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What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

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Many people work on them, from general contractors overseeing subcontractors to architects and, of course, the project owner. A preconstruction meeting ensures that all those parts are working together on a common goal. What Is a Preconstruction Meeting? Learn more Who Should Attend a Preconstruction Meeting?

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What Is Kanban? Meaning, Definitions & Best Practices

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Kanban also moved from physical kanban boards and cards to digital tools equipped with project planning, scheduling and tracking features like ProjectManager. ProjectManager is an award-winning project management software that offers kanban boards with robust features for managing tasks and workflows in any industry.

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RFI in Construction: A Quick Guide for Contractors

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Clarifying information that wasn’t included or unclear in the scope of the construction contract is critical to delivering a project on time, within budget and meeting quality standards. The general contractor will create project plans and schedules with Gantt charts , but subcontractors need different tools to execute their work.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. While kanban systems were once analog, they have since moved into the digital space and are often found in project management software.

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Tracking Budget Variance in Project Management

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Negative Budget Variance: When the actual costs are higher than the budgeted amount, which means the project finances are underperforming and require further investigation to learn why. Using project management software can track budget variance. Project managers use budget variance analysis when managing projects.

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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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Project planning is one of the first and most important aspects of project management. Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Download one or all and get your next project started right. Project planning templates are part of project management.

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The Importance of Operational Project Management for Businesses

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No matter what the type of project is, project management software helps deliver it more efficiently. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software that has multiple project views to implement operational projects across all departments.