ProjectManager.com

APRIL 2, 2024

Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. It has tools that allow you to plan sprints, track the completion of tasks, balance your team member’s workload and create product roadmaps. Does Jira Have a Kanban Board? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 2, 2024

Tactical planning tells you how to get there. This concept is an important part of project portfolio management (PPM) and project management offices (PMOs). Let’s dive a bit deeper into the subject and explain how it differs from other types of planning, its benefits and more. What Is Tactical Planning?

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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. Learn how to create a maintenance schedule and download a free maintenance schedule template to get started. Project management software can help organizations keep to their maintenance schedule.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2023

There’s more than one way to manage a construction project. Along the way, we’ll explain why lean construction can benefit your project and how the right project management software can help you take advantage of lean construction. ProjectManager has Gantt charts to manage your lean construction.

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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. This is done by using a project management maturity model. What Is Project Management Maturity?

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 28, 2018

Once in my career, I was lucky enough to work with a true Excel spreadsheet master. Chris could make Excel do anything, except he never used spreadsheets to manage a project. When teams use legacy tools for something like project management, they invite in even more legacy problems. Forget about collaborating!

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Manufacturers make things, and how much they make is determined by demand and the supply of raw materials. But who makes the decision on the quantity of output and how that information is delivered is processed through what’s called a production order. We’ll also throw in some free production planning templates.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2023

Businesses are always looking for ways to improve their practices. But is it possible to structure a process of continuous improvement at your company so that it aligns with your preferred management tools, team morale and overall objectives? But what is it and how can it be applied to your business? Good questions.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2024

It involves how the company will allocate its resources to support business activities that lead to achieving those long-term goals. Another reason to have an organizational strategy is that it provides a roadmap that can be shared across the company and illustrates how those long-term goals will be met.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

All of these things and more make them a perfect candidate for business project management. Let’s first explore the definition of business project management. Then, we’ll look at the role of a business project manager and the types of projects that a business will manage. What Is Business Project Management?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

IT service management (ITSM) is the process of how those services meet the needs of the end users who employ them. Over the course of this blog, we’ll discuss how ITSM is implemented, managed and delivered to meet the needs of an organization and how project management software can help facilitate those processes.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Manufacturers have to do more than produce a product, they also have to manage their operations. That’s why manufacturing operations management is so important—it keeps the lights on. Of course, there’s more to manufacturing operations management than that. What Is Manufacturing Operations Management?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Project meetings often feel as if they’re in the way of your work. If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration. In terms of project management meetings, there are several different types.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There are many things that are needed when managing a project. Front of mind are resources and intangible things like leadership, experience and general know-how. An organizational process asset is a tangible resource that’s used to guide the management of an organization’s projects and operations.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

When working in information technology (IT), an incident can shut down a network or server and stop work, which is why IT incident management is so important. Before we go into the process of IT incident management, let’s first understand what the term IT incident means and how IT incident management is defined.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Construction sites are busy with subcontractors and other crews working on various smaller projects that will lead to the final build. One of the tasks of the general contractor is to track those work hours to manage labor costs and keep everyone paid. Then there’s worker management. What Is a Construction Timesheet?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The ability to measure progress is how project managers keep projects on track. But if you’re working in an agile environment, the Gantt chart isn’t the right tool for your iterative approach to project management. Let’s define it, explain when it’s used and explore how to make one. What Is a Burn Up Chart?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

What Is a Project Management Methodology? A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. Project management methodologies help project managers lead team members and manage work, while facilitating team collaboration.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

After defining what manufacturing engineering is, we’ll look at the professionals who work in that discipline, the manufacturing engineers. Manufacturing engineering, sometimes called production engineering, is a type of engineering that’s concerned with the planning of the practices of manufacturing.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 16, 2022

If businesses can improve how they work, they’re more competitive and make more money. That’s what business process management is all about. Business process management looks at the processes a company employs to deliver its goods or services to its customers. What Is Business Process Management (BPM)?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 11, 2023

They all have to work together and a site engineer is one of the professionals who’s responsible for that smooth operation. If you’re a construction project management company looking to hire a site engineer you’ll need to have a thorough job description to caption the right candidate. Learn more What Does a Site Engineer Do?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Since my book Collaboration Tools for Project Managers came out, one of the things I’m asked frequently is ‘how do I choose the right collaboration tool for my team?’. I’m delighted to be partnering with Genius Project today to bring you The 5 Step Expert Guide To Choosing Project Management Collaboration Tools.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is called a service request and controlling that process is called service request management. We’ll explain in more detail what service request management is and what a service request is, including examples to make it clearer. Then we’ll outline the steps of service request management from submission to follow-up and a lot more.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 3, 2024

Products go through many processes before they reach a customer. Once a product has been manufactured, how does it reach the customer? What is order fulfillment and how does it differ from order processing and order management? ProjectManager’s kanban boards manage the order fulfillment process.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2021

How do you meet demand and not overstock your inventory? Demand planning is a cross-functional process that businesses use to meet customer demand while avoiding supply chain or inventory management disruptions. You must use both internal and external research to determine the demand forecast for your product.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 19, 2022

All of your tasks and how they move from one to the next are outlined in the project plan , of course, but having a visual is a quick and easy method to see the big picture. Every tool that helps define the project and make it more manageable is valuable. How Do Workflow Diagrams Help with Project Management? Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 12, 2023

There are many project management software products available on the market. Does Oracle Primavera Cloud have the features and price point you’re looking for, does it address the work you need to do and are there Oracle Primavera Cloud alternatives that do the job better and less expensively?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

What we might take for granted actually involves a great deal of work and investment. IT financial management (ITFM) covers the costs of keeping our network, servers and devices running. IT financial management is a bit more complicated than that and we’ll explain by more thoroughly defining the term.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2022

Agile is a project management methodology that allows development teams to set up a dynamic work management framework. In addition, there are also core values, techniques, ceremonies and tools that make up the agile project management approach. They can manage their backlog and collaboratively plan sprints.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Planning a project, setting up a schedule and assembling a skilled team only sets the stage for productive work. To make sure everyone works at capacity and keeps things moving forward, you need to implement workflow management. What Is Workflow Management? Workflow Management vs Project Management.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 15, 2021

Luckily, projects are also a group effort—for every project, there is a project team working together to make deliverables a reality. How do these teams come together? A project team is composed of individuals that are working together towards a common goal. How to Assemble a Project Team. Not on their own! Try It Free.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 30, 2023

From working with hands to using machinery, the advances in manufacturing aren’t isolated to tools but also methods. What is discrete manufacturing and how does it differ from process and other manufacturing methods? Discrete manufacturing is the production of a specific type of item, such as automobiles, furniture, etc.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 15, 2023

Scrum is an Agile framework that has revolutionised how software development teams work. It is a collaborative, iterative, and adaptive approach emphasising communication, transparency, and continuous improvement. However, even with the best intentions, Scrum can be challenging to master.

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Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

Neglect on customer collaboration and feedback. Scrum is an agile project management system Scrum is breaking work down into small tasks to be delivered faster. No validation happens once an increment (product) is released to the market. Scrum is applicable for software development only.

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Teamweek

MAY 17, 2024

Project productivity measures how efficiently and effectively teams complete tasks and reach goals. It’s one of the best tools in a project manager’s toolkit to track and improve every project in their pipeline. What is project productivity? Why is productivity important in project management?

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Ganttic

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Effective project management is the backbone of successful businesses and initiatives. However, even the most seasoned project managers can find themselves entangled in the web of common pitfalls that hinder progress, derail timelines, and threaten project success. How to improve? Creating more productive meetings.

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