Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Unfortunately I’m not able to say, “I’m struggling with Excel right now, I really don’t have these budgeting skills, so we won’t bother to have a budget tracker on this project.” Learn how to help your team manage risk so you can split the work between you. And I don’t have them all – I’m aware of that.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 28, 2019

After publishing my article entitled Evaluating Risks Using Qualitative Risk Analysis , I received questions on how to determine project budget reserves. Project Budget Reserves: Questions and Answers. Imagine a project budget with no reserves. Question #2 How do we estimate a contingency reserve?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Resource management is difficult because work is unpredictable and people aren’t very good at estimating! Resolve by using forecasting and capacity planning reports, getting good estimates from resources and leaders on how long work will take and when it can start. Why is effective resource management difficult?

Technical Review 275

Technical Review PMO Risk Management Software Review 275

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 13, 2020

This is a guest article by author Edoardo Binda Zane. We start with 5 steps for how to put a proposal budget together and then Edoardo shares a worked (fictional) example to show you what the budget would look like once it is completed. A proposal budget is similar to a project budget, but with a very different goal.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Estimation is a complementary practice Scrum Teams use in Product D evelopment. The purpose of estimation is to provide a rough idea of how much effort, time, and budget are needed to complete specific features or PBI- Product Backlog Item of the product.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

We’ll highlight key features, show you how to build a Microsoft Project Gantt chart and identify some of the pitfalls of the Gantt chart for Microsoft Project. No Cost or Resource Tracking Features: Projects are expensive and costs must be closely monitored to make sure you don’t overspend the budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 29, 2022

Work with them to identify relevant security controls, how to implement them as procedures, and how to validate that they work correctly. While these aren’t the sexy parts of an IT project, missing these requirements can still delay your project or put it over budget. Records Management. Your sponsor will (probably) thank you!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. Artifacts in the PMBOK Guide – Seventh Edition Artifacts are categorized in the PMBOK® Guide – Seventh edition into 9 different types and that’s what this article is going to look at. What is an artifact?

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 253

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. They organize your tasks, help you write a project charter, come up with an accurate budget and so much more. That’s how you deliver on time and within budget. Project Budget Template All projects cost money.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

One of the reasons for that is scope creep – and that’s what this article is all about. By the way, the answer to that question is: “Yes, let me analyze what the impact will be and bring you a recommendation for what that means for our current budget and timeline.”). How to avoid scope creep. How do you do that?

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Teamweek

AUGUST 1, 2022

Project cost estimation can be challenging, especially when the project is complicated and has many moving parts. In this guide, you’ll learn: What a project cost estimate is Why most project cost estimates are terrible How to create an accurate project estimate What to do after creating your project cost estimate.

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Estimate Project Cost Web Development Software Review 52

Teamweek

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Top-down estimating is a form of estimation where existing knowledge of similar projects is used in the estimation process to produce a ballpark figure for the total cost. Like other methods to estimate a new project’s cost , top-down estimation has advantages and disadvantages. What is top-down estimating?

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 27, 2022

In honor of National Superhero Day on April 28th, this article gives tips on how we can rise to “superhero status” as project managers. Protect all assets (Stay on budget). One of the biggest missteps a project manager can make is delivering the project over budget. First, let’s define what project success really means.

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Teamweek

MAY 13, 2024

In this article, you’ll learn five steps to calculate billable hours accurately: Agree on billable tasks and rates Set up the project, tasks, budgets, and billable rates Track billable and non-billable hours Track budgeted vs. actual hours Invoice clients for hours worked Let’s look closer at each of these steps.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

Inaccurate time estimation is the cause of 25% of failed projects. Learning how to estimate time for a project is tricky, but critical to its success. In this guide we’ll go over: What is time estimating in project management? Why is estimating time for tasks important? Feel free to skip ahead to the how-to steps.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Parametric estimation is a crucial estimation technique in project management. That’s because parametric estimations are highly accurate and take some guesswork from your estimation process. What is parametric estimating? The more granular the parameter, the more accurate the estimate.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Need to know how to plan an event? For this article, let’s focus on large events. A conference is a common type of large event, so for our purposes, let’s talk about a TEDx conference that we were involved in to illustrate how to plan an event. You’ll also want to estimate the amount of people expected to speak and attend.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

This is a guest article by author Edoardo Binda Zane. We start with 5 steps for how to put a proposal budget together and then Edoardo shares a worked (fictional) example to show you what the budget would look like once it is completed. A proposal budget is similar to a project budget, but with a very different goal.

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Planio

APRIL 22, 2024

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. The recommendation Executive summary example #1: Project status update Executive summary example #2: Resource decision How to write a great executive summary for your next project 1. The current status or problem 3.

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Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Estimation of project cost is one of the core practices of the project initiation stage, which becomes the basis for the approved project budget. However, the main challenge of this process is that it has to be performed under conditions of uncertainty – you can forecast only the approximate budget you’re going to spend on a project.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

Read on and learn more about how a project management tool that is reasonably usable when you use it out of the box without any modifications turns into a bureaucratic nightmare, what the reasons for this might be, and what we can do about it. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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ChatGPT Technical Review 2023 SCRUM 178

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. Add project management software or testing tools (or whatever else you need) to the project budget. But, projects rarely have dedicated budgets for training. What does it mean to “do” project quality?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 24, 2022

Here are some cost-per-meeting examples: #1 : A company with 25,000 employees in which each employee attends 100 meetings per year (2 meetings per week) at an estimated cost of $500 per meeting. Total meetings = 2,500,000 Estimated cost per meeting = $500 TOTAL MEETING COST PER YEAR = $1,250,000,000 (over 1 BILLION!). #2

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

In this article we’ll look at the types of artifacts in project management, typical documents for each type. Artifacts are categorized in the PMBOK® Guide – 7 th edition into 9 different types and that’s what this article is going to look at. The article will be updated in due course. What is an artifact?

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Logistics Artificial Inteligence PMI Performance Measurement 509

LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 18, 2022

In this article, we’ll share 3 easy ways to get stakeholder buy-in for your projects so you can start strong and finish successfully. . Stakeholder buy-in is a way to describe how committed stakeholders are to a piece of work. How to get buy-in from stakeholders. It’s a common problem, but it doesn’t have to be your problem.

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Workamajig

AUGUST 6, 2019

Mastering the art of creating a project budget is a crucial skill for any agency. Learn how to create a project budget in our new article. So much of your success as an agency depends on getting the project budget right. In this guide, we’ll cover project budgets in detail. Breaking Down the Project Budget.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

“ I’ve done this a million times–let’s skip estimating just this once.”. You rush through the beginning estimates only to miss deadlines, blow budgets, and draw raised eyebrows from clients. In this guide we’ll cover: What are project estimation techniques? What are project estimation techniques? Cost estimations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

It’s a guide to how the project will be managed. And as a project manager, it provides the guardrails and guidelines for how you are going to do your job. In this article, you’ll learn about 20 things to include in a project plan. Here’s where you set out how you are going to manage risk. Be pragmatic though.

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Planning Software Review Risk Management Estimate 317

Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Are you a project manager looking to download a project budget template? Creating a project budget is relatively straightforward. But not everyone can manage the budget of a project successfully. Use this free project budget spreadsheet to track the financial details of your next client project. Estimates and actuals.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 28, 2019

employers an estimated $544 billion in lost productivity each year. If productivity is a problem on your team, consider the many potential blockers and how you can fix them. By instilling this into the culture of your team, you can ensure that projects remain on track, avoiding budget overages and angry upper-level leadership.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 17, 2023

For example, if your project aims to roll out hands-on training to 3,000 factory workers about how to safely use a new piece of equipment, then you are constrained by how many trainers and pieces of demo equipment are available. Track time Record hours worked so people know what time is being used and how it is being used.

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Estimate Lean PMI Construction 142

Kiron Bondale

JULY 24, 2022

In my previous article , I provided an overview of my current personal project of preparing for and running for election as one the city councilors in Welland, Ontario. Based on the time and budget remaining, certain work packages may be added, dropped or reprioritized. These tactics will leave me with just under 25% of my budget.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Create your own workspace from scratch or they have a lot of sensible templates that you can start from if you aren’t really sure how to get started. There are multi-board templates, to give you ideas about how to make the most of the tool. As well as a baseline, you can track SPI, EV, and progress against budget. Yes, really!

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Software Review Software Agile Estimate 386

nTask

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

A project proposal can be defined as: “The framework that enlists all the important information required for your project including its background, objectives, budgeting, etc. They provide all the estimated details required for the completion of the project. It makes them clear on the budget and the estimated timeline of the project.

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Wrike

MARCH 24, 2020

Effective project budget management is one of the most critical components of successful projects. As many as 27% of projects go over budget, which can negatively impact client relationships and profits. One in six of those over-budget projects nearly doubles the original estimate. .

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Budget Project Cost Monitoring Estimate 36

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 26, 2021

In project management, the RFQ is used as a mechanism in procurement and helps the project managers meet the goals of their budget. You have also started work or even completed a budget, so you know roughly how much of a financial commitment you’re able to make. How to Use ProjectManager.com’s RFQ Template. That depends.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

Budgets are also part of a project. A project budget outlines these expenditures. That is, projects must come in within budget, be delivered on time and meet the agreed-upon scope. But the triple constraint is more than that; it’s like the ballast on a ship and keeps the project balanced no matter how rough the waters get.

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