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DECEMBER 27, 2023

Then we’ll link to a free schedule of values template to help you get started. The schedule of values (SOV) is a construction document that’s part of the payment process when working on a project. It details the entire construct sum to various portions of the contractor’s work as detailed in the schedule.

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Resource management is a balancing act. You’ve got a certain amount of people available and a certain amount of work to do. You know there are some techniques available to help you decide how best to use the available resources. This allows for improved resource utilization, increased efficiency, and reduced costs.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Let’s take a look at kanban vs. Gantt charts to explain what each is, with an example showing how they work, and their pros and cons. A Gantt chart is a graphical representation of a project schedule from start to finish. They started on paper, which made them labor-intensive to produce and complicated to update.

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MAY 23, 2024

Scheduling production, planning a budget and allocating resources only sets up manufacturing for success. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Monitoring and controlling that process ensures that deadlines are met and costs aren’t exceeded. One way to keep track of the manufacturing process is with a production report.

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MARCH 1, 2024

Asana is project management software that offers a variety of easy-to-use tools like timelines, task lists and kanban boards which are mainly used for managing simple projects, everyday tasks and team workflows. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. What Can You Use an Asana Gantt Chart For? Not really.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 28, 2024

However, there are many Buildertrend alternatives that offer construction project managers and their teams better tools to manage their work. Lengthy setup: Better have a lot of time to set up Buildertrend and add all the data necessary to get started. Expensive plan: Buildertrend isn’t cheap.

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

Your team is your most valuable resource when executing a project. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software that has resource management tools to keep teams productive without risking burnout and poor morale. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Learn more When Should You Use Workload Analysis?

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Our roadmaps show all your projects on a Gantt chart and visual timeline, which helps you prioritize tasks, allocate resources more effectively and meet your project deadlines. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Projects have a beginning, middle and end. That’s called the project life cycle.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

There are so many different subcontractors and all have to work together to deliver the project on time and within budget. Resources in construction are managed by construction resource management. We’ll even throw in a few free construction resource management templates to help you get started.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

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. Kanban boards allow you to assign tasks to your team members and track their progress as they go through each workflow step until completion. Get started for free today.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Asana, on the other hand, is a simple-to-use work management tool. Yes, Trello has project management features and Asana has a timeline and other tools to help manage tasks and teams. It has kanban boards, task lists, calendar views and more, including a Gantt chart, not a glorified timeline. What Is Trello?

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MAY 9, 2024

Once a budget has been set for the project and human and nonhuman resource costs are defined for the tasks, just set a baseline to capture that budget and track planned costs against actual costs in real time. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Projects are planned, but those plans are rarely executed with changes.

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APRIL 25, 2024

The kanban board is broken down into columns that represent the different stages of a process, and the kanban cards are individual tasks that move from one column to the next as they move through the process. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Plus, we’ll get into scrumban, a combination of kanban with scrum.

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MAY 1, 2024

Warehouse operations take into account the supply chain and work towards being cost-effective and efficient. This includes warehouse management systems (WMS), workflow processes, human and nonhuman resource management and more. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. What Are Warehouse Operations?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

The project strategy works to meet the organization’s mission, but its goals are specific to the individual project it’s directing. The project strategy works to meet the organization’s mission, but its goals are specific to the individual project it’s directing. What Is Project Strategy?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 5, 2024

It keeps equipment in optimal working condition, which leads to more efficiency and quality and keeps work on time and within budget. A maintenance schedule ensures those tasks are done regularly. Learn how to create a maintenance schedule and download a free maintenance schedule template to get started.

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MAY 7, 2024

That is, demand management works to create interactions between operations and marketing with the goal of being able to develop actions that align the fluctuations of the market with a company’s strategy, production capacity and customer needs. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Construction sites are busy with subcontractors and other crews working on various smaller projects that will lead to the final build. One of the tasks of the general contractor is to track those work hours to manage labor costs and keep everyone paid. Timesheets are used to record the time spent on tasks, projects or clients.

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MAY 17, 2023

Not all tasks are the same. Some can be done one after the other in sequence, while others can’t start until another ends or starts. This is called task dependency. Task dependency mapping is a technique to make those task dependencies clear to avoid costly delays.

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APRIL 23, 2024

The goals of an operational project are to reduce costs, get work done more efficiently or produce a higher-quality product. The goals of an operational project are to reduce costs, get work done more efficiently or produce a higher-quality product. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. What Is an Operational Project?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 24, 2023

There can be tasks that are executed simultaneously, of course, but only if you’ve planned to have sufficient resources and time to accommodate them. When you have a scheduling conflict, you’ll be unable to deliver on the tasks assigned. When you have a scheduling conflict, you’ll be unable to deliver on the tasks assigned.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 28, 2024

Notion is work management software that helps teams from across industries such as product development, engineering or marketing to facilitate team communication, manage tasks and create simple project timelines. Gantt charts are essential project planning and scheduling tools that can manage and track resources and costs.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Construction projects are structured with schedules, budgets and resource allocation. Many people work on them, from general contractors overseeing subcontractors to architects and, of course, the project owner. A preconstruction meeting ensures that all those parts are working together on a common goal.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Then, subcontractors build it and vendors are responsible for the resources. One of their main responsibilities is to deal with the construction project’s resources and make sure they’re available for each assignment. Construction superintendents need timelines to schedule and manage work.

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MAY 2, 2023

Resource optimization is key to delivering a successful project. Resources, of course, are anything used to execute the project, including human resources and non-human resources. Resource management techniques keep a project on schedule. What Is Resource Optimization?

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A project timeline is a project scheduling tool that’s used to estimate the total duration of a project from start to end by mapping tasks, deliverables and milestones in chronological order. For example, our Gantt chart will link all four dependencies to help you avoid costly delays. Get started with ProjectManager for free.

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MAY 16, 2024

However, scenario planning works by identifying a specific set of uncertainties, different potential outcomes, and using the set of assumptions to help guide the organization. By using regular and consistent scenario planning, organizations can better allocate resources successfully, mitigate risk and decrease production costs.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

ProjectManager is award-winning project management software with workflow automation and task approvals to keep up the quality of your outputs, and it has project tracking for cost, time and resources, all with real-time data so you can make more insightful decisions. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Fair enough.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

One side is a spreadsheet that collects important project data and the other is a visual timeline that shows the entire project from start to finish. Therefore, you can use the Microsoft Project Gantt chart to organize your tasks, link dependent tasks, set the duration for each task and attach resources to execute it.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 24, 2024

You’ll need to create a work schedule if you’re managing a project or business. In its most basic sense, a schedule allows you to allocate work to your employees and let them know when they’re needed. Templates are only going to get you so far when it comes to managing your work schedule. Who has time for that?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2024

It’s unusual for contractors to get a payment for their work in one lump sum. Therefore, a construction payment schedule shows how they receive compensation for their work over the project’s life cycle. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. They’re also expensive. What Is a Contractor Payment Schedule?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 2, 2024

Our Gantt charts organize tasks, set milestones and link all four types of task dependencies to avoid costly delays. You can also filter for the critical path to identify essential tasks and then set a baseline to track project variance in real time. Get started with ProjectManager today for free.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 14, 2024

Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide projects with a lot of data. But to know whether those KPIs are on target requires more than just a gut feeling. You need a way to quickly and expertly evaluate whether project goals are being met. That’s what a RAG status does. What Is RAG Status in Project Management? That’s blue and gray.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

How can you allocate resources wisely across all those projects? Instead of managing one project with teams dedicated only to that one project and other resources allotted to only that one project, enterprise project management works to share these resources across multiple projects. What Is Enterprise Project Management?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Henry Gantt was an American who worked as a mechanical engineer and management consultant. He’s best remembered for the tool that bears his name and his works in the development of what’s called scientific management. Our Gantt charts are more than horizontal bar charts that organize tasks across project phases.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 9, 2023

Projects are planned and scheduled, but that’s just the preamble to the real work. Executing projects to meet deadlines without overspending the budget requires a project manager to understand resource availability. It’s part of the larger process of resource management. What Is Resource Availability?

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Making sure your daily operations are working towards achieving those strategic goals and that they’re clearly communicated throughout the business or organization greatly improves by using a balanced scorecard. Coming up with long-term goals for a business or organization is just the beginning of a five-year project.

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