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Construction Risk Management: An Introduction

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There is heavy equipment, crews working in precarious situations and complicated logistics to manage. How do you meet your deadline while managing all that risk? The answer is construction risk management. It can be mind-bogglingly complex, which is you should make a detailed construction risk management plan.

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How to Make a Risk Management Plan

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You identify them, record them, monitor them and plan for them: risks are an inherent part of every project. Some risks are bound to become problem areas—like executing a project over the holidays and having to plan the project timeline around them. But first, what is risk management? What is Risk Management?

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Assumption log Risk register Backlog (see, agile project artifacts are relevant too) Stakeholder register. That includes: Comms management plan Release plan Scope management plan Iteration plan Test plan Quality plan Logistics plan. Here are some examples: Budget Milestone schedule Scope baseline Performance measurement baseline.

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Production Management: A Quick Guide

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It involves phases that include planning, scheduling, control and maintenance in service of producing quality and quantity on time and within the budget. It takes into account supply chain management, labor, logistics, costs and the timeframe for production. Therefore, production management is concerned with every aspect of production.

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10 Key Construction Job Titles: Overview & Salary

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They monitor work to ensure that it is being done on time and within budget. They deal with the logistics, delegate work and track costs. They’re usually hired by the property owner to make sure that the project is delivered as planned and budgeted. You can link dependencies, add milestones and plan to minimize risk.

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Project Artifacts and How to Use Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Some examples of the project delivery artifacts that fall into this category that I use to manage my own projects at work include: Assumption log Actions log Decision log Risk register Issue log Change log Backlog (see, agile project artifacts are relevant too) Stakeholder register These documents represent a set of continuously evolving documents.

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Operations Management: Key Functions, Roles and Skills

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That involves logistics, understanding global trends, customer demand and resources. Some responsibilities that fall under this operations management position include planning workers’ schedules, estimating costs and preparing budgets to make sure that the workflow meets required deadlines. Those plans must be monitored.