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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Gantt charts are powerful planning tools in project management, but they’re also notoriously difficult to make. There is, however, a simple Gantt chart that can be made in a variety of ways that can be essential when scheduling a project. However, a simple Gantt chart might be just what you need to plan a project.

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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. It’s a good alternative for small teams that need to manage their workload and collaborate online.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Project management is thriving. People are coming to realize that most everything they do can be considered a project, no matter how big or small. Of course, we’re not the only ones with great ideas, which is why we’ve shared our favorites from our site and beyond. The 7 Habits of Successful Project Managers.

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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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MAY 1, 2024

Warehouse management ensures that stock matches customer demand. To understand effective warehouse operations, you must first be clear on the warehouse operations process and how it plays into the larger warehouse operations management. Achieving these goals requires ongoing planning and being able to quickly adapt to change.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

A program is a set of connected projects that are under the oversight of a steering committee, which is the program governance body. Program governance is a critical component to successfully managing a program of projects. But what does program governance mean and why is it so important?

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APRIL 11, 2024

The better the warehouse management, the greater the company’s success. After defining warehouse management and its importance, we’ll focus on its key areas and what the operation life cycle looks like. What Is Warehouse Management? It acts as a waystation, a part of the larger manufacturing and fulfillment processes.

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MAY 9, 2024

Projects are planned, but those plans are rarely executed with changes. Those disruptions can play havoc on a project’s budget. Therefore, project managers are always tracking budget variance to deliver projects without breaking the bank. Using project management software can track budget variance.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Without a plan, projects are in trouble. Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Why Use Project Planning Templates?

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Construction projects come big and complex as well as small and simple, but one thing they all share is a construction phase plan. The construction phase plan is a critical construction project management document that helps to ensure a safe project. What Is a Construction Phase Plan?

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MARCH 14, 2024

Every project is different. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. 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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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?

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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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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A project timeline is a project scheduling tool that’s used to estimate the total duration of a project from start to end by mapping tasks, deliverables and milestones in chronological order. Why Should You Make a Project Timeline In Excel? We encourage you to download our free file below!

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Project meetings often feel as if they’re in the way of your work. If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration. What Are Project Meetings? Types of Project Meetings.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

One way to make sure you’re supporting your team and project alike is with workforce planning. Workforce planning is important and we’ll show you why. Then we’ll help you with the workforce planning process and explain the benefits of using workforce planning in your projects.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

That is, they all develop strategic plans to achieve long-term goals to create value. Once the strategic plan is clear across the entire organization, project management software will help plan, manage and track those projects to successful completion. What Is a Strategy Map? Learn more.

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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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OCTOBER 24, 2023

IT service management (ITSM) is the process of how those services meet the needs of the end users who employ them. Before we get into framework processes and phases, let’s more fully define the meaning of ITSM and why it’s important. What Is IT Service Management (ITSM)?

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MARCH 22, 2024

Construction projects are often long and complicated endeavors. What’s included in the contractor payment schedule and the different types are a critical part of the professional relationship between the project owner and the general contractor. The contractor payment schedule is how contractors in construction projects are paid.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Microsoft Power BI is a data analysis software that allows you to use various tools such as spreadsheets, pie charts, stacked bars and other types of diagrams to visualize project or business data, including the Power BI Gantt chart. But is Power BI good for project management? Does Power BI Have a Gantt Chart?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 24, 2024

While order processing seems to work fast and without issue, a lot is going on in the background to ensure the seamless management of placement, picking, sorting, packing and shipping. Along the way, we’ll explore why order processing is important for businesses and the challenges they face. What Is Order Processing?

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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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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Trello vs. 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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AUGUST 15, 2023

A team meeting is a scheduled event in which people involved in a project will get together and have a conversation about topics related to that work. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that helps you plan, manage and track that work in real time. Why Are Team Meetings Important?

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

For a project to function properly and be delivered on time and within its budget, all the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved must be clearly defined and communicated. Everyone has their part to play in the process, which is orchestrated by the project manager acting on behalf of the project owner.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Construction sites are busy with subcontractors and other crews working on various smaller projects that will lead to the final build. One of the tasks of the general contractor is to track those work hours to manage labor costs and keep everyone paid. But do you know what a construction timesheet is and why it’s important?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Gantt chart is one of the most important tools in a project manager’s toolbox. One side is a spreadsheet that collects important project data and the other is a visual timeline that shows the entire project from start to finish. What Can You Use a Microsoft Project Gantt Chart For?

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Tactical planning is the practical counterpoint to strategic planning, which describes the overall direction of an organization. Tactical planning tells you how to get there. This concept is an important part of project portfolio management (PPM) and project management offices (PMOs).

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NOVEMBER 16, 2023

First, let’s define what a production order is and why it’s so important to the manufacturing process. Then we’ll outline what’s included in the project order so you know how to make one run production more efficiently. We’ll also throw in some free production planning templates. What Is a Production Order?

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MARCH 7, 2024

That doesn’t happen without an organizational strategy to plan for the organization’s long-term success. We’ll first define the term and then go into the organizational strategy levels, as well as explain its importance in business. Organizational strategy is the long-term planning a company does to achieve some goal in the future.

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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? What Is Project Management?

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FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This is the start of strategic planning. Once the vision is defined, then the practical work begins, and strategic planning templates can facilitate that work. Why Should You Use Strategic Planning Templates? Using premade strategic planning templates is also helpful because there’s no busy work involved.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Stakeholders are people with a vested interest in the project. They are going to want to know how the project is progressing and whether it’s scheduled to deliver on time and within its budget. Project managers need to manage their stakeholders expectations. Why Is It Important to Manage Stakeholder Expectations?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Monday is a matchup made for project management professionals. That’s why Monday vs. Asana is such an important battle. Asana vs. Monday are both similar project management tools. They have features, such as project tracking, workflow automation and other standard project management software features.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. There’s a lot of money involved in these capital projects and that means getting the funding and allocating the finances wisely. We’ll end with a few examples of capital projects to make the concept more understandable.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Projects ideally sit within a governance framework that is bigger than the project team. But what does governance on projects actually look like? How many of these do you have on your project? A sponsor should be appointed during the very early days of the project. You have a plan. You have a sponsor.

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