that there are several different types of reports, or how to specifically address those reports to particular audiences. It really is worth spending the time getting to know how to read the reports so that you can make changes to your project schedule as appropriate. Board/Executive Reports. Variance Reports.

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Top 9 Project Management Word Templates (Updated Nov. 2019)

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Instead of reinventing the wheel each time you start a new project, wouldn’t it be great to have a resource that collected a bunch of documents that have been already outlined to serve the purpose of managing a project? It’s all there on our Template Page , your one-stop shop for all your documentation needs. Yes, of course it would.

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