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Project Time Management: Strategies, Tips & Tools

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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? Time Management Strategies. Historic Data.

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What Is Project Risk? 7 Project Risks to Track

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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. But before we dive into that, let’s review seven common risks that could affect your project budget and schedule.

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Project Documentation: 10 Essential Project Documents

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Project managers know the importance of having project documentation. 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?

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How to Write a Business Case (Template Included)

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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. Project Budget.

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9 Types of Artifacts in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

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. OK, let’s get to it: here’s the list of project management artifacts.

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Project Artifacts and How to Use Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

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). OK, let’s get to it: here’s the list of project management artifacts.

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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. 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.