ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Construction Foreman A construction foreman works closely with construction project managers to help with hiring, meeting deadlines for tasks and keeping to safety standards among the construction crew. As part of their job, the construction estimator will evaluate offers to purchase by site requirements, additions and costing changes.

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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. Frequency: Define the timing of payments, such as due dates or the intervals at which payments must be made. Terms: Define the payment terms, as in any penalties or invoicing requirements.

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MPUG

JANUARY 8, 2024

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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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For a project to function properly and be delivered on time and within its budget, all the roles and responsibilities of everyone involved must be clearly defined and communicated. The project owner is a leader who works with the project manager closely to drive the project to a successful conclusion. What Is a Project Owner?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 30, 2023

To understand what general conditions are, we’ll define the term as it relates to construction and why the term is important. We’ll go further, explaining how to estimate general condition costs and how general conditions compare to construction specifications and general requirements.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

That’s because the project teams involved with these successful projects follow a defined and repeatable process, which mitigates risk and achieves objectives. Rather, it’s a team effort guided by standardized processes, well-defined roles and responsibilities and collaboration.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Like every project has to be closed, a Sprint, also has to be closed. In this article, we will take a scenario for Sprint in a Scrum project and follow the steps needed to close a Sprint Project. Then, I will demonstrate the closing steps. Incomplete Daily Scrum events need to be closed. Our Project Scenario.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Let’s define it, explain when it’s used and explore how to make one. This also allows them to estimate the time left in the sprint or project. That’s a simple but effective way to measure progress and estimate how much time is left in the sprint or project. What you need is a burn up chart. Not familiar with a burn up chart?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 8, 2024

To understand capacity management, we’ll first fully define the term, list the different types and explain why it’s so important in operations management. That means increasing their output to the greatest extent possible. The process of achieving that goal is called capacity management.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

That’s why we’ll define what a construction superintendent is, and what they do and then go into a detailed job description that you can cut and paste onto a job board or massage into your resume. Another aspect of the construction superintendent’s job is to make estimates on how much the work will cost.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 18, 2023

It’s a document that defines a change in the scope of work. Other reasons include errors in design, inadequate scope, weather making construction impossible and inaccurate estimates of the project’s timeline. Define the new scope of work with the owner or their authorized agent. Define the Change: Note the type of change order.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Define the Project Goals & Key Deliverables Project goals are the purpose for the project and deliverables are the steps that take one close to achieving those goals. Projects often fail when the goals and key deliverables aren’t clearly defined. Project Budget Template A project budget estimates all your costs.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 4, 2024

Let’s start with defining both bottom-up budgeting and top-down budgeting as well as looking at the advantages and disadvantages of each budgeting approach. Executives will appreciate that bottom-up budgeting leads to more accurate estimates throughout the organization. This provides you with an overall budget for the company.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

To begin, let’s look at the five project management process groups defined in the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK), published by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the leading industry trade group. The business case includes the estimated costs and benefits of the project. Defining roles and responsibilities.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Let’s take a moment to look more closely at a few. Create a Strategic Roadmap Once you’ve defined your strategic goal, you’ll next need to create a strategic roadmap to get you there. Our RACI matrix template for Excel helps you identify and define those roles and responsibilities across your project team.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2023

There are five phases in the project management process: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling and closing. As defined above, project monitoring is done together with the project’s execution in order to make sure the project is executed as per the schedule and budget.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2023

We’ll define the term and explain its importance. Let’s take a moment to define each of these types of construction submittals. It further defines the project in the design stage by making it easier to define the essential and nonessential submittals. What Is a Construction Submittal?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Being able to make accurate estimates of your manufacturing costs is critical to a company’s profitability and competitive advantage. Below, we’ve defined each of these manufacturing costs in more detail. That means knowing all the costs involved as we’ve already defined. Manufacturing isn’t free.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 16, 2024

We’ll get to that in a moment as well as define project pipeline management. But there’s still paperwork to close out, releasing the team and doing a post-mortem. Estimated vs. Actual Costs Every task has an associated cost and those planned costs must be monitored to ensure that they’re not exceeding what was earmarked for the task.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In this post, we’ll define industrial construction and how it differs from the rest of commercial construction. Construction Estimate Template The first step to an accurate construction budget is an accurate estimate. But each of these sectors can be further subdivided into categories. What Is Industrial Construction?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

IT financial management is a bit more complicated than that and we’ll explain by more thoroughly defining the term. To close, there will be some of the best practices to employ for more successful IT financial management. This executive-level position works closely with the chief financial officer and chief operating officer.

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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. To understand why, let’s define the term and compare it to other project documentation. A project initiation document (PID) is used to define the project thoroughly.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 26, 2023

The project life cycle is made up of five project stages: project initiation, project planning, project execution, monitoring & control and project closing. Project Initiation Phase This is the start of the project for the project manager, who is responsible for defining the project at a high level. What Is the Project Life Cycle?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Project management knowledge areas coincide with the process groups, which are project initiation, project planning , project execution, monitoring and controlling, and project closing. You’ll also need to define scope in a scope statement. That means defining activities, which is not the same as making a WBS, but similar.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Let's define opportunity. The PMBOK® Guide defines risk as "an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on one or more project objectives." Furthermore, the PMBOK® Guide defines an opportunity as "a risk that would have a positive effect on one or more project objectives." Interviews.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

ProjectManager is ideal to keep track of your production plans so you can better estimate when you’ll need to purchase equipment, materials, parts or anything needed for your projects. Close Procurements Just as there’s a process to start the procurement, there needs one in place to finalize it.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

“ I’ve done this a million times–let’s skip estimating just this once.”. You rush through the beginning estimates only to miss deadlines, blow budgets, and draw raised eyebrows from clients. In this guide we’ll cover: What are project estimation techniques? What are project estimation techniques? Cost estimations.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

You know how it goes—you’re a few months out from a deadline, and your team isn’t anywhere close to finishing the project. It is typically made up of four processes: resource planning, cost estimation, budgeting and cost control. Cost Estimation. Cost Management Plan Terms and Formulas, Defined. Let’s define them.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2023

Let’s explore lean construction, defining what it is and its key principles. Define Value When you’re talking about value in terms of lean, whether that’s lean manufacturing or lean construction, this refers to the worth of the project as judged by the customer. Construction Estimate Template All projects cost money.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 23, 2023

To understand what project health is let’s define it and the areas that should be monitored to make sure your project is healthy. As we’ll see in a moment, this requires a close monitoring of various elements of the project. Project Budget The project budget is the estimated costs of the project. What Is Project Health?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

The basics: defining quality Knowing how you are going to manage quality feeds into your quality plan (obviously). The APM BOK defines project quality as: “The fitness for purpose of the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to requirements.” The options are: Once (i.e.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 23, 2024

To better understand operational project management requires defining what an operational project is, how it differs from strategic projects and what operational project management is. However, these two roles are closely related and work together from different perspectives. This is called operational project management.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 16, 2024

Initiating: This process involves defining the project and obtaining authorization to begin work. Key activities include identifying project stakeholders, defining project objectives, and creating the project charter. It helps project managers estimate project duration and identify critical tasks.

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Scoro

MAY 16, 2024

Scoro “Detailed” work report compares the estimated time for each project against the actual time your team spent working on it. If your projects consistently exceed budget, you may need to reevaluate pricing, time estimates, or scope to maintain healthy profit margins.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

First, let’s define what a production order is and why it’s so important to the manufacturing process. But more than that it helps production planning by defining what you need to produce based on demand, how much to make based on minimum order quantities and when to begin manufacturing based on weeks of supply.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 12, 2021

One is by a fixed price, where a contract defines what will be done and sets a specific and final price for that work. A time and materials contract is used when the project is open-ended or undefined, and an accurate estimate of the time and materials needed cannot be calculated. Related: Free Construction Estimate Template.

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