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10 Free Change Management Templates for Excel and Word

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It’s a cliche to say nothing is constant but change, but cliches grow from truths. Project managers understand this and work hard to create change management plans that ensure their projects run smoothly. If you’re looking for other free project management templates, you’re in the right place.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. There’s also a section that addresses the project budget, risk and change management, which is essential to stay on track.

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Unraveling the Causes of Troubled Projects: A Closer Look

Project Risk Coach

Poorly Defined Objectives and Scope One of the primary causes of troubled projects is a lack of clearly defined objectives and scope. This can lead to misalignment, wasted efforts, and frequent changes in direction. It often arises from vague initial requirements, inadequate change management processes, or client demands.

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15 Project Management Challenges & How to Overcome Them

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This gradual expansion of a project’s scope beyond the original agreement is obviously going to negatively impact the budget and schedule so it’s something to always be aware of and, if there are changes, manage them to avoid as much negative impact as possible. Accurate estimates of those costs can often impact the profit margin.

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Mastering Project Estimation: Simplified Techniques for Reliable Scheduling

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The Project Management Institute defines a project as “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.” The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. We need simple techniques that get us close enough.

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Have You Left Anything Out of Your Project Management Plan?

Project Risk Coach

Have you left anything out of your project management plan? As I define a project management plan, I strive for clarity, brevity, and simplicity. schedule management plan) Ancillary plans (e.g., Project Scope Management Plan Define how you will plan, execute, and control scope.

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How to Create a Project Initiation Document (Template Included)

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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.