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Risk Mitigation in Project Management

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Risk is something every leader knows well. We all need to become comfortable with some risks. We are never going to eliminate all risks. What Is Risk Mitigation? It involves a process that we’ll explore in a moment but basically addresses the top risks in order to fully protect the project. Learn more.

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Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM): Understanding ROM Estimates

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Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs. But what is ROM and how can you calculate ROM estimates? We’ll explain the process, define the term and detail the steps for making a rough order of magnitude estimate. As noted, the rough order of magnitude is a technique to estimate project costs.

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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. Projects bring risks, and risks bring unexpected costs.

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Project Time Management: Strategies, Tips & Tools

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Time is not on your side when it comes to project management. While project managers haven’t figured out how to bend time and space to their bidding, there are time management techniques that you can use to manage the time you spend on tasks. No, it’s not science fiction, it’s project time management.

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What Is Demand Planning? Tips, Strategies and Tools

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Demand planning is a cross-functional process that businesses use to meet customer demand while avoiding supply chain or inventory management disruptions. It’s not easy to estimate demand, but the more factors you consider, the more accurate your demand forecasting will be. Either way, you lose money due to poor demand management.

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Best Cost Control Techniques

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Whether you’re managing a project in construction or manufacturing, keeping costs down is paramount. This is why in project management and business in general cost control is so important. Learn how cost control can help you better manage construction or manufacturing projects. The lower your costs, the higher your profits.

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

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Managing information costs and managing information security for those costs are part of making an IT budget. Planning and managing these resource costs in an IT budget can be facilitated by project management software. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts help you plan, manage and track IT costs.

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