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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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

3 Is an Opportunity a Risk, Really? Project managers may use qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to evaluate opportunities. Consequently, these project managers and team members fail to take advantage of these upside risks. Let's define opportunity. Is an Opportunity a Risk, Really? Table Of Contents.

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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. Besides keeping a project on schedule and avoiding overspending, project monitoring is also a great way to manage risk and avoid scope creep. Earlier detection means earlier mitigation.

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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. This sets clear payment terms for the contractor and reduces the risk of them receiving late payments or even no payment at all. Or it could be whatever is defined as a milestone.

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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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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? So, yes, of course, we need risk management in agile projects.

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nTask

JUNE 8, 2021

Estimating projects is part and parcel of project management for any project. However, estimating projects with accuracy is not always so successful. In fact, many of the issues in project management can be traced back to failed attempts at estimating projects. Why Does Estimating Projects so Often go Wrong? Your project.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Let’s take a look at how project assumptions are defined in project management and why they’re so important. Then we’ll learn about a project assumption log and how assumptions differ from constraints and risk. You’re estimating costs, duration and more. Analyzing assumptions is part of project risk management.

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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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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

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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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 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

AUGUST 22, 2023

Use Gantt charts to accurately plan, real-time dashboards to analyze live data and other features to manage tasks, risk, resources and more. 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. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Project planning is the second stage in project management, after initiation and before execution, monitoring and controlling and closing. Project budgets are estimated by project managers and then approved by the project client or stakeholders. Risk Management A project risk is an unexpected event, which can be positive or negative.

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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

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

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 includes IT operations management, IT service management, IT asset management and IT risk management.

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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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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

MARCH 31, 2023

Now that we’ve determined what a project is, we can define project management as a discipline. Initiation: Here’s where you set out the project scope , the goals, the organization of the project, its business case, its constraints, who the stakeholders are, what the risks are, the project controls, the reporting framework, etc.

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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

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

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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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2018

Often I hear people say that Scrum does not take care of risk: there is no risk log, risk is not on the agenda of the Sprint Review or Retrospective as a standard agenda-item. That's a risk right there! How is risk managed in Scrum? Scrum is all about risk management. Different types of risks.

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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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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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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

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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Project Risk Coach

MAY 21, 2018

Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary – provide the detailed information about the deliverables, activities, cost estimates, and scheduling information for each item in the WBS. Project Integration Management Plan Define how you will identify, define, combine, unify, and coordinate the project processes and activities.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Product Backlog refinement is the act of breaking down and further defining Product Backlog items into smaller more precise items. Sprint event: The readiness of PBIs is essential as it determines their suitability within the time frame defined by the Sprint's duration. Attributes often vary with the domain of work.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A project budget contains the financial details of your project, including the estimates of all the money you need to layout to lead a successful project, from resources to materials. That means your estimates have to be accurate, or as much so as you can make them. Monitor project expenses with this Excel budget template.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

This guide will define what project documentation is, why it is important and what are the top 10 project documents that you should always create to plan and execute your projects. These documents, such as the project plan, project schedule or project budget, define activities, procedures and guidelines to be followed by the project team.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 1, 2023

It involves accurately estimating all the costs associated with the project. Here, you can show whether the task is opened or closed. Use the calendar grid to define when each resource is needed. Finally, there’s an overview of the project’s risk management and a place in which recommendations can be made.

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Teamweek

JUNE 3, 2024

Be more specific in your estimates Detailed, accurate estimates help identify the resources, time, and budget needed for each project to minimize unexpected costs. One way to get a better estimate is for the project manager and project sponsor to meet with the team and review the project work. [Comprehensive Guide] 2.

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