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The Construction Resource Management Process Explained

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There are many different types of construction resources beyond labor and we’ll define them as well as the process for construction resource management. Construction resource management is the process of planning and managing resources on a construction site. What Is Construction Resource Management?

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Project Financial Management: Managing Project Financials

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Whether you call it project financial management or project accounting, managing a project’s finances is essential to delivering a successful project. It’s more than just keeping up with costs. But what exactly is financial project management? Learn more What Are Project Financials?

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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The name kanban means billboard in Japanese, and you can see why, as the process involves placing tasks represented by cards on physical or digital kanban boards. Scrum is a project management framework with well-defined roles, guidelines and procedures that ensure this methodology is implemented consistently.

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Capital Budgeting: Definitions, Steps & Techniques

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In finance, capital is money that a company has, such as earnings or credit, which it can spend or invest on assets. First, we need to define capital budgeting, what a capital budget is and why it’s important. Then we can go through the capital budgeting techniques and the steps to a capital budgeting process. Capital is money.

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10 Knowledge Areas of project management (PPT & PDF included!)

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PMI defines a Knowledge Area in the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition Glossary like this: An identified area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes, practices, inputs, outputs, tools, and techniques. And why are they so important they have capital letters?

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What Is a Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) In Project Management?

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Manufacturing a product or constructing a building is a complicated process, which in turn makes determining the price for that product equally difficult to discern. There are many factors that must be considered, and project managers use a cost breakdown structure to help them determine the cost of that product.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Projects vs operations The short answer to the question: “What’s the difference between projects and operations?” Projects change the business. Ops managers want (and seek) stability so they can manage process performance. The status quo is good but project managers keep changing things! More on that later.

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