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How to Reduce Project Costs: 7 Actionable Tips

Teamweek

Keeping projects within budget is one common challenge that most project managers face at least once in their careers. Scope creep is one of the main reasons why projects exceed their budgets. It happens when a project’s scope keeps expanding without proper control, resulting in higher project costs.

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How to create a project budget

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I have left items out of several project budgets and I can tell you it’s pretty embarrassing having to ask your project sponsor to approve spending from the reserves because you messed up the budget. In this article we’ll look at how to segment costs, how to find out the cost of things, and then how to structure your budget.

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15 Project Management Challenges & How to Overcome Them

ProjectManager.com

Project management is all about solving problems before they happen. But even the best planning isn’t going to avoid challenges throughout the project. Let’s look at 15 project management challenges and how to deal with them. Estimating Costs Accurately to Create a Project Budget Projects cost money.

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Tableau Gantt Chart: A How-to Guide With Pros, Cons & Alternatives

ProjectManager.com

While Tableau doesn’t have project management features, you can still use it to make a Gantt chart. In this blog, we’ll learn how to make a Gantt chart in Tableau and explore its key features and limitations. ProjectManager’s Gantt chart is a robust project planning, scheduling and tracking tool.

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How to Start a Project in 10 Steps

ProjectManager.com

Knowing how to start a project is one of the most critical skills for any project manager. A large project (or a small one) starts with the small stuff and builds to something bigger and more complex. You need to get to work, but how you get to work is equally important. Here are some others.

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How to Measure Project Profitability

ProjectManager.com

As projects are all about the bottom line, you can imagine the importance of project profitability in project management. Being able to determine beforehand whether a project will turn a profit is how organizations can decide which projects to initiate and which ones to skip. Always Track.

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How to Make a Contractor Payment Schedule in Construction (Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

This contractor payment schedule is defined in the construction contract and sets pay over regular intervals across the project schedule. This sets clear payment terms for the contractor and reduces the risk of them receiving late payments or even no payment at all. Construction project templates can help facilitate this process.