ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2023

There’s more than one way to manage a construction project. From the world of manufacturing comes an approach called lean construction. But lean manufacturing and lean construction are two different things. Lean construction adopts the principles and practices of lean manufacturing and applies them to building processes.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

To better manage projects, one must clearly understand project strategy, who’s responsible for it in the organization and the steps to create a project strategy. We’ll go over that and link to free project management templates that can help you in this process. What Is Project Strategy?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you are planning a budget for a project proposal i.e. pitching to someone else for them to secure your services to deliver a piece of work, then read this article about preparing a budget for a proposal. What is included in a project budget? I find this helps me establish what’s in the project budget and what isn’t.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The schedule of values (SOV) is a construction document that’s part of the payment process when working on a project. It helps with project management by listing the project’s scope and the costs associated with those task needed to deliver the project successfully. What Is a Schedule of Values?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Then we can go through the capital budgeting techniques and the steps to a capital budgeting process. Capital budgeting is a process by which investments in large-scale projects are analyzed, evaluated and prioritized. Capital Budgeting Process There are various ways a company will execute the capital budgeting process.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 23, 2024

When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. This requires an organization with a well-developed project management process. It’s essential to keep projects successful for any organization to thrive.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Even the estimation, which the software prides itself on, requires so much data that the process is tedious and doesn’t even work great for all projects. That feature has change order and selection management, warranty requests and payment processing. It has many scheduling templates to help you get started on your projects.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It was an early attempt to merge the science of engineering processes with management. During this time he was writing articles, such as “A Bonus System of Rewarding Labor” and “A Graphical Daily Balance in Manufacture” for various trade magazines. It was pioneered by Frederick Winslow Taylor, an American mechanical engineer.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2024

However, problems occur when requests are submitted without a standardized process. To avoid that, you need an intake process. A project intake process is beneficial for an organization. We’ll explain why as well as what to look out for when evaluating those project requests. What Is the Project Intake Process?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 13, 2022

Project selection is all about picking the right project at the right time for your organization. What is Project Selection? Project selection is the process of evaluating projects to ensure that they align with your strategic objectives and deliver maximum performance. The Project Selection Process.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Workforce management is the process of scheduling your staff in the best possible way to ensure your workforce is functioning at its most productive levels. It’s less of a singular management style and more of a company-wide process or software solution that’s implemented from the top down. What is Workforce Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 29, 2021

The causes of risk vary by project, but the need to identify it is a constant where a project manager adds value. It’s our job to facilitate the discussion and extract those risks so they can be actively managed: that’s the risk management process. Plus, there should be a business case for the project! Reduced budget.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

This process gives you the means to establish service, quality, cost and job satisfaction goals. Remember, vendors are but one arm of your project. It helps with hiring, the interview process and the payment process. Vendor Management Process. This is a way to ease the managing of independent contractors.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 14, 2018

Software engineering economics is a topic that addresses the elements of software project costs estimation and analysis and project benefit-cost ratio analysis. As well, these costs and the benefits from expending those costs produce tangible and many times the intangible value. Related articles.

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

He created this dashboard to make the process more efficient. . Everyone’s business processes are different, but we recommend always including Helpful Links and Videos. Gretchen works with a lot of our larger manufacturing customers, and many of them find this team dashboard useful in their day to day processes.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Machine learning requires data to rapidly identify patterns and process output. This can include things such as scientific research, sales, manufacturing, security, and logistics. AI systems can be designed to learn from data and improve their performance over time, a process known as machine learning.”

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Planio

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Whether it’s people, raw materials, or cold hard cash, projects can’t function without resources. Resource allocation is the process of identifying, analyzing, and strategically deploying your resources to maximize your chances of project success. How does it impact your project’s success? What is resource allocation?

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The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It is influencing manufacturing, distribution, financing, marketing and sales. Rather, there seems to be a pull to the “middle” – to places like Kansas City, Texas, and other across the US for its manufacturing and distribution businesses, which are at its core.

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MPUG

MARCH 30, 2020

For example, if you had three American companies in the same business of manufacturing motorcycle tires and each had 4,000 employees which included 100 IT people, their PMOs would still be different. Remember, People + Process = Success. Do any of the projects link back to corporate strategy or goals? Not an easy thing to do!

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The consumer and producer are part of the Collaborative process of making the change. An example is a manufactured product that has multiple uses. Michael Porter, in his talk to the PMI about strategy and project management , identified two types of benefits drivers for projects: cost savings and strategic.

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MPUG

MAY 15, 2023

.” I was a bit surprised by this because, in my experience as a project manager, I would have significant supplier interactions from the beginning of the supplier selection process. Managing procurement on projects comes in three main parts. Early on, the project manager may not be included in some events.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

in sustainable development and environment, and he has over 25 years of experience in various areas of project management including government, finance, consulting, manufacturing, and education. And as for cost! So was this project a success? Okay, let’s change hats and talk about project fairness, fairness of process.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 28, 2019

No discussion of project management would be complete without mentioning his contributions, as he applied the knowledge he learned during World War I building Navy ships by diagramming the processes with bars and milestones (see Figure 1.1). The core values of Agile are: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 7, 2020

Additive manufacturing in the field of building houses is not an innovative technology today as some countries have already adopted this technology for construction. Besides, it also reduces the lead time, costs, and resolves the problem with the workforce shortage. How 3D Printing Is Applied in Construction.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 10, 2017

Planning is an unnatural process, it’s much more fun to get on with it. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? The project cost, schedule, and resulting deliverables are a system, subject to these coupling and cohesion.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Aleatory uncertainty, from the naturally occurring variances in the process and Epistemic uncertainty from the probabilistic event-based processes that impact the project. Epistemic uncertainty and the risk it creates can be reduced with handling processes. Architecture -Center ERP Systems in the Manufacturing Domain.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

These forecasts usually come from models of the process being forecast. Not so typical to Forecast the cost of a project or forecast the delivery date. Forecasts are based on estimating the processes that produce the forecast. Project cost, schedule, and technical performance Estimates. Revenue growth.

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Binfire

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Here are some common arguments that you will hear, and how you may want to respond as a good project manager: Myth #1 Project Management Tools are waste of time: Project management software adds an extra layer of bureaucracy to our busy team. Why add an additional burden to the process which gets in the way of our work.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 20, 2018

Let's start with that dreaded waterfall development process. Agile will come next, but waterfall (and of course the term is no longer allowed in US DOD procurement, but it is an acceptable accounting term), provides the easiest framework for software development cost accounting. So Now What About Agile Development Processes.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. A Risk Management Methodology for Project Risk Dependencies,” Tak Wah Kwan and Hareton K.N., Michael, International Journal of Project Management , 19, pp. 3, March 2002.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Michael, International Journal of Project Management , 19, pp. 24, 2010.

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ProProfs Project Management

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Monte Carlo Analysis is a risk management technique , which project managers use to estimate the impacts of various risks on the project cost and project timeline. Using this method, one can easily find out what will happen to the project schedule and cost in case any risk occurs. The worst-case values.

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ProProfs Project Management

JULY 5, 2019

Project management is an essential part of every organization. Whether you are overseeing a team or leading major projects and their execution process, it is essential to keep everything in line to ensure project success. 23% of organizations reported that they are always in agreement when a project is complete.

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Wrike

MARCH 26, 2021

Have you ever led or contributed to a project team, only to end up bottlenecked and unable to meet deadlines or stay within the project budget? How can you figure out what part of your project process needs to be patched up? And how can you use that information to improve your other projects moving forward?

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Management Processes (#MP). Project Performance Management (#PPM). Agile Project Management (#APM). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. Management Processes. Planning and Scheduling (#PS).

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Certain information about key project cost, performance, and schedule attributes are often unknown until the project is underway. The emerging risks that can be identified early in the project that impact the project later are often termed “known unknowns.” Risk Management Process Model.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

This is usually in case of risks that are unlikely to occur or minor enough so as to not affect the project's outcome. Acceptance Criteria: A set of formal requirements that a project must pass before it can be accepted by the project sponsors. Approach Analysis is used during the Planning phase of each project.

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