ProjectManager.com

MARCH 13, 2024

Resources, such as people, materials and equipment, are needed to deliver projects. Being able to plan, manage and track those resources to meet the needs of a business is called project ERP or enterprise resource planning (ERP) project management. What Is a Project ERP?

Manufacturing 378

Manufacturing Finance Construction Risk Management 378

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Managing resources in professional services firms is crucial for maintaining sustainability and achieving anticipated employee performance goals. But unfortunately, many resource managers have to rely on approximation and guesswork because they don’t have the right tools and techniques. Let us begin with the basics.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 20, 2023

Project management consultants don’t only add value to a project, but they can help introduce project management processes to any team. It’s a great career transition for current project managers to consider. What Is a Project Management Consultant?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 24, 2022

Project manager vs. program manager. Program managers are more strategic in their thinking and deliverables, while the project manager is often working on day-to-day task management on a more cellular level. Understanding Projects & Programs. What Is a Program Manager? Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Your team is your most valuable resource when executing a project. The ability to know who you need and when you need them for the project is what workload analysis is all about. As you can imagine, workload planning is essential for project success. ProjectManager’s resource management tools balance your team’s workload.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2024

For many projects, basic scheduling techniques are fine. There’s no point in making your schedule more complicated than it needs to be, especially if your project is straightforward with secured resources and a degree of flexibility. Critical path method Do you really know the critical path of your projects?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 2, 2024

We’ll also explain how warehouse optimization fits into warehouse management, why it’s important and the benefits of optimizing warehouse processes. Warehouse optimization is the process of managing the day-to-day operations of a business’ inventory and storeroom to get the most out of its available space and resources.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 9, 2023

Around a third of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the average Western economy is a result of project activity so it is unsurprising that organizations do so many projects. However, because there are so many projects, we all often have to contribute (or lead) several at a time.

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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. Resource requirements need to be identified and allocated for those steps to be executed. Think of resource requirements as the fuel that drives all project activities. What Are Resource Requirements in Project Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I bet your project sponsor expects you to dive into the detail and understand why a line of code isn’t working, and strategically advise on business benefits as a result of your project… and everything in between. It involves resource levelling and ensuring that you track time. And I don’t have them all – I’m aware of that.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2024

Whether a business is manufacturing or managing a warehouse, understanding demand management goes a long way to ensure that stock levels are always balanced with customer needs. This requires first an understanding of demand management and how it benefits business. What Is Demand Management?

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Process Software Review Manufacturing Underperforming Technical Team 308

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

What is the future of project management? Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. Does Project Management Have a Future? So will we need ‘professional’ project managers in the future? Frankly, hybrid isn’t new.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

When I brainstormed a list of project management skills to put on my resume (which over here in the UK we call a CV), it was a long list. How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? On my CV, I have a section that covers skills. Here’s how.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2024

Making sure resources are in working order keeps production moving forward and helps you stay productive. This is true in other industries where maintenance planning is essential to successful projects and productivity. This requires identifying the resources needed for maintenance. Manufacturing is an ongoing process.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

PMO stands for project management office and it’s responsible for the project management standards in an organization. The two others are the program management office and the portfolio management office. Filter the view by project, client or customer and add as many columns as you need.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

Every project is different. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 23, 2024

Some projects are done internally within an organization. This is called operational project management. To better understand operational project management requires defining what an operational project is, how it differs from strategic projects and what operational project management is.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 2, 2022

Earlier this year, searches for “project management” reached an all-time high on Google , and these searches are widespread, reaching the far corners of the globe. The surge in project management is creating a career path for changemakers. Here’s what those career benefits of project management look like.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 8, 2024

Do you want to better understand your project finances under control, even if you don’t have much experience managing money on projects? You might have studied project budgeting as part of a training course. Want to learn more about project budgeting? Join my new workshop. What about if I work in an Agile team?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 3, 2024

Managing more than one project at a time creates a lot of problems. How can you allocate resources wisely across all those projects? How can you keep the projects aligned with the strategic goals of the organization? That and more is what enterprise project management does.

Software Review 361

Software Review Budget Monitoring Risk Management 361

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

PMBOK 7 talks about the 8 project performance domains. This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition. All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2022

There are several project management certifications that you can get to become a project management professional. Choosing the right certification and training program for your project management career is an important decision. That’s why we’ve compiled the best project management certifications of 2022.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 27, 2023

Resource management is planning, getting and using the resources that you need to do your project efficiently. Often, organizations use ‘resources’ as an unfriendly shorthand for ‘people’. When you manage multiple projects , the biggest resource challenge is normally people.

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Logistics Software Review Finance Influencer 410

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Projects and operations are both necessary for businesses to succeed, but they require different approaches. When it comes to managing them effectively, understanding the differences between projects and operations is key. Projects change the business. The status quo is good but project managers keep changing things!

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Retail Governance Government Healthcare 400

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Construction sites are a complex orchestration of many different skills executed by many different subcontractors. If you’re a construction project management company looking to hire a site engineer you’ll need to have a thorough job description to caption the right candidate. What Is a Site Engineer?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 1, 2024

Warehouse management ensures that stock matches customer demand. To understand effective warehouse operations, you must first be clear on the warehouse operations process and how it plays into the larger warehouse operations management. ProjectManager’s kanban boards help manage warehouse operations.

Software Review 352

Software Review Manufacturing Logistics Lean 352

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2023

Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. Maja Mrsic Here are 3 examples of projects that didn’t go to plan. So why do some projects crash to their doom? The merger was not a successful one.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

There was a question in our Facebook group recently: where can I get project management templates? And another question: where can I get free or cheap project management training materials? There are many premium project management templates available — including my template bundles and ebooks.

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Prince2 PMI Certification Software Review 380

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 10, 2022

If you are like many Project Management Professional ( PMP )® certification holders, you might be finding it hard to source enough quality learning materials for your Power Skills PDUs. What are Power Skills PDUs? Power Skills is one side of the PMI Talent Triangle, along with Ways of Working and Business Acumen.

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2022 PMI Certification Leadership 435

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Before you engage with a new project, there are certain things you have to know. Do you have the resources? Resource forecasting is how you can answer that last question. Resources are anything you need to execute the project plan. Want to know why resource forecasting is so important? Resource Planning.

Software Review 335

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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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Certification Risk Management PMI Budget 387

LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 14, 2018

Let’s say you’re well-qualified in your technical skills—be it Java, programming languages, infrastructure, networks or system administration. Qualifications take time and effort, but as well as learning useful skills, you’re also building confidence—your own and the others’ confidence in your ability to do a great job.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

You’re a professional services firm, but PSA tools just aren’t robust enough to manage the resource requirements for in-flight projects and the pipeline for workload management. Runn brings together the people side of your business with powerful project resource management features. Product: Runn.

Software Review 363

Software Review Technical Review Software Consulting 363

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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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Project managers are the point person in charge of a specific project or projects within an organization. We regularly feature project management resources to help train PMs to land jobs in the industry or develop better skills in their current role. What Does a Project Manager Do?

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Certification Prince2 Monitoring PMI 441

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2023

Leadership can take many forms, from historical figures to project managers and business managers. They all lead their teams to successful ends by providing them with the direction, confidence, tools and resources that they need. Communication Skills Leaders must have excellent communication skills.

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