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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

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Every project is different. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy.

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How to Make a Contractor Payment Schedule in Construction (Template Included)

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Therefore, a construction payment schedule shows how they receive compensation for their work over the project’s life cycle. This contractor payment schedule is defined in the construction contract and sets pay over regular intervals across the project schedule. Or it could be whatever is defined as a milestone.

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Project Monitoring and Control: Tools & Steps

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There are five phases in the project management process: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling and closing. Project monitoring and controlling occur in tandem with the execution phase in the project’s life cycle. A project schedule baseline is another necessary project control.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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In other words, you can look at an organization with strong project management maturity as one that’s managing the planning, execution and compilation of its projects well. Rather, it’s a team effort guided by standardized processes, well-defined roles and responsibilities and collaboration.

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What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

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To help you once you break ground on your construction project, we’ll throw in some free construction project management templates on estimating, scheduling and budgeting. In a preconstruction meeting, project exceptions are defined, roles are clarified and risk mitigation strategies are discussed.

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The Importance of Operational Project Management for Businesses

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This is called operational project management. 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.

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The Construction Resource Management Process Explained

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There are so many different subcontractors and all have to work together to deliver the project on time and within budget. There are many different types of construction resources beyond labor and we’ll define them as well as the process for construction resource management. What Is Construction Resource Management?