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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

The bottom line: Your executive summary can make or break your project In this guide, we’ll decode the process of writing effective executive summaries, from what to include and practical examples you can follow on your next project. This would cause the project to exceed its forecasted budget by $22,000. What is an executive summary?

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How to Control Project Scope and Avoid Scope Creep

PM Basics

But when you lose control of it, you delay your project, and additional work requires more budget. Control Scope is a set of processes and tools that help you to ensure the scope of work doesn’t change much compared with the initial project plan. If yes, we can negotiate the change in the project timeline and budget.

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PM, CEM, and Covid-19: Reflections

MPUG

We did our best to beef up security plans and deal with the resulting delays every time a band of terrorist blew something up, or worse. For most projects, we undertook massive reactionary workarounds just to move work forward, not to mention operating with a non-functioning budget and dealing with falling mortar rounds.

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Resource Guru vs Float: 2024 comparison and key considerations

Resource Guru

This way, when you add a new resource you can tag their profile with all the relevant skills, so you can quickly find the right person for a job and run reports to support hiring decisions. Similarly, in Resource Guru, you can add a new project or client at any point in the scheduling process.

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Agency tech stack: 44 solutions to supercharge your teams

Resource Guru

Between personal preferences and processes, it will seem impossible to please everyone. For example, if your plan includes hiring a sales team, you’ll want to consider how the tech you choose now will benefit them later. Perhaps it’s the CTO, Head of Technology, or even Head of Project Management?

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How to identify stakeholders? (+Identification Cheatsheet)

PM Basics

Identifying stakeholders can be seen as an inside-out process. It will help you kick start the identification process. You can now think about ways to negate the potential threat they bring, perhaps by contracting the lunch preparation work to them instead. What Are The Processes In Identifying Stakeholders?

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What Is Upskilling & How to Build an Upskilling Program

Teamweek

TL;DR — Key Takeaways Upskilling is the process of acquiring relevant skills or improving existing skills to keep up with the changes in tech or requirements in a job role. Upskilling is the process of acquiring relevant skills or improving existing skills to keep up with the changes in technology, requirements for a role, or industry trends.