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12 Free Project Planning Templates for Excel and Word

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Without a plan, projects are in trouble. 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.

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Runn Software Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Runn brings together the people side of your business with powerful project resource management features. It’s resource planning software that is perfect for professional services and firms that would benefit from the transparency of seeing where time is being spent. Cost and plans: Free 14-day trial.

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What Is a Capital Improvement Plan & How to Create One

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It’s not uncommon for organizations to have more plans than they have funds. A capital improvement plan can guide an organization when it’s trying to figure out which large projects or purchases in which they should invest. But what exactly is a capital improvement plan? What Is a Capital Improvement Plan?

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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. We’ll discuss what the cost performance index does and how it does it below.

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How to Build and Implement a Project Strategy

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Every project is different. Project strategy is the plan that defines a project, which is why project management strategy is so important. 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.

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10 Do’s & Don’ts of Project Cost Management

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This is where project cost management jumps in. Cost management helps you to mitigate the risk of any surprise costs and budget constraints. However, you must know the do’s and don’t of project cost management to stay ahead in your game! What is Project Cost Management? Let’s Begin!

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7 Tips on Reducing Project Costs

Epicflow Blog

Reduction of project costs and at least avoiding significant cost overrun is one of the high priority tasks for a project manager. However, it usually becomes challenging due to a great number of factors: underestimation of project costs, uncontrolled changes, poor resource allocation, etc. Poor estimates .