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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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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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Project Cost Estimating: How to Nail Your Estimates

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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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15 Project Management Challenges & How to Overcome Them

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Avoiding Scope Creep Scope creep is when requirements or features increase over a project’s life cycle. Managing Stakeholder Expectations Stakeholders have a vested interest in the project and therefore are going to insert themselves into the project. Accurate estimates of those costs can often impact the profit margin.

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Have You Left Anything Out of Your Project Management Plan?

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Consider three things when creating a project plan: Baselines (e.g., schedule management plan) Ancillary plans (e.g., Project Integration Management Plan Define how you will identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the project processes and activities. schedule baseline) Subsidiary plans (e.g.,

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Project Controls: A Quick Guide

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There are many tools that can mitigate risk in a project, but it also takes skill in something called project controls. Like the name implies, project controls are about controlling the project and keeping it from exceeding budgets and deadlines. In fact, it works throughout the entire life cycle of a project.

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How to Create a Project Initiation Document (Template Included)

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This helps you keep your project on schedule and within its budget. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts turn project initiation documents into dynamic plans. Learn more Why Is It Important to Create a Project Initiation Document? It creates a process to manage those changes so they can be reviewed and approved or rejected.

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The 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)

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Project Time Management. Project time management is, no surprise, time consuming. The project is divided into tasks, which are scheduled with start dates and deadlines, as well as budgets for each task. Project Cost Management. Related: Free Project Budget Template for Excel.