ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 27, 2021

Demand planning is a cross-functional process that businesses use to meet customer demand while avoiding supply chain or inventory management disruptions. That’s beneficial for your business’ supply chain management and inventory management. Either way, you lose money due to poor demand management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

This is a review of Twproject software used in October 2021. I have been compensated for my time in preparing this review but all views are my own. Are you looking for an all-in-one platform to manage projects, To Do lists, timesheets, costs, and documents? Twproject (say: T W Project) could be the perfect fit for you.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It’s hard enough to manage one project. That’s why multi-project management is a challenge that requires a project management office (PMO) or experienced project manager to manage resources and team members. What Is Multi-Project Management? Multi-project management refers to programs and project portfolios.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

A project manager’s job isn’t just about managing the work. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management. Risk management is a great example. Identify project risks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 9, 2021

Are you looking for a robust, scalable PPM solution that can manage the whole project life cycle and show you what’s being worked on at any one time? In this review of Sciforma, I’ll share the pros and cons of this enterprise-centric project and portfolio management tool. Portfolio Management. Product: Sciforma.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 21, 2019

It’s big business that’s involved in almost every sector of the economy, and therefore carries some major risks. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you the importance of IT risk management in this short tutorial video. In Review – IT Risk Management Strategies and Best Practices. What is IT Risk Management?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

When managing a project there is always the triple constraint hanging over the project manager’s head like the Sword of Damocles. Cost overrun is not cost escalation; that term is used to describe an anticipated increase in a budgeted cost, say due to inflation. Avoiding budget overrun is key to closing a successful project.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

If you’re working in software development, you know that the software development life cycle can often be frenetic. In software development, things rarely play out exactly as planned. And how can project management software help? Agile release planning is how that objective is realized in product management.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 15, 2021

Documentation is required in any project, but even more so when it comes to construction project management. Construction projects demand regular, detailed reporting during execution, so you can review and analyze your progress. Additionally, a construction daily log protects workers and managers on the site. Include Everything.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

Everyone wants their projects to be “quality” but I often get asked about how to manage project quality in real life. You probably already know that you need a quality management plan , and that management, assurance and control are the pillars of doing it right. What does it mean to “do” project quality?

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 1, 2021

I know our roles as the project manager is important, but the project can’t stop when we’re away. It’s less easy to do, because so much of the project management part of our roles isn’t straightforward to delegate to someone else, and often we don’t have anyone to delegate it to. Again, this is all about managing expectations.

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Productivity Land

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Effective cash flow management can help small businesses navigate through financial uncertainties, capitalize on new opportunities, and sustain growth over the long term. This article provides small business owners with practical tips and advice for improving cash flow management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 20, 2020

In this article I’ll share 15 tried-and-tested tips for effective project communications. I colour-code the date column too, with red, amber and green to show whether the delivery is on track, at risk or needing serious management attention. This is one of my top project team communication tips.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Timetables, deliverables, resources and even risks—everything that is involved with a project is wrapped up inside the schedule. It’s up to an extremely adept project manager to enact better schedule management for their teams. Related: Project Scheduling Software. 6 Schedule Management Tips.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One of the most important steps when creating a project schedule is to identify task dependencies, as they’re critical for time and task management. What Are Task Dependencies in Project Management? However, that’s just one of the four types of task dependencies that you could come across as a project manager. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. Let’s take a look at 10 different types of project management meetings and define them, and we’ll start with the definition of what a project meeting is. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It’s different than a risk, which can be defined as a potential problem or future issue that might happen in your project. An issue log is a simple list or spreadsheet that helps managers track the issues that arise in a project and prioritize a response to them. Build workflows for automated issue management. Learn more.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Ready to transform your approach to project management and software development? Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. What are the Top 5 Agile Methodologies? What Makes Kanban Agile?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A project management timeline is a communication tool so if you want to communicate about the plans for training, just do a slide showing that. As a project manager, it’s also what I want to know from workstream leads. The great thing about a timeline is that you can visually split the work into swimlanes that can be color-coded.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself! Check back often, as this list of project management terminology is ever-evolving, just like project management itself!

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2023

PMO stands for project management office and it’s responsible for the project management standards in an organization. The two others are the program management office and the portfolio management office. Either way, it’s run by a PMO director. There are different types of PMOs, all headed by a PMO director.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 17, 2024

However, project managers should know about their project’s critical path, especially if there are lots of dependent tasks and the dates are a challenge. The right project scheduling software will speed up finding the answer, but you still need to be able to act on what it is telling you. Great – that works fine for simple projects.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

To make sure everyone works at capacity and keeps things moving forward, you need to implement workflow management. If you want to manage work effectively and efficiently, you need to understand workflow tools, such as workflow management software , and set up a workflow system that lets you continue improving the workflow process.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 3, 2023

Along the way, we’ll offer tips, particularly on how project management software can help you realize your idea and turn a product prototype into a successful product launch. A prototype is the physical manifestation of an idea, an important step in product management. What Is a Prototype? Learn more. Get your free.

Software Review 279

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A project manager’s job isn’t just about managing the work. Part of a resource management plan is to build the skills of your team. However, you should also consider how good they are at doing the work of projects – project management. Risk management is a great example. Identify project risks.

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Proofhub

JUNE 20, 2023

Small Business Risk Management If you’re thinking of starting a new business, learning how to start a t-shirt business or a marketing business is not going to be enough. Internal risk factors are those that are under a company’s control, while external risk variables are those that are beyond its control.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 26, 2023

Resource management is a balancing act. Let’s take an in-depth look at both resource leveling and resource smoothing, compare the two techniques side by side, discuss when it makes sense to use one over the other – and finally provide some tips on implementing either approach into your own project management strategy.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is a simple project management framework that facilitates team collaboration on complex product and software development projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

Let me tell you about a project decision that was awkward for me — then I’ll share some tips on how to do decision-making better. We were due to go live with our pilot software launch but things didn’t feel right. The easier part is always implementing that decision – after all, isn’t that what project managers do?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

A lot of it is personal preferences but there are also plenty of good practices for managing daily tasks in your work environment. For me, a notebook is a quick way to be better at time management every single day. Managing Multiple Projects has a whole chapter on personal productivity. Let’s dive in. Or anything else.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 18, 2023

Crashing is a project management technique used to reduce the total duration of a project by adding additional resources or making other changes. If you are asking them to work more, are you at risk of burnout in the team? When I’ve used it, we’ve started testing some software components while others are still being built.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 20, 2023

If you are starting to write one, and want some sample text for inclusion in your own, I’ve shared loads of tips and examples below. A Charter tends to be longer, more formal and it serves a particular purpose in project management land which is to confer authority on the project manager. It can be as formal as you like.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s easy to get lost in the weeds when you’re managing a project. There are day-to-day operations that the project manager obsesses over, but they also need to see the big picture. Plus, we’ll give you tips on how to write a better one before showing how project management software can make the process even more efficient.

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PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Risk management is arguably the most crucial piece in my project management approach. Therefore, I spent lots of time and effort creating a practical risk management process. You’ll get the whole risk management process below.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Managing resources in professional services firms is crucial for maintaining sustainability and achieving anticipated employee performance goals. But unfortunately, many resource managers have to rely on approximation and guesswork because they don’t have the right tools and techniques. Let us begin with the basics.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. We’ll hear from experts and review key takeaways that project leaders can immediately put into practice in their programs and projects. Manage Team. You need to manage their expectations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

Your project management plan is more than just a schedule of work. A project management plan is a document that sets out how you are going to do what you’re going to do. It’s a guide to how the project will be managed. So what does go in the project management plan ? That’s a comprehensive list!

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