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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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10 Knowledge Areas of project management (PPT & PDF included!)

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All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area. 10 Knowledge Areas of Project Management They appear in that order as there is some logic to how they map to the project lifecycle. I think that's unfortunate.

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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. Determine your project life cycle.

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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? The project initiation document is also a great tool to bring new project members up to speed.

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Project Controls: A Quick Guide

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Project managers are well aware of this and spend much of their time planning in order to avoid negative risk and its potential impact. There are many tools that can mitigate risk in a project, but it also takes skill in something called project controls. Cost estimates. Risk management.

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The 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)

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This is anything from a sentence to a bulleted list that is comprehensive to reduce major project risks. And a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), which is a graphic breakdown of project work, is another part of this area. Project Time Management. Project time management is, no surprise, time consuming.