Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Estimation of project cost is one of the core practices of the project initiation stage, which becomes the basis for the approved project budget. At the same time, the forecasted cost should not be too overestimated or underestimated. What helps make cost estimation simple and efficient?

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Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc. Poor estimates .

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Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc. Poor estimates .

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 1, 2024

Assign tasks to your team members, track their progress and monitor project costs in real time. ProjectManager’s kanban board view is ideal for managing project tasks and workflows. Kanban is a very versatile methodology that can be used by any team that needs to manage workflows , business processes or projects.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The schedule of values (SOV) is a construction document that’s part of the payment process when working on a project. It helps with project management by listing the project’s scope and the costs associated with those task needed to deliver the project successfully. What Is a Schedule of Values?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2024

Tableau is an analytics platform that allows organizations to visualize their data on powerful yet user-friendly data analysis charts and diagrams powered by machine learning, natural language processing and predictive analytics. While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 28, 2024

As you can see in the image below, it shows project task names, their due dates, duration, percentage of completion and arrows to indicate task dependencies. By clicking these project timeline bars, you can see additional information for each task, such as their priority level, status, and subtasks.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Even when you tell yourself that “this time is going to be different,” — but project costs somehow still manage to get out of control? Only 43% of projects are “mostly or always” completed on budget. Let’s talk about project cost management. ??. What is project cost management?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2024

Construction projects are often long and complicated endeavors. Payment is determined in the contract process, which includes the contractor payment schedule. A construction payment schedule is part of the contract in a construction project. Construction project templates can help facilitate this process.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 30, 2024

Here’s a Notion kanban board example so you can see the task and project details you can track. ProjectManager Has a Better Kanban Board Than Notion ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that offers advanced planning, scheduling, tracking and reporting features to help you manage projects across industries.

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Teamweek

AUGUST 1, 2022

The project is spiraling out of control, scope creep is closing in, and you’re losing sleep because of all the stress. Unfortunately, this scenario is all too common for project managers. . Project cost estimation can be challenging, especially when the project is complicated and has many moving parts.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 29, 2024

Manufacturers are no different, except in the areas in which they seek to standardize and streamline their production processes. Shop Floor Planning This step involves the creation of the master production schedule , which informs which manufacturing orders will be made. Businesses are always looking for ways to improve efficiency.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2024

Projects cost money. Those funds have a life cycle of their own and project managers must understand how those costs come in and out of the project and organization. That process is called project cash flow. We’ll look at project cash flow, what it is and how to calculate and manage it.

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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. Creating a Gantt chart in Asana is an easy process that’ll allow you to create a project schedule in minutes.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

The name kanban means billboard in Japanese, and you can see why, as the process involves placing tasks represented by cards on physical or digital kanban boards. For more information on using kanban board software , watch the short video below. Scrum boards and kanban boards break the project into smaller, more manageable pieces.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

We’ll get to that and define the various project financials before getting into the process of managing a project’s finances. What Is Project Financial Management? Project financial management is the process of controlling the financial aspect of a project, such as its cost, revenue and profit.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

You can even use project planning templates to help you manage your project, track progress and risks. They provide you with a consistent project documentation process, which can then be archived and retrieved to inform future planning. But using project planning templates is, at best, only a starting point.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Cost control is a practice performed across businesses in most industries. Cost control works by identifying and reducing expenses to increase the profitability of the company. Cost control as a process begins with budgeting. ProjectManager has real-time dashboards to manage cost control. Seek it out.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

Maybe you’ve been unexpectedly assigned to lead a project and a big promotion is on the line, or maybe you’re a team member who wants to better understand their role in the project. Regardless, we’re going to give you a brief overview of the major details involved in project management for actionable information.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 17, 2024

This might cause you to go over your project budget or affect the profitability of your business, especially in labor-intensive industries such as construction or manufacturing. Using this free timesheet template for Google Sheets allows you to track the labor costs of your organization and streamline your payroll process.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. 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 20, 2024

This means you can create copies of the file and use it as a template to create a schedule for any future projects your organization starts. All you’ll need to do is edit the information in the Gantt chart table shown in the image. Project Budget Template In addition to your project schedule, you’ll need a project budget.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

No one needs to tell you that projects cost money. But how much they’ll cost is an open question. The closer you can come to an accurate forecast of project costs, the more likely you’ll deliver a successful project. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

Then we’ll explore scenario planning in business and project management before explaining the steps that must be taken to use this process. Scenario planning is a strategy used to consider possible future events for an organization or project to develop an effective and relevant long-term plan to respond positively to that change.

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ProjectManager.com

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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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2023

There are project monitoring tools, of course, but like everything in project management, there’s a process that we’ll explain. What Is Project Monitoring and Control? Before we get to the steps to monitor your project, let’s put the concept into context. That’s called a project schedule baseline.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2024

Think of resource requirements as the fuel that drives all project activities. Once one understands what resource requirements are in project management, next there is estimating what those resources will be and managing them. To help with this process, we’ll define resource requirements and link to a free resource plan template.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2023

Knowing exactly what construction cost management means and what a construction cost is can be the difference between project success or failure. We’ll go over those definitions and explain the construction cost management process so you can manage projects better. What Is Construction Cost Management?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2021

There are always options, and knowing which is the best one for your project takes time, research and an understanding of possible scenarios. An analysis of alternatives is required, and today’s blog will guide you through the tools and methods you should use to get the data you need. What is Alternative Analysis? Learn More!

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ProProfs Project Management

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

With the help of project evaluation, you can collect and examine information about a project, its various sub-tasks, as well as your team members. Moreover, with all the data at hand, you can look forward to nailing future projects. . What can be the consequences of poor project evaluation? .

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 22, 2022

Let’s look at what a project account is as well as its principles and methods. What Is Project Accounting? Project accounting refers to all elements related to financial transactions in a project. This includes everything from project costs, billing and revenue.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 28, 2021

Not to be confused with cost management, cost control has its own set of objectives that can save businesses money. Track your projects costs in real-time and avoid cost overruns with ProjectManager.com’s dashboards. What Is Cost Control? Ideally, these changes are informed by cost control data.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2023

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. Lean construction adopts the principles and practices of lean manufacturing and applies them to building processes. What Is Lean Construction?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Like any project management baseline, a cost baseline is used to compare actual spend versus cost estimates. Ideally, the cost estimates and actual project costs numbers should match or, better yet, the actual costs should be lower than the cost baseline. How to Create a Cost Baseline.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Meeting deadlines and delivering results quickly are crucial for maintaining client satisfaction and ensuring project success. One area where designers often face challenges is the design approval process. This stage acts as a crucial checkpoint to verify that the design aligns with the project goals and expectations.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2023

These six metrics are also project constraints as they are areas of the project that can impact performance. Cost Cost is the filter by which you see the financial performance of a project. Once you have a budget, be sure to save that information as it’s critical to measuring cost.

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

But through this clutter, how easy is it to find the most valuable blog feeds out there? Project management blogs and resources can be a primary source of knowledge, especially if project management (PM) experts contribute to them. And if you’re not yet familiar with project management, don’t worry!

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