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Defining & Implementing Approval Workflows

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The person with authority to approve work is usually the direct manager of whatever team is doing that work, but it can also be a quality assurance person or a cross-department manager depending on the process. ProjectManager is online software that automates workflows and has task approval settings to streamline work.

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8 Free Risk Management Templates for Excel

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If there’s one thing you can be certain of when managing a project, it’s change. Although it’s impossible to predict the future, with these free risk management templates, you can better prepare for the unexpected and be more apt to keep your project on track. However, templates can only do so much.

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How to Manage Your Project Pipeline With Software

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When you’re a project management office (PMO) or program or portfolio manager, you’re going to have to deal with multiple projects in various stages of the project pipeline. We’ll get to that in a moment as well as define project pipeline management. ProjectManager’s roadmaps help you manage your project pipeline.

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How to Create a Timeline in Excel (Free Templates Included)

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Once you create this Excel project timeline, you can use this template to estimate future project timelines using project tasks and due dates. Get your free Timeline Template Use this free Timeline Template for Excel to manage your projects better. Define the Length of the Timeline First, think about the best scale for the timeline.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. 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. Project planning templates are part of project management.

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What Is Preconstruction? Activities, Checklist & More

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As with everything in construction project management, there’s a process, meetings, checklist and more. The preconstruction phase in construction project management refers to the preliminary planning and engineering services that the construction company implements before construction begins. But first, let’s start with a definition.

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Capital Projects: Capital Planning, Budgeting and Funding

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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. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software with powerful Gantt charts that organize tasks, resources and costs.

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