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How to Create a Performance Measurement Baseline for Your Projects

ProjectManager.com

Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. Without that knowledge, the project is running blindly, and anyone who’s tried this knows the dangers. What Is a Performance Measurement Baseline? Learn more.

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Cost Performance Index (CPI) In Project Management

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Projects cost money. But what’s harder to discern is if the project is worth the investment. The last thing stakeholders want is to discover the project isn’t financially effective. That’s where the cost performance index comes in. It can also help to make your budgeted resources more cost-effective.

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What is the Management Reserve for Project Budgets?

Project Risk Coach

Let's explore management reserves for projects, who controls them, and how to estimate the reserves. We handle the known/unknown risks by creating a contingency reserve using estimating techniques such as the Expected Monetary Value (EMV) Method. How Do You Estimate the Management Reserve? Let's dig a little deeper.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices. Burndown Chart A tool in Agile project management that tracks the work completed and the work remaining to help teams manage progress. Feasibility Study An analysis of a project’s viability.

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A Complete Guide to PMIS

ProjectManager.com

PMIS is made to support all aspects of project management and the information they monitor or collect. Budget: Associate cost with individual tasks for more accurate budget estimation and generation. A PMIS will have different functions depending on the phase of the project.

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Different Project Management Terms Beginners Should Know

ProProfs Project Management

Any situation or event that can cause problems in project execution. . It refers to any prediction or estimation made on a project’s status, including how it will unfold in the future. The shortest time estimated to complete a specific project task or activity is known as optimistic duration. Cost Estimation.

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Introduction to Earned Value Formulas

MPUG

Formula: EV = BAC x % complete You might be working out EV per phase, work package, or for the project overall, so use the correct percent complete figure that matches what you want to review. What it tells you: How much money has been spent to get to where you are today on the project. For example, if your SPI is 0.8,

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