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How to Create a Timeline in Excel (Free Templates Included)

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Once you create this Excel project timeline, you can use this template to estimate future project timelines using project tasks and due dates. Continue to edit the timeline in Excel by color coding projects or tasks, such as assigning a different color for each team or individual who will be executing the work.

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The Importance of Operational Project Management for Businesses

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No matter what the type of project is, project management software helps deliver it more efficiently. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that has multiple project views to implement operational projects across all departments. What Is Operational Project Management?

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Using a Risk Assessment Matrix for a Qualitative Risk Analysis

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This risk management process consists of risk identification, assessment, mitigation and monitoring. Creating a risk assessment matrix gives you a tool to perform qualitative risk analysis and increases the quality of your decision-making. The more detail, the better the analysis of the risks to your project.

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Power BI Gantt Chart: A How-to Guide With Pros, Cons & Alternatives

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Microsoft Power BI is a data analysis software that allows you to use various tools such as spreadsheets, pie charts, stacked bars and other types of diagrams to visualize project or business data, including the Power BI Gantt chart. But is Power BI good for project management?

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What Is Business Impact Analysis & Why Is It Important?

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Business impact analysis is a tool to help plan for the inevitability of consequences and their cost. Business Impact Analysis Defined. First, what is business impact analysis (BIA)? What the business impact analysis is analyzing are the operational and financial impacts of a disruption of business functions and processes.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

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Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. What does a business leader do in this situation?

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10 Free Stakeholder Management Templates for Excel & Word

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ProjectManager is project management software that helps you manage projects and stakeholders. If you’re not ready for a free trial of the software, we also offer dozens of free project management templates for Excel and Word that can help with every phase of your project. Stakeholder Analysis Template. Business Case Template.