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Project Financial Management: Managing Project Financials

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Whether you call it project financial management or project accounting, managing a project’s finances is essential to delivering a successful project. It’s more than just keeping up with costs. But what exactly is financial project management? Learn more What Are Project Financials?

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Tracking Budget Variance in Project Management

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Therefore, project managers are always tracking budget variance to deliver projects without breaking the bank. We’ll define project variance below as well as what a budget variance analysis is. Before defining budget variance, let’s look at the meaning of variance. What Is Budget Variance?

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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Scrum is a project management framework with well-defined roles, guidelines and procedures that ensure this methodology is implemented consistently. Scrum is often used by smaller teams in what they call sprints , made up of tasks of a shorter duration, to make the project more flexible and adaptable to change.

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The Construction Resource Management Process Explained

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There are so many different subcontractors and all have to work together to deliver the project on time and within budget. There are many different types of construction resources beyond labor and we’ll define them as well as the process for construction resource management. What Is Construction Resource Management?

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What Is a Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) In Project Management?

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Clearly, the cost breakdown structure represents the costs of all the parts of the work breakdown structure. The work breakdown structure defines the project deliverables and in so doing decomposes the work that must be completed by the project team. This includes the people who will execute the project.

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Capital Budgeting: Definitions, Steps & Techniques

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In finance, capital is money that a company has, such as earnings or credit, which it can spend or invest on assets. First, we need to define capital budgeting, what a capital budget is and why it’s important. Track Project Costs, Budget and Performance When executing the project, it’s crucial that managers monitor that work.

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7 Budget Templates for Business & Project Budgeting

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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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