ProjectManager.com

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. ITSM aims towards standardization and efficiency, which leads to cost savings and helps you scale your operations easily.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

Rather, it’s a team effort guided by standardized processes, well-defined roles and responsibilities and collaboration. All project views update together in real time so you’re always working on the most current data and tracking progress and performance. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

From standardized guidelines, proposal evaluation criteria and work breakdown structure templates to project closure guidelines, change control procedures and other project files, organizational process assets need organization. This provides a standard direction and controls the processes.

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APRIL 9, 2024

While project management software offers the most advanced kanban project management features from these options, Google Sheets is still a decent and free alternative, which can be especially helpful when working with a remote team that needs to collaborate online. Why Make a Kanban Board in Google Sheets?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

We couldn’t work without them. But they don’t always work. They have to work effectively and do what you need them to do. They have to work effectively and do what you need them to do. The reasons why processes don’t work are actually pretty simple. Fix by: Standardize, standardize, standardize.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2024

But how do they know what to work on? Clarifying information that wasn’t included or unclear in the scope of the construction contract is critical to delivering a project on time, within budget and meeting quality standards. They can’t complete the work if they’re missing any information, so they use the RFI.

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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. They standardize best practices and oversee related business administration, risk management and change management. Either way, it’s run by a PMO director. A PMO director is also a leader.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

If you don’t personally have a smartwatch, I bet you know someone who wears one to work. We’ve recently put together a round up slide deck of achievements from our team in the past 12 months and realized we hardly have any photos of any of the work we’ve done – that’s going to change next year!)

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 19, 2022

By following a workflow diagram, you don’t take unnecessary detours and complete your work faster. This lets you define the work, as well as standardize and identify key decision points in the process. This lets you define the work, as well as standardize and identify key decision points in the process.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 16, 2023

There are many contractors working on various aspects of the overall project. Contractor management is a process to manage the contractors and make sure they’re doing what they need to do, when they need to do it and meeting quality standards. This is the beginning of a schedule for the project work. What Is a Contractor?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Compliance over adaptation: while compliance with processes and standards is important, project managers transitioning to Scrum must balance it with the need for flexibility and adaptation, core to the Scrum framework. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts? We have some scheduled in the coming period.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 19, 2024

This process is especially important to companies that need a constant supply of a standard product, such as manufacturers. For example, project owners might submit a request for quotation to a contractor to find out how much would it cost to execute the construction activities in a scope of work. Here are some of them.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Compliance over adaptation: while compliance with processes and standards is important, project managers transitioning to Scrum must balance it with the need for flexibility and adaptation, core to the Scrum framework. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts? We have some scheduled in the coming period.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 3, 2023

They literally walk through the job site and inspect all aspects of the structure to ensure it meets the quality standards as well as any contractual obligations. This is done not only to clean the job site but to ensure that it’s safe for employees and customers who will use it and that the site meets environmental standards.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 11, 2024

To run all those processes efficiently requires optimizing and integrating them into the larger warehouse management to ensure they’re working together to increase productivity while keeping costs low. Still, that work should be overseen by the business. It must ensure that the product arrives undamaged and in working order.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 12, 2024

Potential dangers for project managers, just picking out two from my experiences Overlooking Increment-Level Quality: Project Managers may focus on task-level or work-item-level quality. Encourage team members to take ownership of quality in their work and to actively seek ways to improve processes and outcomes.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Project management software helps them work more efficiently. ProjectManager has powerful Gantt charts to plan, manage and track your work in real time. They monitor work to ensure that it is being done on time and within budget. They deal with the logistics, delegate work and track costs.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2021

One example is the work-from-home trend. Even when conditions make returning to the office feasible, the genie of remote work isn’t back into the bottle. Task Management Focused: Tools that target your work, organizing it and monitoring your progress to keep you on schedule. Execute Work in Multiple Views.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I was interviewed by Diego Nei for the Brazilian blog, Papo GP (Talking PM – I think I’ve got that right). — Today, on our Project Management Methodologies Series, we’re going to interview Elizabeth Harrin, from the award-winning blog A Girl’s Guide to Project Management. In brief, how does PRINCE2 work?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s common to find a standard service level agreement from most service providers, though there can be various types, which we’ll get to shortly. These SLAs are very common in telecommunications, an industry that needs a guarantee of certain standards being upheld. What Should Be Included in a Service Level Agreement?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 26, 2023

For a program governance framework to work, it must be repeatable and structure activities, such as communication, monitoring and more. Defines Stakeholder Management Guidelines Dealing with stakeholders is a critical part of program management and program governance provides a roadmap on how to accomplish this important work.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

It’s actually easier to work in an environment where there is governance in place because it gives you boundaries. A good governance model requires every project to have a project sponsor and while you read about sponsorship all the time on blogs like these in reality I still come across people who don’t know who their sponsor is.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2024

The DOD creates transparency by providing everyone a shared understanding of what work was completed as part of the Increment. If the DOD for an increment is part of the standards of the organization, all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum. The DOD starts with organizational standards that all teams must follow as a minimum.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 1, 2021

When you monitor with software and control the process of your manufacturing, you’re able to see what works and what isn’t working. If those plans aren’t working and take the company off-track, they can right the ship and stay on course. Set Performance Standards. What Is Controlling Process in Business Management?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 6, 2022

If a customer buys your product and it doesn’t work, at best, you’ll lose a customer and at worst, you’ll be served with a lawsuit. To make sure that products are manufactured to quality standards, quality control must be established. When you make something, you better ensure there’s nothing faulty about the product.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 2, 2024

They’re also a place of work where orders are received, picked, packed and shipped to customers. Flexible work areas can be modified according to requirements, such as during the seasonal rush. Think about an ergonomic workspace design, which can reduce work-related stress and absenteeism. Warehouses store goods for businesses.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 30, 2022

I also have to be stricter with myself about popping back into the house (my office is in the garden) and ONLY getting a cup of tea or a biscuit or whatever and then going straight back to work. Stakeholders can make or break your project so it’s important to work through that plan and put your ideas into action. Sloppy Meetings.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A Disciplined Agile Approach to Optimizing Your Way of Working (WoW). Sign up here Member $129 per year plus $10 one-off application fee Project managers or those looking to work in project management. All the other practice standards and guides published by PMI as PDF versions. Volunteer opportunities to work on projects.

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The Lazy Project Manager

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

This allows these companies to take advantage of standardized processes and KPIs, automation, and economies of scale more easily than Project Businesses. In traditional industries, processes and data are standardized no matter who is doing the work. In a Project Business, it all depends on who is executing the task.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

The project strategy works to meet the organization’s mission, but its goals are specific to the individual project it’s directing. It also streamlines project planning, which increases efficiency as you work on new projects and don’t have to start at square one. That’s the project scope.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 20, 2023

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. Whatever you call it, the purpose is to ensure that the construction job site achieves the highest safety standards and project safety goals. What Is a Construction Phase Plan?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 2, 2024

So if we’re talking about a manufacturing plant, it would include the different standard operating procedures for production workers. who assign and manage the work of the teams. Tactical planning is the string that ties all these levels together and ensures that they’re working collaboratively.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 27, 2022

Construction documents are legally binding contracts that define the roles, responsibilities and work by which the construction project will be completed. These documents also outline the techniques used, quality standards, acceptable materials and quality testing for compliance. What Are Construction Documents?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

They have features, such as project tracking, workflow automation and other standard project management software features. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart helps you plan, manage and track work in real time. Asana has something called My Tasks to plan your work. It’s been around since 2014 and specializes in work management.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2023

The cost of quality is a method by which an organization calculates how much it will cost to deliver a product or service that meets the quality expectation standard set in the project plan. Use our robust Gantt charts to create product roadmaps to control quality standards at each step of the development process.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

It needs a self-managing, and especially a cross-functional team, a team living the Scrum Values, to make it work in a way that it brings the needed transparency with regards to the quality of your solution/product. . ?? How will the chosen work get done? For example, does our solution needs to comply to a standard (e.g.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Capture metric improvements as part of standard reporting. Here are some tips to get the word out that the business influencers are going Agile: Send them links to articles and blog posts that mention your competitors’ move to Agile. To see how Agile might work for your team download our eBook, “ Agile for Everyone.”.

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