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What Is Resource Loading and Why Does It Matter in Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

But a project manager has to connect each team member to that work. Resource loading in project management helps you avoid overallocation, which can erode morale and weaken productivity. This is one way that projects go off track, miss a deadline or spend beyond the project budget. They do the work. Learn more.

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Luck has Little to Do With Achieving Positive Project Outcomes

LiquidPlanner

Project management is a lot more complicated than relying on the luck of the Irish to ensure people are working on the right priorities at the right time. Luck comes along suddenly and unexpectedly in managing priorities without a project management tool. Project management software is a great way to work smarter, not harder.

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Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Project Management Strategies

LiquidPlanner

” As project managers, we’re driven by dates. Customers, senior managers and stakeholders all want to know how long it will take to complete a project. And as project management professionals, we’re also measured by our ability to predict the future and be right about our predictions—despite the many unknowns.

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How Savvy PMOs Actualize Project Visibility

Planview

PMOs must also have insights into work demand, work status, budgets, and resource capacity. At the project level, it is critical for sponsors and managers (project, program, and portfolio) to have project visibility into overall status and health. Your visibility and reporting expansion begin with project status and health.

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Enterprise Agility in Financial Services: Learnings from the 2019 Planview Horizons Customer Conference

Planview

Since financial services institutions typically work within well-established practices to mitigate risks, new ways of working aren’t always immediately accepted. Financial services companies often operate with a traditional approach to project and portfolio management where annual budgets define how projects are funded and executed.

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Project Failure – Why it Happens

Online PM Courses

It certainly is, and all you need to do is follow all the principles of good Project Management, including foreseeing and acting on all threats. These articles include: How to get Better Project Management Results. Seven Vital Project Management Priorities. Project Management Essentials. Two-part Analysis.

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Flat Rate vs. Hourly: A Guide For Agencies

Teamweek

Here’s a quick scenario: A client needs one 10,000-word eBook for a flat rate of $1,000 Another client needs two 10,000 eBooks for $1,000 each So these two jobs will be worth $3,000. You take on most of the risk. Fixed-rate projects are OK if you can manage the risk. The client takes on most of the risk.