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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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Without a plan, projects are in trouble. Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Why Use Project Planning Templates? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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Asana vs. Monday: In-Depth Software Comparison

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They have features, such as project tracking, workflow automation and other standard project management software features. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart helps you plan, manage and track work in real time. Asana is an online project management software that has project management and task management features. Fair enough.

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How to do Rolling Wave Planning

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Rolling wave planning, also known as progressive elaboration, is an iterative planning technique to use when it’s difficult (or pointless) to schedule too far ahead. The APM Planning, Scheduling, Monitoring and Control Guide (2015) defines rolling wave planning as ‘the planning density that is achieved at different moments in time.

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Batch Production: Examples, Advantages and Disadvantages

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For batch production to run smoothly, project management software can be used to plan, schedule and track all production activities. It’s not the best production planning method for all manufacturers or industries. This, and producing the correct number of goods required, helps reduce waste. Here are some reasons why.

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10 Steps for Successful Project Completion (Templates Included)

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Project planning, execution, monitoring and controlling are often the focus of project management. Project completion is the final phase of a project’s life cycle, which starts with initiation and moves through planning, execution, monitoring and controlling to project completion. That’s a mistake.

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Trello vs. Asana: Side-by-Side Comparison

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Trello vs. Asana is a likely matchup for anyone looking for the right project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning software that’s the winner in a contest between Trello vs. Asana because it’s true project management software. It was created in 2011 by Fog Creek Software. What Is Trello?

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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

My software projects needed releasing, so we had to follow the formal process and engage with the release manager to make sure that the bug fixes and new features got pushed to the production environment in a controlled way. In this article, I’ll explain what a release manager does and what skills you need to make a success of this role.