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Project Documentation: 10 Essential Project Documents

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Project managers know the importance of having project documentation. 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?

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Infrastructure Improvements: Guidance on How to Be Successful

MPUG

Infrastructure Improvements When technology managers talk about infrastructure, they are referring to foundational elements such as network switches, servers, backup systems and security devices. As these infrastructure elements age, you should start planning for when they will be updated or replaced.

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Organizational Process Assets do not include infrastructure or the software tools used to manage the data. This includes reviewing documents such as policies, procedures, templates, checklists, reports, lessons learned from previous projects, and any other materials related to the project’s objectives or goals. What is not an OPA?

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What Is an IT Budget? IT Budgeting Basics (Template Included)

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Infrastructure expenses: This includes the purchase price and the cost of using the infrastructure, maintenance and disposal when it’s retired. Disaster recovery costs: There needs to be set aside funds for the organization to restore access and functionality to its IT infrastructure in case of a disaster, whether man-made or natural.

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Resource Requirements in Project Management: A Quick Guide

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Write a Scope of Work The scope of work is a project document that defines all the work that’s done over the project’s life cycle. A scope of work document will help you have a more accurate idea of the project and, in so doing, its resource requirements. This can be tools or software and heavy machinery.

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Gate Reviews: What Project Managers Need To Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Gate reviews, or stage reviews are part of the PRINCE2® process, and also part of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s Project Roadmap in the Governance module. Step 1: Create documentation. The PMO will normally have a gate review template or checklist for this, whether that is a document or slide deck or some other format.

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General Conditions in Construction: Definitions & Best Practices

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Then there are the project costs, in which general conditions offer infrastructure and resources for the general contractor and trade subcontractors to complete all project phases. The costs related to the infrastructure that allows the project to be constructed are outlined in the general conditions. We’ll get to that later.