If something bad is going to happen on a project, it’s likely related to time, cost or scope. Project managers are well aware of this and spend much of their project planning efforts to avoid negative risk and its potential…
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A timeline in project management is a visual representation of the project’s schedule, tasks and milestones from start to finish. It’s created in the project planning phase and referenced and revised throughout project execution. Timeline templates can schedule projects faster….
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Projects are all about delivering a product or service. Whether you’re working in project management, manufacturing, supply chains or inventory management, you need to deliver something valuable to your customers. This is why lead time is so important. There are…
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Scheduling a project can be daunting. Fortunately, there are tools and techniques such as the precedence diagramming method to help organize activities and get them all done on time. Precedence diagrams are used to visualize the tasks in a project…
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A project roadmap is the best way to summarize your project’s what, why and how into an easy-to-understand format that can be shared with anyone. A project management roadmap is a unique tool with a different purpose than similar project…
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What Is Project Cost Management? Cost management is the process of planning and managing the budget of a business or project. In the case of a project, it helps the project manager estimate what the project will cost and set…
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Project managers put a lot of time and effort into researching the viability of their project. But all that work is pointless if they don’t communicate the purpose of the project to their team and clients. That’s why a kickoff…
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General contractors strive to maintain each job’s profit margin, so it makes sense that the construction project will be monitored closely to ensure it’s progressing as planned. A work-in-progress (WIP) report is one of the tools used to track the…
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A project has a beginning and an end, but without an objective, it’s a rudderless ship. To steer your project successfully and land in a safe harbor, you’re going to have to define your project objectives. What Are Project Objectives?…
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Project management is a highly complex field. There are many things that a project manager must understand to be successful such as the methodologies, reports and tools that exist. To help you simplify things, we’ve listed the top 14 project…
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