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What Is the Project Management Life Cycle?

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What is the project life cycle? It’s everything the project goes through, from inception to close. Each step in the project management life cycle, which consists of distinct phases used in traditional project management, is explained in this post. The Project Management Life Cycle.

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Risk Analysis 101: How to Analyze Project Risk

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Before you’re able to analyze the risk in your project, you have to acknowledge that risk is going to happen in your project. By planning for risks, you begin the process of knowing how to identify, monitor and close out risks when they show up in your project. How to Evaluate Project Risk.

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Building and Managing A Hybrid-Agile Plan with MS Project

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The Agile, as well as all traditional features, are available in MS Project 2019 Online Desktop Client. In this article, I will explore how to create an end-to-end Hybrid-Agile plan with MS Project 2019 software starting with a Traditional Waterfall project. Build the Traditional Project.

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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. Financial plan. Project Plan: It’s time to create the project plan. Business description/mission statement.

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Time is Money: The Importance of Earned Value Management

MPUG

Today, I’d like to continue this conversation on how to achieve success in a project by going back to another basic concept: Earned Value Management (EVM). EVM as a tool that provides visibility into whether or not you’re on track to finish your project within the established cost and timeline baselines defined in the project plan.

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5 Steps to Project Closure (Checklist Included)

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So much time and effort is put into the planning of a project, it is often forgotten that the end of a project is equally important. There’s a lot of work involved even once a project is technically complete. Our free project closure template is a great resource to help you remember what remains left to be done.

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The 11 Best Project Management Certifications to Consider in 2019

Teamweek

This project management certification draws on multiple frameworks to provide a general project management competency. You can expect to learn about resource management, the project life cycle and project constraints, documentation protocols, communication best practices, and coordinating stakeholders.