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What Is the Project Life Cycle?

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There are many different types of projects, but interestingly, they all have one thing in common. They all go through the same cycle, known as the project life cycle, or project management life cycle. What Is the Project Life Cycle? Here are some of them.

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Product Manager vs Project Manager – What’s the Difference?

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What Is a Project Manager? A project manager is a leader who oversees cross functional teams through the project life cycle to guarantee a successful project completion. Project managers are in charge of managing teams during the initiating, planning, scheduling, monitoring and closing phases of a project.

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Software Project Management: Why It’s Different

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Developing a mobile application Creating a new software Adding new features, patch fixes and new version releases to an existing software Changing the UX of a software The Project Management Life Cycle As noted above, software project management differs from other types of project management in its deliverables.

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How to Write a Business Case (Template Included)

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Think of the business case as a document that is created during the project initiation phase but will be used as a reference throughout the project life cycle. You can organize them according to your production cycle with our kanban board view, or use our Gantt chart view to create a project schedule.

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How to Write a Business Case

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Project Plan: It’s time to create the project plan. Figure out the tasks you’ll have to take to get the project done, then their duration. Budget: This is an estimate of everything in your plan and what it will cost to complete the project over the scheduled time allotted. Watch Our Business Case Training Video.

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How to manage team conflict (& 5 strategies for conflict resolution)

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And project managers contribute hugely to that because we go out and look for it. We challenge leaders, we talk about risk and what might go wrong and we call people out on poor performance through project monitoring and control. The project can only deliver one option, so those differing expectations need to be aligned.

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Risk Analysis 101: How to Analyze Project Risk

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Before you’re able to analyze the risk in your project, you have to acknowledge that risk is going to happen in your project. By planning for risks, you begin the process of knowing how to identify, monitor and close out risks when they show up in your project. Part of that process is risk analysis. Cost estimates.

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