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What Is Preconstruction? Activities, Checklist & More

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The preconstruction phase in construction project management refers to the preliminary planning and engineering services that the construction company implements before construction begins. The company starts by defining the project and identifying risks. What Is the Preconstruction Phase? Model Coordination. Project Scope.

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Capital Projects: Capital Planning, Budgeting and Funding

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When speaking of a capital project, one is referring to something big and expensive that’ll involve a great deal of planning and resources to complete. Because a capital project must be carefully managed, governments and corporations alike will use project management software to control the use of its resources and manage time.

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The Low Code No Code Opportunity

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“Low code no coderefers to digitization through more efficient means – through “citizen development” It is a growing trend that shows potential for growing and evolving over the next decade and beyond. The Problem – or the “Job to be done” Programming software is complicated.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development.

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The 5 Phases of the Construction Process (Templates Included)

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We’ll define in depth each of the five construction phases: initiation, pre-construction, procurement, construction and post-construction. Project management software is used by construction project managers to plan, manage and track the project. The construction budget will also be referred to as well as the larger construction plan.

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The Importance of Operational Project Management for Businesses

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To better understand operational project management requires defining what an operational project is, how it differs from strategic projects and what operational project management is. No matter what the type of project is, project management software helps deliver it more efficiently. This is called operational project management.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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Project management software does more than a static Excel or Word template, but using these free 12 project planning templates for Excel and Word is a decent substitute. To ensure your plans are well-managed during the execution of your project you’ll want to upgrade to project management software.

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