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Project Controls: A Quick Guide

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There are many tools that can mitigate risk in a project, but it also takes skill in something called project controls. Like the name implies, project controls are about controlling the project and keeping it from exceeding budgets and deadlines. What Are Project Controls? Methodology.

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Project Cost Estimating: How to Nail Your Estimates

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The project is spiraling out of control, scope creep is closing in, and you’re losing sleep because of all the stress. Unfortunately, this scenario is all too common for project managers. . Project cost estimation can be challenging, especially when the project is complicated and has many moving parts.

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Have You Left Anything Out of Your Project Management Plan?

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Project Scope Management Plan Define how you will plan, execute, and control scope. Project Time Management Plan Define how you will plan, execute, and control the schedule. Project Cost Management Plan Define how you will plan, execute, and control the budget.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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Then you can create a project schedule, including task dependencies, project assumptions and constraints. There’s also a section that addresses the project budget, risk and change management, which is essential to stay on track. Project Charter Template A project charter is an important project planning document.

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How to Create a Project Initiation Document (Template Included)

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A project initiation document (PID) is used to define the project thoroughly. It’s similar to a project charter but more in-depth. It’s used primarily in PRINCE2 methodology, which is an acronym that stands for PRojects IN Controlled Environments.

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The 10 Project Management Knowledge Areas (PMBOK)

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PMI has divided the large field of project management into 10 more digestible parts, which it calls the 10 project management knowledge areas in its A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). These are the chronological phases that every project goes through. Project Time Management.

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Project Documentation: 10 Essential Project Documents

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Project Planning: Project management plan, work breakdown structure, project budget, project schedule, change management plan, scope management plan, risk management plan. Project Execution: Project status report, lessons learned template, timesheets, change requests, change orders.