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Mastering the project life cycle: Your complete guide (+ examples)

Resource Guru

The project life cycle , just like a good story, has a beginning, a middle, and (hopefully) a happy end. The beginning involves the ever-so-important planning; then comes the middle, where teams complete various tasks to move the project closer to completion; and finally, an end to review what went well and what didn’t.

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Project Executing: A "How to" Guide

Project Pulse Journal

Key Takeaways Executing a Project : The execution phase is critical in project management for transforming plans into tangible deliverables, efficiently utilizing project resources, ensuring customer/client satisfaction on time, within budget and scope, and meeting quality expectations.

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Demystifying the PMBOK Process Groups

Wrike

Generally speaking, projects require five process groups — initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. These are known as the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) process groups. The sixth edition of this guide was released in 2017, and the seventh edition is expected in 2023. .

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Monitoring and Controlling Projects: A "How to" Guide

Project Pulse Journal

Cost Adherence: It ensures the project stays within budget, preventing unwanted financial surprises. Quality Assurance & Control: The project meets the required standards and quality criteria the customer/client established. Examples are Asana, Wrike, MS Project, etc. Project Management Institute.

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Agency operations: A 5-step framework for running a successful agency

Resource Guru

The processes agency operations create are the foundation project management sits on top of. The better the foundation, the easier it is to deliver client work on time, on budget, and improve your agency’s bottom line. Work closely with project teams We’ve already mentioned collaboration and resource planning plenty.

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Agency burnout: why it happens and how to prevent it

Resource Guru

High employee turnover A shortage of skilled professionals is a crucial challenge for agencies in 2023. The unhealthy link between productivity and revenue places anyone managing budgets (Middle Managers, Project Managers, CEOs) at risk. If you have the budget, provide tech (say a laptop).

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