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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Creating a schedule of values is important for the project owner, contractor and subcontractors alike. It can be used to communicate what’s needed in the project, the costs associated with the activities and the management of payments. The schedule of values is an itemized list of all the project activities.

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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. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart offer more project management features than an Asana Gantt chart. Not really.

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MARCH 12, 2024

When a project is planned, a set of steps are outlined to deliver a product or service. 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.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Some projects are done internally within an organization. This is called operational project management. To better understand operational project management requires defining what an operational project is, how it differs from strategic projects and what operational project management is.

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MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome to project management 101. Project management can seem like a daunting discipline, but once you get a grasp of the fundamentals and combine that with some intuition, you’ll be on your way to leading successful projects, no matter your situation. What Is a Project? Projects are made up of deadlines.

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JANUARY 1, 2019

But leadership is the x-factor in managing a successful project , and unlike planning, monitoring and reporting, it’s less easily defined. The following are some of our best blog posts on leadership in 2018 and a couple that we found on the web. Best Blogs Posts on Leadership from ProjectManager.com.

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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. Every project phase is impacted by construction cost management.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Risk mitigation describes a process by which a project reduces its exposure to risk and works towards minimizing the likelihood of any issues arising during the project. It involves a process that we’ll explore in a moment but basically addresses the top risks in order to fully protect the project. What Is Risk Mitigation?

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APRIL 17, 2024

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that has the features needed to manage sales order processing. Custom workflows can include automation to streamline the process, with task approvals set up to ensure quality control. One of those business documents is a sales order. What Is a Sales Order?

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APRIL 9, 2024

A kanban board is a project management tool that manages workflows and processes using two key elements: kanban cards, which represent tasks, and kanban columns which divide the kanban board vertically to represent steps or stages of completion for them. ProjectManager has kanban boards with advanced project and workflow management features.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Businesses aren’t projects but they share many commonalities. While businesses run projects, they also have strategies and objectives that must be met. 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.

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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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JANUARY 9, 2024

Managing the workforce in a construction project is a complicated endeavor. There are so many different subcontractors and all have to work together to deliver the project on time and within budget. The purpose is to help those projects be delivered on time and within budget. The following is a list of them.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

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. Naturally, these processes can be executed with greater efficiency when project management software is used.

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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. What Is Project Management Maturity?

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AUGUST 23, 2023

Just as a body works best when healthy, such is also the case with a project. To understand what project health is let’s define it and the areas that should be monitored to make sure your project is healthy. What Is Project Health? Project management software acts as the thermometer for the project.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Project management software can make order processing more efficient and achieve those advantages. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with powerful kanban boards that can manage order fulfillment activities. Ordering a product and getting it delivered has become commonplace.

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JANUARY 4, 2024

Therefore, the company allows each of its departments to set its budgets, including a list of expenses and cost projections, which are then submitted to senior management for review. Project management software can help you organize your budget. There are many ways to approach budgeting. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Your team is your most valuable resource when executing a project. The ability to know who you need and when you need them for the project is what workload analysis is all about. As you can imagine, workload planning is essential for project success. Project management software helps with workload analysis and capacity planning.

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MARCH 27, 2024

To further illustrate kanban in manufacturing, we’ll show a visual example of it at work and outline the key advantages of using this scheduling system as well as how project management software can advance its benefits. Many project management software products have kanban features.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Projects have a beginning, middle and end. That’s called the project life cycle. When you’re a project management office (PMO) or program or portfolio manager, you’re going to have to deal with multiple projects in various stages of the project pipeline. What is a project pipeline?

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There are many things that are needed when managing a project. These organizational process assets are critical to a project’s success and its operations. 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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AUGUST 30, 2023

The latter requires inventory control, lead times and reducing the material costs and waste. Creating or assembling distinct products needs to be organized and planned, which is facilitated by the use of project management software. That requires monitoring for inconsistencies in production, product, resources, etc.,

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FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Gantt charts have been a fundamental project management tool for over a century, and it’s easy to understand why. They provide a visual overview of project tasks and the timeframe in which they need to be completed. ProjectManager’s construction Gantt charts help you plan, manage and track projects in real time.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Controlling process manufacturing production is assisted by project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software with powerful Gantt charts that plan out the entire process of manufacturing step by step to ensure everything is done properly. What Is Process Manufacturing?

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APRIL 11, 2023

Production control is the way that managers keep track of the work being done in the manufacturing facility. Let’s look into what production control is, what a production controller does and explore the process of production control. What Is Production Control? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Projects are made up of many moving parts. One of the ways that you can determine if the project is behind or ahead of schedule is called schedule control. Project planning, scheduling and control all go together when managing a project to stay on time and meet your deadlines. What Is Schedule Control?

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APRIL 3, 2024

Managing the various stages of order fulfillment can be more efficiently facilitated through project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with customizable kanban boards that can manage the workflow of the order fulfillment process, even automating simple or repetitive tasks.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

What do you need to know to succeed at project management? While there’s some truth to that joke, it’s not helpful to the student or the experienced professional who is looking for a way to understand the myriad responsibilities of being a project manager. What is PMBOK in Project Management? Project Integration Management.

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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. What Is Project Cash Flow?

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MARCH 22, 2023

Production management has to control a variety of functions to deliver projects on time without overspending. It involves phases that include planning, scheduling, control and maintenance in service of producing quality and quantity on time and within the budget. Managing all aspects of production requires good management.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Then, we’ll wrap up with how project management software can help with manufacturing operations management. Manufacturing operations management is a method to control the structure and systems used by manufacturers when producing a product or its operations. This is all facilitated by the use of project management software.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Simply put, quality control in manufacturing is important. Quality control in manufacturing means your customers get what they’ve paid for. Let’s learn what quality control is, some of the methods to employ it and the roles of your team to ensure quality control in manufacturing is delivered. What Is Quality Control (QC)?

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is called a service request and controlling that process is called service request management. Project management software can control the service request process. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that helps you manage each step in the service request process and tracks it in real time.

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Construction project management has five phases, the same as any project. Then we’ll explain the difference between the construction phases and the project life cycle. To help you manage your construction projects better, we’ll even add a few free templates. Construction projects are carefully planned.

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APRIL 10, 2024

ProjectManger is award-winning project and portfolio management software that can manage order processing and fulfillment activities with robust and customizable kanban boards. Placing an order and receiving it seems straightforward. But the only reason it feels effortless is because of order management. Then there are customer expectations.

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MAY 19, 2022

Is your organization failing to close the gaps between strategy and project execution? Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. What is Project Execution? Fortunately, there are strategies ( and tools! ) It’s a discipline of its own.”

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