ProjectManager.com

MARCH 13, 2024

Resources, such as people, materials and equipment, are needed to deliver projects. Being able to plan, manage and track those resources to meet the needs of a business is called project ERP or enterprise resource planning (ERP) project management. What Is a Project ERP?

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nTask

OCTOBER 16, 2019

The reason for this blind sidedness in the first place is that the projects in the company’s roster are so diverse and spread all over, that the managers can’t tame them down without a resource scheduling software. Resource scheduling software lets the manager run things smoothly and seamlessly.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 18, 2024

Project management software is the most efficient way to create timelines to plan, assign and track their tasks. More powerful than Google Sheets is project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with Gantt charts that have timelines that do much more than static templates.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2024

Resource requirements need to be identified and allocated for those steps to be executed. Think of resource requirements as the fuel that drives all project activities. Once one understands what resource requirements are in project management, next there is estimating what those resources will be and managing them.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Microsoft Power BI is a data analysis software that allows you to use various tools such as spreadsheets, pie charts, stacked bars and other types of diagrams to visualize project or business data, including the Power BI Gantt chart. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart allows you to plan, schedule and track the progress of your project tasks.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 16, 2024

Advantages of Making a Timeline in Excel As we’ve explained, the main reasons for using Excel to make a timeline are that it only takes a few steps and Excel is a software that most people are familiar with. In addition, knowing resources, such as raw materials, people and equipment, is necessary to execute that work.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A Gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that’s commonly used in project management as a means to visually represent the project plan and schedule over time. Here, the project tasks are listed, their start dates and deadlines, duration, who’s assigned to that task, other resources needed to complete the task and so on.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 6, 2024

The result will be a Gantt chart diagram that shows your project schedule and basic details such as project task names, duration and due dates. Unfortunately, if you make a Gantt chart in Tableau, you won’t be able to use any of the project management features you’d find in more powerful Gantt chart software.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using project planning templates can help you schedule tasks, estimate budgets and allocate resources. Project management software does more than a static Excel or Word template, but using these free 12 project planning templates for Excel and Word is a decent substitute. Without a plan, projects are in trouble.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2024

Making sure resources are in working order keeps production moving forward and helps you stay productive. We’ll explain and show how it differs from maintenance scheduling. This requires identifying the resources needed for maintenance. Learn more What’s the Difference Between Maintenance Planning and Scheduling?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 1, 2024

Asana is project management software that offers a variety of easy-to-use tools like timelines, task lists and kanban boards which are mainly used for managing simple projects, everyday tasks and team workflows. Asana’s Gantt chart is a lightweight alternative to more complex Gantt chart software.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A Gantt chart is a graphical representation of a project schedule from start to finish. The Gantt chart captures the tasks, resources and dependencies of your project plan and is used in project management. The other columns show the planned start date, planned resource cost and planned hours. What Is a Gantt Chart?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

If you’d like to use kanban boards for managing tasks, projects or workflows you’ll need project management software like ProjectManager. ProjectManager’s kanban boards offer advanced planning, scheduling and tracking features to help you manage your team’s workload and track their performance. Get started for free today.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 23, 2024

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. ProjectManager’s Gantt charts plan and schedule operational projects.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 11, 2024

Managing resources effectively is one way to deliver your projects on time and within budget. But what do you do when you don’t have enough resources and the deadline is quickly beating down on you? Project managers use a technique called resource smoothing. What is resource smoothing? What Is Resource Smoothing?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 24, 2024

Project management software can make order processing more efficient and achieve those advantages. ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with powerful kanban boards that can manage order fulfillment activities. This includes production targets, what resources will be used, processes and schedules.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 20, 2024

Construction projects are structured with schedules, budgets and resource allocation. To help you once you break ground on your construction project, we’ll throw in some free construction project management templates on estimating, scheduling and budgeting. What Is a Preconstruction Meeting?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 22, 2024

Or “resources” as we unkindly call people in project management. Securing the right resource (and enough of it) is a huge headache for PMO leaders and project professionals. Securing the right resource (and enough of it) is a huge headache for PMO leaders and project professionals. Why is effective resource management difficult?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 22, 2024

If this is your case, a personal kanban board could help you plan, schedule and track all these tasks so you can manage your workload without feeling overwhelmed. Traditionally, kanban boards were physical but now there are many kanban software alternatives you can choose from to make digital and online kanban boards.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2023

There are paper construction timesheets, they can also be recorded on spreadsheets or spreadsheet software. But most common on construction sites are cloud-based timesheet software, which are more efficient than paper or spreadsheet construction timesheets. Resources can be human and nonhuman.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 10, 2024

Order management is a large endeavor that includes warehouse employees and managers, resource planning and often third-party logistics and shipping partners. Small businesses may get away with order management on spreadsheets, and there are free templates to help them do so below, but larger companies need software.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 5, 2024

They’re useful throughout the project scheduling process and are easy to use. There are hundreds of analog and software tools you can use to create a calendar, such as your phone’s calendar or the Google Calendar that you’ve probably used to schedule work meetings. Why Should You Use This Google Sheets Calendar Template?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development. What Is Kanban?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 28, 2024

Notion is work management software that helps teams from across industries such as product development, engineering or marketing to facilitate team communication, manage tasks and create simple project timelines. Gantt charts are essential project planning and scheduling tools that can manage and track resources and costs.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Creating a schedule of values is important for the project owner, contractor and subcontractors alike. But what is a schedule of values and why is it such an essential construction project management document? We’ll answer these questions, explain when the schedule of values is used and the benefits of using one.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 11, 2024

This is managed by a warehouse management system, which we’ll explain, and detail how project management software can help improve that process. This includes high-level processes, such as receiving and organizing warehouse space, scheduling labor, managing inventory and fulfilling orders. What Is Warehouse Management?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 9, 2024

Resources in construction are managed by construction resource management. There are many different types of construction resources beyond labor and we’ll define them as well as the process for construction resource management. What Is Construction Resource Management? The following is a list of them.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 2, 2024

Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. Yes, Jira’s kanban view is one of its most popular features and software developers commonly use it for sprint planning. If you’re looking for software that offers more than two project management views, use ProjectManager.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A project timeline is a project scheduling tool that’s used to estimate the total duration of a project from start to end by mapping tasks, deliverables and milestones in chronological order. Gantt charts are the most commonly used tool to create and manage project timelines, but there are other methods and tools you can use like Excel.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Managing a program or portfolio of projects involves many things, but utmost importance should be given to resource management, especially organizational resources. Resource planning, resource allocation and resource utilization are all under the umbrella term of organizational resources.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 8, 2024

The general contractor will create project plans and schedules with Gantt charts , but subcontractors need different tools to execute their work. ProjectManager is award-winning construction project management software that has multiple project views that update in real time to foster collaboration.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Project documentation, such as the project budget, project schedule or project plan, is critical for the successful delivery of projects. While Word isn’t project management software , it’s a tool that you might need to use at some point to create project reports or other types of documents. Microsoft Word is one of those tools.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The Microsoft Project Gantt chart is typically seen as the centerpiece of that project management software. You’ll find that the Gantt chart for Microsoft Project captures important project information, such as scope, tasks, dependencies, level of effort in terms of time for each task, resources and milestones.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 18, 2024

It’s a great collaborative platform, with multiple project views, resource management and more, all delivered with real-time data. To start, we’ll take a closer look at Microsoft Project, which is the big project management software in the room and deserves a fair shake. What Is Microsoft Project?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2024

ProjectManager is award-winning project and portfolio management software with robust Gantt charts that give managers transparency into how the project progresses in real time and the resources it needs to achieve its goals. Estimate Resources Resources are the people, equipment and materials you need to complete the project.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Then, subcontractors build it and vendors are responsible for the resources. One of their main responsibilities is to deal with the construction project’s resources and make sure they’re available for each assignment. Construction superintendents need timelines to schedule and manage work. Many things. Many things.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 22, 2024

Payment is determined in the contract process, which includes the contractor payment schedule. What’s included in the contractor payment schedule and the different types are a critical part of the professional relationship between the project owner and the general contractor. What Is a Contractor Payment Schedule?

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