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What Is a Resource Calendar in Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

Managing a project requires more than planning and budgeting, it also requires scheduling. In order to do that, it’s important to know what a resource calendar is, how it’s used in project management and how project management software can help make the scheduling process more efficient. What Is a Resource Calendar?

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Luck has Little to Do With Achieving Positive Project Outcomes

LiquidPlanner

How many times have you been part of project teams who meet weekly just to update task status in the project software together? What if the project software updated itself in real time, highlighting risks, adapting to changes, and even prompting project team members to share status when they fail to?

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How to be a Superhero Project Manager

LiquidPlanner

Protect all assets (Stay on budget). Using Project Management software can help alleviate the burden of micromanaging off the project manager’s plate, particularly if it offers a priority system for projects in the portfolio and keeps everyone aligned on target deadlines. First, let’s define what project success really means.

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Time to Check-in on Your Mid-Year Goals

LiquidPlanner

Software like LiquidPlanner makes it easy to create an action plan against your goals. Budget issues may have gotten in the way. We’ve all had times when no matter how hard we tried to progress on a project or personal goal, a budgeting issue got in the way and forced us to change direction. What are your mid-year milestones?

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Making Realistic Financial Projections for Your Small Business

The IIL Blog

This information is useful in various ways: Budgeting: You can better budget for expected expenses. Bedford Consulting lists the four most common types: sales forecasting, cash flow forecasting, budget forecasting, and income forecasting. Here are some options for commerce software.

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3 Project Planning Considerations for the New Year

LiquidPlanner

If not, you will need to determine the team members, dollars, and technology your budget can accommodate – as well as how to maximize productivity to achieve your goals in the coming year. Done well, you will deliver the best utilization, prioritization, and budget plan your team has experienced. Is this where you are right now?

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Six Characteristics of a Great Project Leader

LiquidPlanner

Without leadership helping these teams to connect the dots with open and effective communication skills, projects will often be delivered late, budgets will be busted, or the quality of deliverables will suffer. If this is a problem you’re facing, try a project management solution like LiquidPlanner.