ProjectManager.com

APRIL 16, 2024

In this blog, we’ll go through each step needed to create a timeline in Excel and explain the advantages and disadvantages of doing so. Learn how to create a timeline that can be used to visualize how tasks or projects will be executed over time, identify who will be responsible for completing them and identify milestones and deliverables.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. Let’s take a look at 10 different types of project management meetings and define them, and we’ll start with the definition of what a project meeting is. Project meetings often feel as if they’re in the way of your work.

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MAY 15, 2024

Project planning, execution, monitoring and controlling are often the focus of project management. Organizing project documentation and final activities can be done more efficiently with the same project management software used to plan, execute and control the project. That’s a mistake. What Is Project Completion?

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Asana is a popular work management software that helps teams collaborate on tasks and projects. Microsoft Project is a popular project management software that has the tools that project managers need to manage teams and projects. For one, MS Project is notoriously difficult to use and expensive.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

Then we’ll help you with the workforce planning process and explain the benefits of using workforce planning in your projects. Finally, we’ll see how project management software allows you to better manage your workforce. What Is Workforce Planning? Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

The construction phase plan is a critical construction project management document that helps to ensure a safe project. 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. What Is a Construction Phase Plan?

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Asana is a likely matchup for anyone looking for the right project management software. They’re both well-known and popular project management tools. Asana, on the other hand, is a simple-to-use work management tool. ProjectManager has Gantt charts, unlike Trello and Asana, to better manage projects.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The best project planning software gives managers the means to build a project plan , manage team members, control costs and stay on schedule. To do that, it’s equipped with project scheduling, time tracking, task management and resource management features. Yes, project planning software is massive.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Implementing a maintenance schedule will solve problems before they can risk breaking down machinery and stopping production, which leads to delays and added costs. Project management software can help organizations keep to their maintenance schedule. A maintenance schedule ensures those tasks are done regularly.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

If project management were an off-road 4×4 expedition, where teams had to plot a course through the unknown, cost and schedule contingency would be akin to the number of spare fuel cans you can carry successfully to complete the trip. Using this analogy, projects also have constrained or limited resources to deliver on their commitments.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 14, 2024

RAG status begins with understanding the acronym and how RAG status is used in project management. Then we’ll define RAG status tolerance and go into the various project professionals who use RAG status when evaluating a project. What Is RAG Status in Project Management? That’s what a RAG status does.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Project management is thriving. We’re just happy to help people manage their projects with our project management software , blog posts and videos that offer practical solutions to things like time management, using resources more effectively and managing teams. A project needs a manager.

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MARCH 27, 2024

Kanban in manufacturing originated in World War II where it was used in the manufacturing of Spitfires for the Royal Air Force in the UK. Kanban in manufacturing and production has many uses, which we detail below, as well as how it relates to lean and just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing. Then it was known as the two-bin system.

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MARCH 22, 2024

This sets clear payment terms for the contractor and reduces the risk of them receiving late payments or even no payment at all. Incorporating the construction payment schedule with the execution of the project can be seamlessly achieved with project management software. What Is a Contractor Payment Schedule?

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MAY 7, 2023

Project managers are often faced with the challenge of managing complex projects and ensuring that they stay on track. One key tool to success is understanding how to use organizational process assets effectively. OPAs and the PMP exam Let’s face it: I first came across the term OPA while reviewing PMP exam training material.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 30, 2024

If you’re researching which project management software to use, you’ve probably already compared Asana vs. ClickUp. Certainly, Asana is simple to use and pleasing to the eyes, while ClickUp is similar to Asana, but with software development tools. However, as project management tools, they both fall short.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

When managing a project, there will inevitably be changes or other issues that impact the project. To prevent going off schedule or overspending, project managers are always balancing the project management triangle, which is made up of the three main project constraints. What Is the Project Management Triangle?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

A capital project is a significant, long-term, major investment that’s tasked with adding to or improving on an existing capital asset. Because a capital project must be carefully managed, governments and corporations alike will use project management software to control the use of its resources and manage time.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 3, 2024

Managing more than one project at a time creates a lot of problems. That and more is what enterprise project management does. Let’s define the term enterprise project management and then identify its unique challenges before going into what an enterprise project manager is and what an enterprise project management office is.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Managing information costs and managing information security for those costs are part of making an IT budget. Some of the items that are included in an IT budget are hardware, software, personnel, outsourcing, disaster recovery and any occupancy costs associated with the support of the IT in the organization.

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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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Proofhub

JUNE 20, 2023

Small Business Risk Management If you’re thinking of starting a new business, learning how to start a t-shirt business or a marketing business is not going to be enough. Internal risk factors are those that are under a company’s control, while external risk variables are those that are beyond its control.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 31, 2024

Coming up with long-term goals for a business or organization is just the beginning of a five-year project. Making sure your daily operations are working towards achieving those strategic goals and that they’re clearly communicated throughout the business or organization greatly improves by using a balanced scorecard.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

Project risk. Just the word risk can evoke the same kind of primal, fight-or-flight fear in project managers. But risk shouldn’t be feared, it’s just another part of the project to manage. All projects have some element of risk while other projects are inherently high-risk. (We’re

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

It can be used to communicate what’s needed in the project, the costs associated with the activities and the management of payments. But what is a schedule of values and why is it such an essential construction project management document? ProjectManager’s Gantt charts manage your human and nonhuman resources.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Everyone has their part to play in the process, which is orchestrated by the project manager acting on behalf of the project owner. The project owner is a leader who works with the project manager closely to drive the project to a successful conclusion. What exactly is a project owner, what does the project owner do and so forth?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Keeping tabs on the performance of your project is an essential part of project management. Tracking project performance gives project managers the data they need to keep the actual effort of the project aligned with the planned effort and deliver the project on time and within its budget. Project management software can help.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

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. Then we’ll list the professionals who are tasked with IT financial management and their key objectives.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

PMO stands for project management office and it’s responsible for the project management standards in an organization. The two others are the program management office and the portfolio management office. Either way, it’s run by a PMO director. There are different types of PMOs, all headed by a PMO director.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Then we’ll explain what a project metrics dashboard is and why it’s one of the essential project management software features. Project managers use project metrics to compare their actual effort against their plan so they know if they’re on schedule and keeping to their budget. Why are they so important to a project?

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ProjectManager.com

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. While Notion has project management features, is there a Notion Gantt chart? Does Notion Have a Gantt Chart?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There are many things that are needed when managing a project. To make sure you understand what organizational process assets are, first, we’ll define the terms and explain their importance. 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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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

JULY 26, 2023

This allows the project manager to get buy-in from the project’s key stakeholders and ensure all the research has been done to move into the planning phase without any hiccups. To understand why, let’s define the term and compare it to other project documentation. That’s why a project initiation document (PID) is so important.

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ProjectManager.com

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.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We’ll explain the process, define the term and detail the steps for making a rough order of magnitude estimate. You’ll also find it being used in IT projects and construction projects. You can use both ranges to find a more conservative cost forecast. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs.

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