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General Conditions in Construction: Definitions & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

The general contractor is responsible for all the construction contracting activities that occur on a construction site. These general conditions in construction are varied and costly. If you’re a general contractor working in construction project management, you’ll need to know about general conditions.

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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Risks matter. Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. What’s a risk again? It helps to think of risks in categories.

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10 Best Procore Alternatives of 2024 (Free + Paid)

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Construction project management relies on good planning, experienced contractors and powerful construction project management software. While Procore is a known name in construction project management, many construction managers are looking for a Procore alternative. Procore falls short in many ways.

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11 project risk examples: Watch out for these common pitfalls

Planio

Whether you’re launching a new product, migrating an IT server, or remodeling an operational process, project uncertainty contributes to 66% of projects failing (or partially failing) every year. But the problem is that risks aren’t always obvious or apparent — until you’re knee-deep trying to slog your way out of one.

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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. This is true across all industries, from construction to manufacturing, professional services to IT and, really any organization that is managing projects.

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Project Intake Process: Prioritizing Project Requests & Proposals

ProjectManager.com

PMOs can use project management software to review and decide on whether to accept, reject or defer the request. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that estimates project costs and creates budgets to show the viability of the request. Project management software takes templates to the next level.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Examples of projects Examples of projects include building a new office space or renovating an existing one, developing a new website or mobile app from scratch or revamping an existing one, launching a new product line or expanding into new markets. These are all great sources of examples of projects. More on that later.

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