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12 Resource Allocation Tips for Managers

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The following are some general tips to help you with your resource allocation when managing a project. This isn’t merely checking your estimates against actual progress in the project, though that is important, too. You always want to keep a close eye on time, how your team is working and if they’re being efficient.

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Project Health: How to Keep Your Project Healthy

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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. ProjectManager has real-time dashboards to monitor the health of your project. Learn more.

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What Are Task Dependencies in Project Management?

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In Review: How to Estimate Tasks and Dependencies. As Devin said, estimating time on a project is a bit of a guessing game. People aren’t great at estimating activity task duration. That said, Devin walked through a number of ways to do the best you can to estimate how long a task may take on your project.

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Cost Management Basics

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In the case of a project, it helps the project manager estimate what the project will cost and set in place controls by which they can reduce the chance of the project going over budget. Then, when the project is executed, the expenses are carefully monitored and recorded to make sure that they’re aligned with the cost management plan.

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7 Tips for Preventing Cost Overrun on Projects

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Avoiding budget overrun is key to closing a successful project. There are three types of cost overrun: Technical – This is due to bad estimates, or not enough data being collected when formulating the budget. The more thorough and accurate your estimates, the more likely you’ll stay within budget. Monitor Progress.

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Top 10 Reasons for Project Failure

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How to Avoid Project Failure: 5 Key Tips Projects fail for many reasons. 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. Project Budget Template A project budget estimates all your costs. Learn more.

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Project monitoring and control: Complete guide (+ checklist)

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Monitoring and controlling a project is an essential part of any successful project process. So come with us as we go down the rabbit hole of monitoring and controlling, and show you just how important it really is. In this article, we’ll cover: What is monitoring and controlling in project management?