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What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

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A preconstruction meeting ensures that all those parts are working together on a common goal. Get the most out of a preconstruction meeting by knowing who must attend and the items to cover in your preconstruction agenda. What Is a Preconstruction Meeting? Learn more Who Should Attend a Preconstruction Meeting?

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Software Development Estimation: A Quick Guide

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Software development estimation is an essential part of many projects. Despite its importance, software development estimation is often overlooked. Maybe that’s because it’s difficult to estimate properly. Let’s explore how software development estimation works and its techniques and tools. Learn more.

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Estimate at Completion: A Complete Guide + Template

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, I’ll explain what Estimate at Completion is for project managers, how to use it (because there are 4 different ways) and give you examples. Estimate at completion (EAC) in project management tells you how much the project will cost when the work is finished. What is the formula for estimate at completion?

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Tips for Before, During & After Meetings

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Managing successful meetings is not a new subject, but neither is it a waste of time to refresh ourselves about how best to manage meetings. Below, Guillermo Solis has some suggestions to bear in mind before, during and after meetings, when we are in charge of the meeting as a project manager. Before the meeting.

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Project Estimating: The Only Guide You Need

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Frankly it’s too hot, but it has made me realize one thing: I am no good at estimating. In fact, I’ve always known that I’m not good at estimating. The only thing I can estimate is time. In this article I’ll share estimating techniques for schedules and budgets: the kind of things we need to know to get projects done.

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7 Awesome Meeting Habits That Will Make You Money

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Let’s face it, most of us deal with unproductive meetings every day. I could go on, but I can feel your meeting pain shooting through your eyeballs as you read this. I think we can agree that you can’t afford unproductive meetings. Habit #1 – State your strategic objective at the beginning of your meeting. Gord Sheppard.

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Cost Estimation for Projects: How to Estimate Accurately

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Good cost estimation is essential for keeping a project under budget. Many costs can appear over the life cycle of a project, and an accurate estimation method can be the difference between a successful plan and a failed one. Estimation, however, is easier said than done. An Overview of Cost Estimation. Excluded costs.

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