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Construction Budget: A Quick Guide (with Examples)

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Creating a construction budget, therefore, is one of the most important pieces when developing a construction plan. How do you create a construction budget, anticipate the costs for a project and track them to make sure you’re not overspending? Let’s take a look at what goes into making a construction budget. Learn More!

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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The basics: defining quality Knowing how you are going to manage quality feeds into your quality plan (obviously). The APM BOK defines project quality as: “The fitness for purpose of the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to requirements.” But, projects rarely have dedicated budgets for training.

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RFI in Construction: A Quick Guide for Contractors

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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. Let’s define a few in comparison to an RFI in construction. This allows one to survey more suppliers to get an average cost for the item or service.

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SAFe®’s NPS® Score as a Scaling Framework Is -56 According to 505 Survey Participants

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Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. Survey Data. Between December 13, 2021, and January 27, 2022, 505 peers participated in the survey. Additionally, I distributed the survey link via blog posts and various social media postings.

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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. The Standish Group’s CHAOS Report and other surveys report that project failure is more common than we would like. So why do some projects crash to their doom?

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Hard Costs vs Soft Costs in Construction: Definitions & Examples

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It’s not easy for construction companies to make accurate budget forecasts. But creating a detailed budget is key to successful construction project management. One way to control your project billing is by defining the hard costs vs soft costs on a construction project. They’re tangible and revolve around labor and materials.

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Business Analyst vs Project Manager: The Differences To Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In the PMI Business Analysis Practice Standard, business analysis is defined like this: The set of activities performed to identify the business need and recommend relevant solutions; and to elicit, document, and manage requirements. What does a business analyst do? 5 Main responsibilities of a business analyst. Interpersonal skills.