Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. Although I am guilty of using ‘plan’ and ‘Gantt chart’ interchangeably. A project management plan is a document that sets out how you are going to do what you’re going to do. It’s a guide to how the project will be managed.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2023

For general contractors, this keeps projects from overspending and chewing away at their bottom line. Effective construction cost management ensures that the spending throughout the project life cycle is on track. Every project phase is impacted by construction cost management.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

Project documents must be accurate and constantly updated to keep current with the project. Creating and managing project documentation throughout the project life cycle is critical for project success, but where to start? What Is Project Documentation? Project Plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

What is a ROM estimate? A rough order of magnitude estimate is used to give you a very high level view of potential project costs. Ideally, you’d be able to provide a definitive estimate, carefully created from loads of input from subject matter experts and plenty of research on past projects and their budgets.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 6, 2022

Coming up with a great idea is only the beginning: t o realize it, you need a project execution plan (PEP). A project execution plan is a document for executing projects that helps you strategize, come up with project management processes and put the whole thing into action. Project Scope. Learn More!

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 21, 2018

Featuring baselines, subsidiary plans, and other ancillary plans Do you know the 5Ps? Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance. If this is true, why is it that some project managers put so little time in developing a project management plan? Every project is different. Project Baselines.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 27, 2023

A risk is an uncertain event or condition that can have affect the outcome of a project. The term “project risk” refers to the sum of all individual project risks that might affect a project. Schedule Risk Schedule risk occurs whenever there’s a high likelihood of not meeting the planned project schedule.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 6, 2023

By understanding the budgeting process for business and project management , it’s easier to understand how to make a budget for your company or project. A budget is an estimate of the revenue and expenses that occur over a period of time. Another way to look at a budget is as a financial plan. What Is a Budget?

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Planview

JULY 29, 2021

One of the most difficult tasks in project management is cost tracking and staying on top of project expenses. Tracking costs involves estimating budgets, establishing controls, measuring results, updating forecasts and continuous communication. Estimate Budgets.   Pre-Planning. Estimate Budgets.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 30, 2021

Discover the exact, proven system I use to engage stakeholders, improve collaboration, and initiate projects. One of the challenges in projects is estimating the duration. Start with an analogous estimate. Get actual durations from other project managers for similar projects. Think about your needs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

And yes, agile project management artifacts get a mention. The 9 types of artifacts are: Strategy Logs and registers Plans Hierarchy charts Baselines Visual data and information Reports Agreements and contracts Other – a bucket category for anything else. I can see that being particularly relevant for things like a release plan.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

The 9 types of artifacts There are 9 types of artifacts, and every project management document or thing you create falls into one of these categories (not least because the last one is a giant bucket for everything else, as you’ll see). Plans The third category of project artifact relates to the different types of plans produced.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Marketing plans manage research, design and copywriting, digital and print production, plus so much more. Get a headstart on your next marketing project by using these 10 free marketing templates for Excel and Word. We have dozens of free project management templates to choose from. Marketing Plan Template. Try it free.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 27, 2022

When it comes to budgeting, hard costs are easier to estimate. As you can imagine, these intangible costs will prove far more difficult for you to estimate as you build a budget for your project. Soft costs can persist long after the project has been completed. They can occur anytime in the life cycle of a project.

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Teamweek

MAY 17, 2018

When a project begins, the amount of planning, preparation, and work required to complete it can be overwhelming. A break in the chain can compromise the entire project. This is why experienced project managers divide their projects into four phases that simplify and add structure to the process. Implementation.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2022

The need for a business case is that it collects the financial appraisal, proposal, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization. Once your business case is approved by the project stakeholders, you can begin the project planning phase.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2023

Project managers understand this and work hard to create change management plans that ensure their projects run smoothly. Project management software helps, too, but if you’re not ready to upgrade, we have some free change management templates that can help you manage change.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 20, 2023

Planning for construction projects isn’t enough. Construction submittals are an integral part of construction project management. A construction submittal log is made by the general contractor to ensure the plans and specifications for the project are followed. We’ll define the term and explain its importance.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

A project description outlines the details of one project, including all its phases and processes involved, in a single document. It addresses the problem that initiated the project and the desired goals and objectives. The benefits of the project are also outlined in the project description.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

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. What Is Project Time Management? Why Is Project Time Management Important?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Before you’re able to analyze the risk in your project, you have to acknowledge that risk is going to happen in your project. By planning for risks, you begin the process of knowing how to identify, monitor and close out risks when they show up in your project. How to Evaluate Project Risk. Cost estimates.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

When planning for your projects, define the term risk and determine how you will identify and manage both threats and opportunities. Include your definitions and processes in your risk management plan. Plan the interviews. Plan your brainstorming questions in advance. Interviews. Select key stakeholders.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 9, 2022

Everything starts with careful planning, which sets the stage for the execution phase where estimations, plans and schedules guide the project team as they complete tasks and deliverables. What Is Project Evaluation? Project evaluation is the process of measuring the success of a project, program or portfolio.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 17, 2016

The Project Plan Checklist Have you left anything out of your project plan? Check out this project plan checklist to help you identify the baselines and plans that will be most helpful to each of your projects. I like to keep my project plans as simple as possible. Scope Baseline.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Again, those deliverables can be a product or service and it can also be the documentation that is part of the project closure to show that the project is complete and everything has been signed off. Project vs Product Deliverables. There is a distinction between project and product deliverables. Variance report.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2021

Resources are the largest contributor to successful project delivery , and project managers spend significant time planning and managing their activities. Both resource and project managers work in tandem to develop resourcing strategies for projects. What is project resource management?

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Resource Guru

MAY 9, 2023

Agency resource planning and management processes help you align the right people with available project work. Project success and satisfied clients will naturally follow. Boost team performance and productivity Resource management and planning help workload planning. Let’s dig deeper: 1.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Project estimation is the backbone of proper project planning and execution. Using the right project estimation techniques helps managers predict the time, cost, and resources needed to complete a project. What is parametric estimating? What is parametric estimating?

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Resource Guru

MARCH 2, 2023

Every project manager knows that a good project starts with a solid project plan. But how do you get started with your project plan? That’s why we’ve put together a free project plan template for excel, to help you get the project plan wheels spinning.

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But the idea of time tracking and providing estimates likely has many negative connotations for your workforce. Some view time tracking as a way of micromanaging or holding team members firmly to their initial estimates. for future project costing/ estimation. Create realistic timelines. Manage your team better.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The need for a business case is that it collects the proposal, outline, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization. Financial plan. Project Plan: It’s time to create the project plan. Business description/mission statement.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A rough order of magnitude estimate, also known as ROM, is an estimation of a project’s level of effort and cost to complete. ROM estimates take place early in a project life cycle and guide strategy and planning choices. Estimating a ROM is often thought of as an art.

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 27, 2022

Using Project Management software can help alleviate the burden of micromanaging off the project manager’s plate, particularly if it offers a priority system for projects in the portfolio and keeps everyone aligned on target deadlines. One of the biggest missteps a project manager can make is delivering the project over budget.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Project management spends a lot of time on the work that must happen before any project can be executed. Researching the feasibility of the project, planning for its success, scheduling tasks, organizing resources and building a budget are all important. Plan: Now comes the plan to determine what work must be done.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 26, 2022

In some cases, the entire project might be following a process where design, scope, cost, and time scales were fixed at the very beginning. Or it could be a first-time project where estimating how long each phase will really take is hard work. Estimate work and share the schedule. Managing Stakeholder Expectations.

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ProProfs Project Management

MAY 6, 2020

Project time management refers to skills, tools, and techniques, which businesses use to manage time while working on project activities. Time’ and ‘Deliverables’ are the two major factors that you need to take care of during the project life cycle. What Are the Main Processes in Project Time Management.

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ProProfs Project Management

MARCH 18, 2020

Let’s learn about the whole process while discussing 5 project management steps of a project life cycle. Initiation is the very first phase of project management, and it is all about measuring the value, benefits, and feasibility of the project. Initiating. The processes in this phase are: .

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