ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A project timeline is a project scheduling tool that’s used to estimate the total duration of a project from start to end by mapping tasks, deliverables and milestones in chronological order. Why Should You Make a Project Timeline In Excel? We encourage you to download our free file below!

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 19, 2024

Projects need resources, often consistently. Suppliers and contractors deliver those products and services that help fulfill the project. Managers want to stay on budget and resources cost money, which is why they use a request for quote (RFQ) to get pricing from suppliers and contractors. What Is a Request for Quote (RFQ)?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2024

It’s not only communicative but helps management develop strategic plans so the company can accomplish its goals. Our roadmap is a Gantt chart that visually represents all of your strategic goals and related projects, including the steps necessary to accomplish them. Organizational strategy has many layers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

This is a question I’m hearing quite a lot at the moment: How do I turn my company’s strategy into actual projects? People do that. So how do you get to a place where people can deliver on the strategy that has been set? Then you can do the same exercise with the others. It’s good to have a strategy, of course.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2024

It keeps equipment in optimal working condition, which leads to more efficiency and quality and keeps work on time and within budget. Project management software can help organizations keep to their maintenance schedule. Maintenance is an essential part of industries from construction to manufacturing.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2024

An army of subcontractors each with their own specific discipline complete construction projects. But how do they know what to work on? This construction document helps subcontractors understand what they need to do if they have any questions. An RFI in construction is a request for information. What Is an RFI in Construction?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Having many projects to manage in a portfolio can be daunting. You need to strategize and plan your resource allocation to ensure that every project has what it needs when it needs it. There are many ways to do this and one of which is lean portfolio management. What Is Lean Portfolio Management?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Managing a program or portfolio of projects involves many things, but utmost importance should be given to resource management, especially organizational resources. To start, resources can include labor, management, expertise, equipment, finances, energy, land and time. What Are Organizational Resources?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 3, 2024

What is order fulfillment and how does it differ from order processing and order management? Order fulfillment is part of the larger supply chain management process, specifically, the receiving of goods and then processing and delivering orders to customers. ProjectManager’s kanban boards manage the order fulfillment process.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

The history of kanban is less than 100 years old, but in that time, it has been highly influential. The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. While kanban systems were once analog, they have since moved into the digital space and are often found in project management software.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

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. Download one or all and get your next project started right.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 1, 2024

Asana is project management software that offers a variety of easy-to-use tools like timelines, task lists and kanban boards which are mainly used for managing simple projects, everyday tasks and team workflows. It’s a good alternative for small teams that need to manage their workload and collaborate online.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. It’s essential to keep projects successful for any organization to thrive.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Once the strategic plan is clear across the entire organization, project management software will help plan, manage and track those projects to successful completion. That is, they all develop strategic plans to achieve long-term goals to create value. What Is a Strategy Map? Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2024

But the only reason it feels effortless is because of order management. We’ll explain what order management is and explore how an order management process is conducted. There are, of course, people behind the order management process. What Is Order Management? Customer satisfaction is also an objective.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Gantt chart is one of the most important tools in a project manager’s toolbox. One side is a spreadsheet that collects important project data and the other is a visual timeline that shows the entire project from start to finish. What Can You Use a Microsoft Project Gantt Chart For?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

In my professional career I have been project manager for many years in different types of environments and for different types of projects. I have been trainer in PRINCE2® and PRINCE2 Agile®, in Management of Portfolios (MoP®) and Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O®), and in AgilePM®.

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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? Resources are anything you need to execute the project plan. What Is Resource Forecasting in Project Management? The most valuable resource in any project, however, is the people who make that project happen.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The project budget is developed during the planning phase of a project. It’s a document that captures the total costs required to complete a project over a specified timeframe. The more accurate your forecast for project costs, the more likely you’ll be able to deliver a successful project and make a profit.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A PMO, or project management office, can be an internal department or an external group or agency that defines and maintains the standards for a company’s project management. However, all three can use PMO templates to support project programs and portfolios.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? You’re in the right place! There are also some further suggestions that take a bit more effort but are equally worthwhile in case you’ve got more time and energy to spare for your professional development. How many PDUs do I need? Ready to get started?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. A while back, I asked project management experts w hat we should be aware of as we go into the new year to achieve their most successful year ever? Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2023

IT projects are unique. These IT project management templates are essential to get those jobs done properly. Try these 15 free IT project management templates today. But every IT project has one thing in common: they start with an IT plan. They can manage time, costs and resources.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 13, 2022

Projects need management. Much of the focus of project management is obviously on methodologies that keep your project on time and within budget. That’s where project selection comes in. Project selection is all about picking the right project at the right time for your organization.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 25, 2023

A Project managers can’t do it alone. When the project is larger and more complex, the organization often employs someone called a project officer. This person is tasked with helping ensure the project is delivered successfully. What Is a Project Officer? A project officer assists the project manager.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 9, 2022

Managing a project requires more than planning and budgeting, it also requires scheduling. While deliverables are due at specific points on your project timeline, getting those deliverables completed on time requires scheduling your human resources with a resource calendar. What Is a Resource Calendar? Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2022

It’s recommended to have a matrix organizational structure in place to define how your project team will function. Projects have many activities, from resource planning to task management and everything in-between. It will also determine what your team members do, and what project management tools are best for the job at hand.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 17, 2022

The project manager is on the ground, running the team and keeping the daily operations of a project running smoothly. But who looks after the project manager? In project management, that position is called a project director. Let’s take a look at a project director and learn what they do.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

However, a good manufacturing engineer also has knowledge of mechatronics, commerce, economics and business management. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software with powerful Gantt charts for manufacturing processes. Learn more What Does a Manufacturing Engineer Do? What Is Manufacturing Engineering?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

When managing a project, there will inevitably be changes or other issues that impact the project. To prevent going off schedule or overspending, project managers are always balancing the project management triangle, which is made up of the three main project constraints.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 18, 2023

Construction projects are complicated. All projects have change orders, but what is a construction change order and when should you use it? We’ll answer those questions as well as outline the process when managing construction change orders. ProjectManager’s kanban boards track construction change orders in real time.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 2, 2021

Task management is essential to project management, teamwork and simply getting work done. Teams use task management software to execute tasks on time, within budget and with the right resources. But before we rank the best task management software, let’s make sure we understand task management.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 9, 2022

Managing a project is a very challenging, but project evaluation makes it easier. Everything starts with careful planning, which sets the stage for the execution phase where estimations, plans and schedules guide the project team as they complete tasks and deliverables. What Is Project Evaluation?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 20, 2022

Scrum Guide 2020. A Scrum project still needs to be managed; work still needs to be analysed; teams, people and organisations still need to be coached etc. It’s just managed differently in Scrum. Perhaps for the next blog. #1. The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Projects are planned and then life happens. Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. Without that knowledge, the project is running blindly, and anyone who’s tried this knows the dangers. What Is a Performance Measurement Baseline?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Uncertainty is a certainty in projects. Risks will arise and threaten the successful delivery of your project. That’s the first step in planning, managing and mitigating risk in your projects. That’s the first step in planning, managing and mitigating risk in your projects. There are four categories of risk.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 1, 2023

Then we’ll list the 10 most important manufacturing KPIs and conclude with how project management software can help you track those manufacturing KPIs. Manufacturing KPIs are like any KPI in that they’re a metric to quantifiably measure performance over time; in this case, the KPIs focus on manufacturing.

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