The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

One of the biggest challenges of every project manager is project constraints. They limit a project, and they can quickly endanger your project’s success. Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

For example, project managers will aggregate the results and understand the range and likelihood of possible outcomes, such as costs, schedules, and resource needs, to make informed decisions, plan contingencies, and formulate risk mitigation strategies. Marketing Costs: Estimated to be between $20,000 and $40,000.

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Velociteach

APRIL 11, 2023

Community organizations and regulatory authorities will be important constituencies, particularly for public works or infrastructure projects. After identifying the stakeholders, we should assess, concern, and influence. The requirements set expectations, define constraints, and are input into the cost and duration estimates.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 22, 2024

In this article, you will learn: What resource leveling is When to use resource leveling The key benefits of resource leveling Real-world examples of resource leveling The risks of resource leveling Key resource leveling strategies And more! Total float is the amount of time you can delay a task without delaying the project deadline.

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Planio

OCTOBER 23, 2023

How does it impact your project’s success? How do resources impact your project’s success? In fact, a 2022 poll found that 53% of companies cited resource management as their biggest project management challenge, beating out other pain points such as misaligned strategy and resistance to change.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

The system for value delivery refers to a structured framework and methodology used in project management. Project value delivery drives to fulfill its intended purpose and deliver tangible value that is aligned with the business strategy, with support from both stakeholders and business leaders.

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Planio

MARCH 11, 2024

Aside from helping you to avoid disaster, risk management has a range of wider project benefits, including: More accurate project estimates: Factoring in risks and uncertainty helps project managers more accurately estimate their project’s timeline, budget, and benefits.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Soft Costs in Project Management Soft costs in project management refer to the indirect, non-tangible expenses incurred throughout the project lifecycle. Expenses involving risk management and contingency planning: Project managers need to anticipate potential risks and develop strategies to mitigate them.

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Techno-PM

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Earned Value Management (EVM) Earned Value Management (EVM) is a strategy for project managers to use to define and quantify the performance of a project. Systematic in nature, this project management process is helpful for uncovering project variances by comparing work performed vs. work planned.

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Teamweek

APRIL 4, 2023

It’s a common problem faced by many agency owners, but the good news is that there are proven strategies you can implement to help you scale. Calculating your pass-through expenses as part of your project cost estimation process would be best. How do you know what pass-through expenses to consider?

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2021

Project planning is all about accuracy. With about 28% of projects failing due to imprecise cost estimates, it’s clear that your project plan deserves time and attention. Cost overrun is an unexpected change in the project budget that ends up increasing the total project cost.

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

Influence – We considered Moz’s Domain Authority (DA) to predict how a website can rank on Google’s SERP. Free Project Management Templates. The Rebel Project Manager’s Toolkit. 8 Free And Low-Cost Pm Resources. What is Agile Project Management? The Project Management Podcast. Worth reading.

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Proofhub

AUGUST 6, 2020

They have become an integral part of project management, letting the marketers know the risks as well as control and estimate project schedules and costs accurately for delivering seamless results to the consumers. Effective management of projects leads to the timely delivery of the results.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Managing Cost, Schedule, & Technical Performance Risk Is The Basis Of Good Project Management. Risk management is essential to the success of any significant project. Certain information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes are often unknown until the project is underway.

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nTask

MARCH 3, 2022

They require proper planning, strategies, and organization. Fortunately, the use of project management tools has made this journey a lot easier. Influencer Marketing Campaigns. Thus, you can set your budget estimates like project cost, project budget, and total budget summary in the most flexible way with nTask.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

And it’s such a challenge for a project manager to step back and look at it and think about this from a standpoint of how can I influence this from the beginning? Green vs. Sustainable Projects WENDY GROUNDS: Moving on to green projects, what types of projects are green projects? And as for cost!

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Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

To find out more detail about the requirements process, you can read my post on Software Project Requirements 101: What You Need to Know To Get You Started. Identifying activities, dependencies, sequencing, and time estimates. Completing rework due to defects and poor quality increased the project costs.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Similarly, in marketing, trend charts can help businesses analyze consumer behavior and identify market trends, allowing them to develop effective marketing strategies. Trend charts are also valuable in project management. These fluctuations could be influenced by external factors such as economic crises or natural disasters.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Strategy (#Strategy). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers). Project Success Assessment - A checklist for assessing the processes for project success. Product Development (#ProdDev). Balanced Scorecard (#BSC).

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

40 - Estimation is a Problematic Practice of Companies Doing Dangerous Things. A #Noestimates advocate makes the claim that having a ±10% accuracy for estimates of cost and duration is a dangerous thing. Define the probabilistic ranges of the work in a single point estimate manner. Is this normal?

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

Judgment from experience requires repeatability (experts work best in Complicated or Ordered cynefin domains) The moment you have little-to-no repeatability experts are at best useless, adaptability is a better survival strategy. maybe a read of the resources of Estimating Agile Software Development may help. Almost impossible?

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

When we hear about software development disasters and then hear that estimates are to blame, and NOT Estimating will somehow reduce or prevent these disasters, think again. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. The management of risk means good project management.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

These are classic examples from an author who is either unskilled, untrained, and inexperienced in estimating software development. Or who willfully ignores the knowledge and resources readily available in textbooks, papers, tools, and training for how to create credible estimates for software systems. million euro Agile project.”.

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Paymo App

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Improve time estimates: You can use p reviously tracked time entries as the main indicator for your future projects. Through them, you’ll make better estimates for following tasks and set more accurate deadlines for similar projects. 5/month, unlimited users and projects). Small office ($11.95/user/month):

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. requires making estimates) ? Evaluation of the Risk Analysis and Cost Management (RACM) Model,” Matthew S. Estimation of Long?Term reducible and irreducible ?

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. requires making estimates) ? Estimation of Long?Term

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