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Business Acumen for Project Managers [Free Checklist]

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It’s also something mentioned in the standards for professional project management bodies. Apparently, business acumen is something that project managers should have. In 2022, PMI updated the Talent Triangle to include business acumen. It really is a core skill for project professionals. What is business acumen?

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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This will help an organization assess and improve its project management capabilities by ranking the organization based on five maturity levels: initial, managed, defined, quantitatively managed and optimizing. The goal is to improve organizational processes, but it also addresses project portfolio management.

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Resource Smoothing Steps, Templates and Tools

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There are a number of things a project manager can do, but the goal is always the same: meeting the deadline without resources spiking or falling. That means that the project cost can increase as opposed to the project taking a longer time as in resource-leveling.

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Top Project Metrics You Need to Track

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As with cost variance, if the project is behind schedule, then the scope or budget of the project has to be adjusted. Get your free Budget Proposal Template Use this free Budget Proposal Template for Excel to manage your projects better. Download Excel File 5.

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Business Acumen for Project Managers [Free Checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I believe that my success at working with senior stakeholders and on difficult projects is to do with business acumen. Scroll to the bottom to download a checklist so you can build your own business acumen skills. I’ve done inductions for a number of new project managers who couldn’t tell me how their new company (i.e.

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10 Knowledge Areas of project management (PPT & PDF included!)

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Material on the Knowledge Areas can still be found in the PMI web guidance which members have access to, called Standards Plus. This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition. You can view a PowerPoint of the Knowledge Areas and grab a PDF download below.

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Business Acumen for Project Managers [Free Checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I believe that my success at working with senior stakeholders and on difficult projects is to do with business acumen. Scroll to the bottom to download a checklist so you can build your own business acumen skills. I’ve done inductions for a number of new project managers who couldn’t tell me how their new company (i.e.