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JANUARY 6, 2022

Coming up with a great idea is only the beginning: t o realize it, you need a project execution plan (PEP). A project execution plan is a document for executing projects that helps you strategize, come up with project management processes and put the whole thing into action. What Is a Project Execution Plan (PEP)?

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That position is called a project executive. Of course, it’s more complicated than that, so it’s important to first define the term project executive and explain what that person does, including their main responsibilities. We’ll also help you understand what a project executive is by comparing them to the project manager.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

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.

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APRIL 25, 2023

Whether you’re running a company or a project, you’re going to have to deal with a budget. A budget is the spending plan that you forecast using estimates of income and expenses. A budget report is a necessary tool to manage your finances and keep your business or project viable. What Is a Budget Report?

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A marketing budget is how marketers know how much they can spend on their campaign. Understanding how to create a marketing budget is a key element of any marketing plan. Once you’ve made the marketing budget, you have to track it to ensure you stay within your marketing budget. What Is a Marketing Budget?

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MARCH 1, 2024

In this blog, we’ll show you how to make a Gantt chart in Asana and we’ll do an in-depth analysis of its features, benefits and limitations. It’s an easy-to-use tool that allows you to easily create a project schedule, visualize project tasks, track their due dates and collaborate with your team online.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It can also help to make your budgeted resources more cost-effective. The cost performance shows if the project is effectively staying on budget or not. The project budget is only our best estimate of what it will cost. But that budget, once approved, rules your project’s costs. Project costs can vary.

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JUNE 6, 2023

There’s one thing that all businesses have in common with project management: money. Without funding and the proper budgeting process, projects in any industry grind to a halt. Budgeting is how those funds are spent. But first, let’s define what a budget is and explore the types of budgets and methods for making a budget.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Gantt chart is one of the most important tools in a project manager’s toolbox. One side is a spreadsheet that collects important project data and the other is a visual timeline that shows the entire project from start to finish. The Microsoft Project Gantt chart allows you to visually plan your project. There are more.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Sometimes the whole picture isn’t clear when you’re planning a project. But the waterfall methodology is only one way to manage a project. Others still prefer forms of agile software development where they have room to adjust their project plan. Rolling wave planning might not be for every project, but it could be for yours.

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JUNE 28, 2023

Projects are divided into phases to make them more manageable. Project monitoring and control is how a project manager ensures the plan they’re implementing with the project team goes off without a hitch. Project controlling involves a lot of steps to thoroughly monitor the project schedule, resources and costs.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Creating a schedule of values is important for the project owner, contractor and subcontractors alike. But what is a schedule of values and why is it such an essential construction project management document? We’ll answer these questions, explain when the schedule of values is used and the benefits of using one.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Managers can plan on robust Gantt charts that link dependencies, filter for the critical path and set a baseline to track variance in real time. All project views update simultaneously, so everyone is always working on the same page. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts plan and schedule operational projects.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A project timeline is a project scheduling tool that’s used to estimate the total duration of a project from start to end by mapping tasks, deliverables and milestones in chronological order. Why Should You Make a Project Timeline In Excel? It also filters for the critical path to identify essential tasks.

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OCTOBER 18, 2023

Keeping tabs on the performance of your project is an essential part of project management. Tracking project performance gives project managers the data they need to keep the actual effort of the project aligned with the planned effort and deliver the project on time and within its budget.

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JULY 5, 2023

Construction costs are one of many metrics that a general contractor has to keep an eye on. There are others, of course, such as the schedule, quality, safety and much more. But if the construction cost goes over budget, that’s coming out of the contractor’s pocket. That’s why construction cost management is so important.

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MARCH 14, 2024

Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy. What Is Project Strategy?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Projects are planned and then life happens. Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. They need to know immediately if their team is on track or falling behind. What Is a Performance Measurement Baseline?

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MARCH 22, 2024

Payment is determined in the contract process, which includes the contractor payment schedule. What’s included in the contractor payment schedule and the different types are a critical part of the professional relationship between the project owner and the general contractor. What Is a Contractor Payment Schedule?

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MARCH 20, 2024

Construction projects are structured with schedules, budgets and resource allocation. Many people work on them, from general contractors overseeing subcontractors to architects and, of course, the project owner. A preconstruction meeting ensures that all those parts are working together on a common goal.

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MAY 8, 2024

This leads to the development of a capacity management plan that addresses the supply and demand of resources. Capacity management is the first step in project planning. Only after this has been done will management focus on resources, such as assigning teams and allocating tasks.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Projects are successful when they end on time and within budget. To avoid this, focus on quality planning. Create a quality plan before you start your project to consistently meet the expectations of your stakeholders. What Is Quality Planning? The quality plan itself includes: Objectives. Learn More!

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MARCH 8, 2024

First, we’ll explain what an RFI in construction is and then list what should be included in one. 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.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

You can look at project cash flow as the schedule of payments that an owner has to make to build a project over a period. It’s part of the financial planning for a project or an organization’s upcoming projects. You can track your planned vs. actual costs to make sure you’re keeping to your budget.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

There are so many different subcontractors and all have to work together to deliver the project on time and within budget. Construction resource management is the process of planning and managing resources on a construction site. The purpose is to help those projects be delivered on time and within budget.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Cost control as a process begins with budgeting. Actual financial results are compared with the budgeted expectations and if the actual costs are more than what was budgeted, actions to reduce those costs must be implemented. Comparing costs is but one way to analyze the financial performance of an organization or project.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

All of these things and more make them a perfect candidate for business project management. The word project, however, can mean different things depending on the industry in which the business is involved. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that helps plan, manage and track projects in real time.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

You’ve made the product or developed a great service, now you need to create a marketing plan. Your marketing plan defines the strategies that your organization will use to reach target customers, outperform competitors and position your brand. Basically, it’s taking a marketing plan and executing it.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Gantt charts are powerful planning tools in project management, but they’re also notoriously difficult to make. There is, however, a simple Gantt chart that can be made in a variety of ways that can be essential when scheduling a project. However, a simple Gantt chart might be just what you need to plan a project.

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MARCH 6, 2024

While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart. In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart is a robust project planning, scheduling and tracking tool.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Proper schedule management helps you deliver a project on time. The process starts before the schedule is even made, and continues throughout the project. An ideal plan includes setting expectations, including how to develop, manage, execute and control the project schedule. Updating the Schedule.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

Managing more than one project at a time creates a lot of problems. Instead of managing one project with teams dedicated only to that one project and other resources allotted to only that one project, enterprise project management works to share these resources across multiple projects.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s because making a building or a structure is complicated and goes through many phases. It has to be designed by an architect and planned by a general contractor. One of the most important, but less heralded positions is that of the construction superintendent. This will inform the construction project’s budget.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Most projects have stakeholders that expect a return on their investment. For that to happen, the project must meet its deadline and stay within budget. To create a project budget, you first need to create a cost baseline so you can compare planned spend to actual spend. Try ProjectManager free today! Learn More!

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

To make sure you understand what organizational process assets are, first, we’ll define the terms and explain their importance. Besides the examples above, an operational process asset can be any practice or knowledge from anything used to execute or govern the project, even lessons learned from previous projects and historical data.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

One of the ways that you can determine if the project is behind or ahead of schedule is called schedule control. Project planning, scheduling and control all go together when managing a project to stay on time and meet your deadlines. What Is Schedule Control? Try It Free!

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Making sure your daily operations are working towards achieving those strategic goals and that they’re clearly communicated throughout the business or organization greatly improves by using a balanced scorecard. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts turn your balanced scorecard into actionable plans. What Is a Balanced Scorecard?

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