Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Creating a schedule of values is important for the project owner, contractor and subcontractors alike. It can be used to communicate what’s needed in the project, the costs associated with the activities and the management of payments. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts manage your human and nonhuman resources.

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Epicflow Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2023

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. Knowing exactly what construction cost management means and what a construction cost is can be the difference between project success or failure.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Whether you call it project financial management or project accounting, managing a project’s finances is essential to delivering a successful project. It’s more than just keeping up with costs. There’s a lot of planning, managing and tracking involved. What Is Project Financial Management?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome to project management 101. Project management can seem like a daunting discipline, but once you get a grasp of the fundamentals and combine that with some intuition, you’ll be on your way to leading successful projects, no matter your situation. What Is a Project? What Is Project Management?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

What qualifications do you need to land a project management job? What Are Project Management Qualifications? Being qualified for a position as a project manager means you have the skills, experience and temperament for the job. Qualified project managers need the right tools for the job.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

Project risk. Just the word risk can evoke the same kind of primal, fight-or-flight fear in project managers. But risk shouldn’t be feared, it’s just another part of the project to manage. All projects have some element of risk while other projects are inherently high-risk. (We’re

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nTask

MARCH 2, 2022

Unexpected costs, events, and miscalculations can take your project down the hill in no time. This is where project cost management jumps in. Cost management helps you to mitigate the risk of any surprise costs and budget constraints. What is Project Cost Management?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

Project management is all about solving problems before they happen. That’s why you make a plan, schedule tasks and monitor the work to make sure you’re staying on track. But even the best planning isn’t going to avoid challenges throughout the project. Accurate estimates of those costs can often impact the profit margin.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By Alan Zucker We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Until we validate them, they are risks.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Or risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2024

This contractor payment schedule is defined in the construction contract and sets pay over regular intervals across the project schedule. This sets clear payment terms for the contractor and reduces the risk of them receiving late payments or even no payment at all. Construction project templates can help facilitate this process.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 19, 2022

No one needs to tell you that projects cost money. But how much they’ll cost is an open question. The closer you can come to an accurate forecast of project costs, the more likely you’ll deliver a successful project. Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2024

Once one understands what resource requirements are in project management, next there is estimating what those resources will be and managing them. What Are Resource Requirements in Project Management? Resources are anything you need to complete a project including teams, equipment, raw materials and so on.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 1, 2023

There are many ways to manage a project. While project management software is the gold standard, there are many free project management templates for Google that you can download to plan, manage and track your projects. They cover all phases of the project through its life cycle.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

What do you need to know to succeed at project management? While there’s some truth to that joke, it’s not helpful to the student or the experienced professional who is looking for a way to understand the myriad responsibilities of being a project manager. What is PMBOK in Project Management? Everything!

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 15, 2023

Job costing is a type of accounting method that helps identify project costs and track them to keep to your budget. When doing job costing for a project, you’ll break down your project costs into three areas: labor, materials and equipment or overhead costs.

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PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Risk management is arguably the most crucial piece in my project management approach. Therefore, I spent lots of time and effort creating a practical risk management process. Short Glossary of Project Risk Management.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 28, 2021

In order to understand cost control, you must first understand why it is used: monitoring expenses and identifying risks in order to increase profits. Not to be confused with cost management, cost control has its own set of objectives that can save businesses money. Seven Tips for Better Cost Control.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 26, 2023

Before you can start a project — even before you can plan it — you first need to define the project in detail. This allows the project manager to get buy-in from the project’s key stakeholders and ensure all the research has been done to move into the planning phase without any hiccups.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Effective project monitoring helps keep the moving parts of a project flowing. But maintaining one eye on the broader picture is challenging for even the most experienced project managers. In this guide, you’ll learn what project monitoring is, the three key constraints, and how to monitor them effectively.

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EasyProjects

OCTOBER 19, 2020

This is where project cost management comes into play. While it may sound complicated, project cost management is simply a fancy way of describing how much of an effect the process will have on the company’s bottom line. Types of Project Costs. Pre-project Planning.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

If something bad is going to happen on a project, it’s likely related to time, cost or scope. Project managers are well aware of this and spend much of their time planning in order to avoid negative risk and its potential impact. What Are Project Controls? Cost estimates. Risk management.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

To ensure that your project is meeting scheduling and budget milestones, you need to have project metrics to measure your progress and performance. Project metrics are essential to delivering a project on time and within its budget. But what are project metrics? Why are they so important to a project?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In project management, a program is a set of related projects that are executed simultaneously by organizations to make the most out of their resources and maximize their return on investment (ROI). Program management requires company-wide collaboration and lots of planning. A program manager oversees this process.

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Project Risk Coach

APRIL 26, 2021

Think about it for a minute – what have you done in the last six months to improve your cost management? How many of your projects came in over budget? Let's look at some practical ways to actually improve your cost management. The project sponsor told him that he had $100,000 for the project.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

There are many things that are needed when managing a project. These organizational process assets are critical to a project’s success and its operations. An organizational process asset is a tangible resource that’s used to guide the management of an organization’s projects and operations.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

Project managers know the importance of having project documentation. Project documents must be accurate and constantly updated to keep current with the project. Creating and managing project documentation throughout the project life cycle is critical for project success, but where to start?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

But there are a lot of elements to any successful project charter. If you’re new to project management , a project charter template can set you up to make sure you’re hitting all the major points. We’ve included a free project template charter to help as an example of what a project charter should include.

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Scoro

APRIL 26, 2022

You’ve just got a project off the ground and your client is expecting great things. But do you have a firm budget management plan? Worse yet, you could end up underdelivering, because you didn’t set aside enough time for project planning and budgeting. What is a project budget?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 8, 2021

The more accurate your estimates, the more likely you’ll keep to your budget and deliver a project on time. Having a tool to identify and collect costs for your labor, materials and more is the first step to running a successful project. Download the Project Estimate Template. When to Use an Estimate Template.

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Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2022

Estimation of project cost is one of the core practices of the project initiation stage, which becomes the basis for the approved project budget. At the same time, the forecasted cost should not be too overestimated or underestimated. What helps make cost estimation simple and efficient?

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PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, you’ll find the real-life project risk management plan example. It comes from my practical experience working on software development projects. Below the example, you’ll find all the required information and resources to create your Risk Management Plan quickly and for free.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You’ve heard it countless times; teams are projects’ most valuable resource. But a project manager has to connect each team member to that work. Resource loading is a process to keep team members fully engaged throughout the project. Project management software can help you with resource loading.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

To keep to your schedule and manage costs, you need to gather and process project data throughout the five PMBOK project management groups. What Are the 5 PMBOK Project Management Process Groups? Project management software helps project managers stay on top of each of these process groups.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

Risks matter. Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. What’s a risk again? Internal risks. Lack of support.

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