Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

if you are sampling products from a production line) Think about what makes sense in the context of your project AND won’t create too much of an overhead for the team. Book quality checks Now you know what project quality measures you are trying to hit, book some quality checks in. The options are: Once (i.e.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

If you are planning a budget for a project proposal i.e. pitching to someone else for them to secure your services to deliver a piece of work, then read this article about preparing a budget for a proposal. What is included in a project budget? I find this helps me establish what’s in the project budget and what isn’t.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 4, 2022

Having an accurate schedule is important, and schedule and project costs are closely linked. If you accelerate the schedule, costs will rise. You need to think about the timeline necessary to meet your expected schedule and costs. The construction delivery methods need to be examined for liability and other risk factors.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2019

If you are planning a budget for a project proposal i.e. pitching to someone else for them to secure your services to deliver a piece of work, then read this article about preparing a budget for a proposal. Types of Project Cost. And your organisation may have other standard ways of thinking about cost categories.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

To keep to your schedule and manage costs, you need to gather and process project data throughout the five PMBOK project management groups. What Are the 5 PMBOK Project Management Process Groups? Project managers use the five project management phases to structure projects and lead them from beginning to end.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Most project management books will tell you this: If you make sure that the triple constraint is covered, you won’t have any problems. An Extended Approach to Constraints in Project Management. Resources are strongly connected to the project cost. But even if this type of constraint is balanced, issues can occur.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 24, 2023

Operations management focuses on maximizing efficiency while minimizing costs. Projects cost money and mess up efficiency by changing ways of working, but when a project finishes, the end product is handed over into the operational environment. More on that later.

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Hub Planner

AUGUST 28, 2024

Replanning multiple team members’ work based on evolving project scopes or changing timelines, or simply needing to schedule multiple bookings from the get-go, is the reality for all resource planners. To enhance your workflow, the new multi-select feature allows you to handle multiple bookings simultaneously.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Each worker is assigned a task or a percentage of the project until they’re 100 percent booked. This allows project managers to assign their teams and know if they’ll need to take on more team members to complete all the project work. As we covered, resource loading is about your team, employees or manpower.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 6, 2020

The points at which communication is shared allow both stakeholders to provide valuable feedback to the project process as well as the final product, and give team members a chance to brainstorm ideas together, bridging the divide between the two groups. It allows all involved to better discover risks and issues early on.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

What these programs do is help project managers to plan, execute and close their project. The Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK) states that a PMIS is “an information system consisting of the tools and techniques used to gather, integrate, and disseminate the outputs of project management processes.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

The scrum methodology has been around since the mid-1980s and has been a core sub-methodology of agile since 2001 when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book on it: Agile Software Development with Scrum. It outlines practically exactly how kanban can work for your team. What Is Scrum?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

It’s part of the scope management plan, a comprehensive document that explains all the procedures and guidelines related to the project scope. Project Budget. The project budget is a critical project management document. Project Schedule.

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Teamweek

JUNE 3, 2024

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. This article aims to help project managers who are burdened with monitoring project scope and reducing project costs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 13, 2024

Business Case At the Concept or Idea phase of a project, someone comes up with a bright idea. That is written down into a formal project proposal or business case. Or you may have to hand the money back -- different Finance departments and project sponsors will have different priorities! Writing a proposal?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 22, 2021

Efficient project resource management also ensures maximum billable resource utilization for profitability. Here is how: Reduce project costs – Complete visibility across the enterprise helps leverage global resources from low-cost locations. Six Project Resource Management Processes as per the PMBOK® Guide.

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Ron Rosenhead

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The person went on to say that on his last project he received a quick conversation (in the corridor) which lasted about 30 seconds. (For For a 9 months project costing just over £100,000). As someone on the course said, : “not the best way to start a project”. It is 315 words long and takes up ¾ of a page of paper.

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Scoro

JULY 2, 2024

It’s easy to get behind on managing project costs amid all your other day-to-day responsibilities, especially if you have a lot of projects going at the same time. But if you don’t have a handle on cost management, you’ll likely experience overservicing, delivery delays, and less profitable projects.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Developing global business partnerships provide significant business advantages, such as lowering of project costs, faster time to market, improvements in quality and reliability of products and services, greater customer satisfaction, and lowering of project and business risks.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 2, 2022

Let’s take a look at this PRINCE2 Wiki page on project plans, which has a product breakdown structure example. In the illustration below, you can see that the product breakdown structure is used for building a book website. The final deliverable is the book website which sits at the top of the chart. Cost Breakdown Structure.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2023

e-Builder e-Builder is a cloud-based construction management software and information solution for capital projects. Capterra review: 4.7 A major disadvantage is that there is no integration with iCloud, DropBox or other cloud storage options. The expense of the Procore alternative is also going to turn away customers. Capterra review: 4.3

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

The domain also covers keeping the schedule up to date, and you might hear people refer to it as project time management (but don't do that, it's not accurate!). Cost Management Cost management is basically managing funding for project activities. It's a shame, as they could delegate this to their project managers.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

In that environment, success is generally defined as delivering requirements to specification, within the project’s cost budget, and on-time. 
 .’ ’ The book goes on to say that ‘Edison turned on him like a flash, and with a smile replied: Results! Why, man, I have gotten lots of results!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Applying Business Acumen To Your Project. Stakeholders are often most interested in project cost and the time it is going to take to finish the work, and your business acumen comes into play hugely here. Project Initiation Checklist [Free Download] Get this free checklist to help speed up your project initiation meetings.

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Scoro

JANUARY 6, 2025

But to maximize profit margins, you need to carefully control your budgets and project costs. Otherwise, cost overruns will reduce profitability for your agency and strain client relationships. Here, Scoro automatically adds initial tentative bookings (striped backgrounds) for each role or team member you listed in the quote.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

High risks and uncertainty Pharmaceutical projects are subjected to various risks: supply chain disruptions, issues during clinical trials, safety concerns, unpredicted effects of new drugs, implementing innovations, etc. These risks may lead to significant delays, increased project costs, or even project failure.

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Scoro

JANUARY 7, 2025

Why you should use a resource breakdown structure Heres how a RBS in project management helps you deliver on time, on budget, and within scope: It improves budget accuracy A clear RBS is key for realistic project cost estimation. Because it outlines all your internal and external costs well before the project kicks off.

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Scoro

MARCH 25, 2025

The basics of this capacity planning include: Reviewing team utilization rates Mapping out upcoming project timelines (including buffers) Identifying and resolving potential resource conflicts Use Scoros Bookings module for easy capacity planning. Using the Bookings module, you could instantly visualize your team’s availability.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In fact, all of the factors mentioned in this section can affect a project’s timeline. And if a project is delayed, it will inevitably lead to an increase in project costs. Handling these difficulties requires an intelligent approach which should be combined with engineering project management tools.

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Hub Planner

JANUARY 8, 2025

Whether you’re booking time for a team member or managing a projects financials, adding days to the mix brings an extra layer of precision and flexibility. High-Level Planning Imagine youre preparing a project timeline and need to allocate an engineer for a sprint. Youll instantly see that this booking spans 4 days.

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The book explains what must be in place for each key component within each knowledge area to reach one of the CMMI maturity levels. If you are looking for a maturity model and your organization is using the PMBoK guide to manage projects this book could be of help. Conclusion.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 17, 2023

In a legal setting, making progress on the deployment of new case management software might need input from specialists to set up the data fields and information taxonomies so everyone else can use it – and if they are booked out on other work, you have to wait for them.

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Scoro

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We use the sales deals section in conjunction with the integration to HubSpot, and we make a lot of use of the Resourcing section for booking and checking our availability for projects.” Kerry, G2 “Overall, my team likes Productive way better than previous project management tools we’ve used. And you can also book a demo.

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Hub Planner

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Project and booking categories: Imported projects from AFAS include specific booking categories that represent AFAS project phases. Book a Personalised Demo Explore more of Hub Planner All the features you need to manage your resources and drive successful projects. Talk with one of our experts.

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Hub Planner

DECEMBER 19, 2024

With Multi-Select, you can now select and adjust multiple bookings at once. Move bookings horizontally or shift them up or down to another resource or project. Report: Group by booking Some of our users were looking for a line by line booking list report. Start a free trial or book a demo below.

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Wrike

JANUARY 12, 2022

Fortunately, we’re excited to announce Wrike Resource Bookings, an easier way to quickly plan project resource requirements with improved insight into resource capacity and demand. Here’s how to revolutionize your project forecasting.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 14, 2023

Instead, follow these basic guidelines: Make sure there is a strong strategy and that your projects align to it so the organization is doing the right work. Focus solutions on value for money across the whole product lifecycle, not just your ‘project’ part. Get good at budgeting so you keep project costs under control.

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