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What Is the Project Life Cycle?

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There are many different types of projects, but interestingly, they all have one thing in common. They all go through the same cycle, known as the project life cycle, or project management life cycle. What Is the Project Life Cycle? Here are some of them.

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Product Manager vs Project Manager – What’s the Difference?

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What Is a Project Manager? A project manager is a leader who oversees cross functional teams through the project life cycle to guarantee a successful project completion. Project managers are in charge of managing teams during the initiating, planning, scheduling, monitoring and closing phases of a project.

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Program Manager vs. Project Manager: What’s the Difference?

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What Is a Project Manager? A project manager is a project management professional who oversees the project life cycle. To do so, the project manager has to create a project plan , manage the team’s workload and keep track of project constraints. Video Transcription.

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What Is Project Risk? 7 Project Risks to Track

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ProjectManager’s risk management features help you track project risk throughout your projects. Learn more 7 Common Types of Project Risk To understand where risk can come into a project, always start with the lens of the triple constraint. Use a risk register to document them.

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How to Write a Business Case (Template Included)

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A business case is a project management document that explains how the benefits of a project overweigh its costs and why it should be executed. Business cases are prepared during the project initiation phase and their purpose is to include all the project’s objectives, costs and benefits to convince stakeholders of its value.

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Google Project Management: Professional Certificate Review

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I completed the quizzes and worked through the training videos. Who is the Google Project Management Certificate for? The Coursera Google Project Management Certificate is aimed at complete beginners, but it quickly starts to dive into a range of topics that provide a good refresher for early and mid-career project managers.

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Software Project Management: Why It’s Different

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Developing a mobile application Creating a new software Adding new features, patch fixes and new version releases to an existing software Changing the UX of a software The Project Management Life Cycle As noted above, software project management differs from other types of project management in its deliverables.