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Capital Projects: Capital Planning, Budgeting and Funding

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When governments or corporations make large investments, they don’t do so without serious planning. There’s a lot of money involved in these capital projects and that means getting the funding and allocating the finances wisely. It’s not something that a business would want to sell over the course of its normal operations.

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IT Financial Management (ITFM) Best Practices

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To accomplish this requires financial governance, creating and controlling an IT budget, tracking expenses and doing cost-benefit analysis of IT investments. ProjectManager’s workflow automation saves time when managing IT finances. What might not be so clear is how to effectively manage IT finances.

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Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Risk Governance

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I came to know that there were no consistencies within risk governance parameters, such as risk appetite , or risk threshold , for example. In this article, we will explore how to manage such massive gap at an organizational level considering Enterprise Risk Management and Risk Governance. Governance and Its Elements.

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What Is a Capital Improvement Plan & How to Create One

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This is a tool used more often by public entities such as local governments for major public expenditures. The capital improvement plan is used to coordinate between community planning and fiscal management to determine the location, timing and financing of the capital improvement. They are as follows. Submission. Financial Analysis.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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While it was designed for software development, other industries such as finance, professional services, engineering, IT and even government agencies have started to use scrum because it helps their teams establish clear roles, responsibilities and procedures, which improves their overall productivity.

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Project Budgeting: An Interview with Sol Benady

Rebel’s Guide to PM

” This doesn’t mean every project or program manager needs to be an accounting whiz but having a handle on project finances is indeed a make or break, “You have to try to keep within your numbers to deliver successfully,” Sol adds. 5 Tips for Managing a Project Budget. Asking for More Money.

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