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MARCH 6, 2024

In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart.

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MARCH 14, 2024

To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy. We’ll go over that and link to free project management templates that can help you in this process. What Is Project Strategy?

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

We’ll show you how to make a Gantt chart in ProjectManager and why construction Gantt charts help deliver projects on time and within budget. Much of that information then automatically populates the visual timeline to the right. They provide a visual overview of project tasks and the timeframe in which they need to be completed.

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MARCH 5, 2024

Why Should You Use This Google Sheets Calendar Template? There are hundreds of analog and software tools you can use to create a calendar, such as your phone’s calendar or the Google Calendar that you’ve probably used to schedule work meetings. So why should you create this Google Sheets template?

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MARCH 12, 2024

To help with this process, we’ll define resource requirements and link to a free resource plan template. When a project is planned, a set of steps are outlined to deliver a product or service. Resource requirements need to be identified and allocated for those steps to be executed. What Are Resource Requirements in Project Management?

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

The program governance will account for both tangible and intangible assets of the organization by creating a set of processes, guidelines and tools used to manage a program. For example, our roadmap provides an overview of all the projects in a program on one visual timeline. What Is Program Governance?

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

That is, they all develop strategic plans to achieve long-term goals to create value. Then we’ll provide an example to better illustrate what we’re talking about and even provide a download to a free strategy map template to help you get started. To communicate this, organizations will usually employ what is called a strategy map.

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APRIL 2, 2024

It has tools that allow you to plan sprints, track the completion of tasks, balance your team member’s workload and create product roadmaps. In addition to the kanban board , Jira only offers one more project management tool: the timeline view. Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams.

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APRIL 17, 2024

To distinguish between other transactional documents, we’ll define a sales invoice and purchase order and how they differ from sales orders. To distinguish between other transactional documents, we’ll define a sales invoice and purchase order and how they differ from sales orders. One of those business documents is a sales order.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Once the vision is defined, then the practical work begins, and strategic planning templates can facilitate that work. ProjectManager is not only powerful project and portfolio management software but also has over 100 free project and portfolio management templates for Excel and Word, including these strategic planning templates.

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APRIL 30, 2024

Yes, Notion has two main project management views, a kanban board and a timeline, which can help you manage your team’s work. Choosing the best kanban software for your organization can be challenging due to the variety of options available, which offer different feature sets and price plans. Does Notion Have a Kanban Board?

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MARCH 8, 2024

But how do they know what to work on? The general contractor will create project plans and schedules with Gantt charts , but subcontractors need different tools to execute their work. An army of subcontractors each with their own specific discipline complete construction projects. An RFI in construction is a request for information.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Using this free timesheet template for Google Sheets allows you to track the labor costs of your organization and streamline your payroll process. Why Should You Use This Timesheet Template for Google Sheets? This Google Sheets timesheet template is ideal for creating, storing and sharing timesheets with your team.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Then we’ll show you how to make a budget using both so you can make an informed decision. In turn, they must create their budgets based on the allocations. Use our powerful Gantt charts to map your resource costs on a visual timeline. There are many ways to approach budgeting. What Is Bottom-Up Budgeting?

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MAY 9, 2024

Variance is a measure of how data points differ from the mean. 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. What Is Budget Variance? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Our roadmaps show all your projects on a Gantt chart and visual timeline, which helps you prioritize tasks, allocate resources more effectively and meet your project deadlines. This prevents delays, creates efficiencies and ensures that nothing vital is lost in the flow of the many projects being managed. What is a project pipeline?

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Creating a schedule of values is important for the project owner, contractor and subcontractors alike. Then we’ll link to a free schedule of values template to help you get started. It can be used to communicate what’s needed in the project, the costs associated with the activities and the management of payments.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

To further illustrate what a Gantt chart is, we’ll give you an example and link to a free Gantt chart template for Excel that you can download and use right away. It was 15 years later in the 1910s that Henry Gantt created his version of the Gantt chart, one that was widely adopted in Western countries. Who Was Henry Gantt?

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MAY 16, 2024

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with roadmaps that can capture different scenarios and plan how to respond to each. Businesses are always straining to look around the corner and see what the future has in store for them. This is called scenario planning. What Is Scenario Planning?

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MARCH 7, 2023

Using planning templates can help you stay organized and keep to your budget and they allow you to schedule and create the kind of event that serves its purpose, whether that’s networking at a trade show or launching a team-building workshop. We have free templates for every phase of a project.

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APRIL 19, 2024

It outlines practically exactly how kanban can work for your team. Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. So, which is the best project management method if we compare kanban vs. scrum? And certainly, both methodologies have their value.

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JANUARY 11, 2024

We’ll get to that in a moment and show how it differs from resource leveling as well as when to use it. Managing resources effectively is one way to deliver your projects on time and within budget. But what do you do when you don’t have enough resources and the deadline is quickly beating down on you? What is resource smoothing?

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MARCH 22, 2024

The contractor payment schedule is how contractors in construction projects are paid. Therefore, a construction payment schedule shows how they receive compensation for their work over the project’s life cycle. Method of Payment: How will payments be disseminated, such as by check, electronic transfer, etc.

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APRIL 4, 2024

That’s why we’ve reviewed Trello’s kanban board and identified its key features, pros and cons to help you better understand how it compares to other kanban software. Yes, Trello is software by Atlassian that offers five project management tools: kanban boards, project timelines, calendars, dashboards and tables.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This free Google Sheets budget template will help you identify the different resources that are needed for your business to operate for a year, such as people, equipment or machinery. Then, you can estimate their costs and add them to determine how much money you’ll need to finance your business operations.

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MARCH 14, 2023

Project managers understand this and work hard to create change management plans that ensure their projects run smoothly. Project management software helps, too, but if you’re not ready to upgrade, we have some free change management templates that can help you manage change. A gap analysis isn’t strictly for change management.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Tactical planning tells you how to get there. Let’s dive a bit deeper into the subject and explain how it differs from other types of planning, its benefits and more. To achieve the strategic goals of a business, tactical plans include focused goals, steps to reach these goals and a timeline in which to achieve them.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Notion is work management software that helps teams from across industries such as product development, engineering or marketing to facilitate team communication, manage tasks and create simple project timelines. However, you can use Notion’s task list and project timeline to create a Gantt chart.

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Visual timelines are essential tools for planning, tracking, and managing a project. But while using these Gantt chart -style timelines for project management is fairly easy, creating one in Excel can be tricky. How to Create a Timeline in Excel . Step 1: Start by creating a table.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

At a high level, use our Gantt chart roadmaps to get an overview of all your projects on a visual timeline. Managing a program or portfolio of projects involves many things, but utmost importance should be given to resource management, especially organizational resources. What Are Organizational Resources?

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JANUARY 31, 2023

These IT project management templates are essential to get those jobs done properly. ProjectManager has dozens of free project management templates for Excel and Word that IT managers need when working on web development, software development, mobile app development, network configuration and so much more.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

Although it’s impossible to predict the future, with these free risk management templates, you can better prepare for the unexpected and be more apt to keep your project on track. There are many project management templates that are designed to help you identify, respond to and track those risks. Learn more 3.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As you might imagine, having project management software helps plan, manage and track this work, but if you’re not using such tools, there are product management templates that can help you steer the course. Product Roadmap Template A product roadmap is an essential tool in product management. It’s divided into two parts.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Let’s take a look at kanban vs. Gantt charts to explain what each is, with an example showing how they work, and their pros and cons. We’ll even do a side-by-side comparison of Gantt vs. kanban and throw in a couple of free templates so you can kick the tires of both and see if they’re a good fit for managing your project.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

How do you know what is unexpected? Create a Risk Mitigation Plan A risk mitigation plan is how you figure out the response to the risk if it becomes an issue. No decision in any organization occurs without some potential for loss. We all need to become comfortable with some risks. We are never going to eliminate all risks.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Before explaining how to make a construction phase plan, let’s first define the term and note some of the many reasons why one should use it. At the end of the blog, we’ll provide links to some related construction project management templates that can help you with your construction phase plan. Learn more.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Managing more than one project at a time creates a lot of problems. How can you allocate resources wisely across all those projects? How can you keep the projects aligned with the strategic goals of the organization? We’ll also explain the benefits and share some free templates to help you out.

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