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Project Documentation: 10 Essential Project Documents

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Project documents must be accurate and constantly updated to keep current with the project. Creating and managing project documentation throughout the project life cycle is critical for project success, but where to start? What Is Project Documentation? Risk Register. Scope Statement.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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Our free project plan template for Word helps you organize all the various project management documentation needed to prepare your project for success. You get to address the planning basics, such as defining your project scope, identifying milestones and breaking the project down into manageable phases and tasks.

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What is project scope? (Plus 7 steps to help you define project scope)

Resource Guru

It’s what we lean on throughout the project life cycle. It keeps us on the straight and narrow all the way to project success. We might think that “oh, I don’t need a project scope, I’ve done thousands of projects like this!”. As project managers, defining and planning projects is what we do.

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Construction Cost Management: Managing Construction Costs

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For general contractors, this keeps projects from overspending and chewing away at their bottom line. Effective construction cost management ensures that the spending throughout the project life cycle is on track. Every project phase is impacted by construction cost management.

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Project Selection: Use These 8 Selection Methods for Better Strategic Results

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Cost-benefit analysis is used to estimate the costs and benefits associated with a particular project. In other words, it’s a method to discover the most cost-effective way to execute a project. ProjectManager has an article that provides a step-by-step guide to cost-benefit analysis that goes into this in-depth.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Activity An activity is the actual, specific task that must be performed in a project, i.e., the tactical level of work. Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. identify items such as benefits and costs).

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Hard Costs vs Soft Costs in Construction: Definitions & Examples

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There are many variables to consider, from market to labor costs and always-fluctuating prices. But creating a detailed budget is key to successful construction project management. One way to control your project billing is by defining the hard costs vs soft costs on a construction project.