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Project Documentation: 10 Essential Project Documents

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Project managers know the importance of having project documentation. Project documents must be accurate and constantly updated to keep current with the project. Creating and managing project documentation throughout the project life cycle is critical for project success, but where to start? Get started for free.

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Project Risk Management: How-to guide (with tips)

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Risk management is a staple skill of project managers. As the project environments we work in get more and more complex, with greater levels of uncertainty and more transformative, disruptive projects, being able to deal with risk remains top of the list of desirable skills for managers in all areas of business.

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How to Create a Project Initiation Document (Template Included)

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This allows the project manager to get buy-in from the project’s key stakeholders and ensure all the research has been done to move into the planning phase without any hiccups. That’s why a project initiation document (PID) is so important. To understand why, let’s define the term and compare it to other project documentation.

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Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM): Understanding ROM Estimates

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Rough order of magnitude (ROM) can help you better estimate project costs. But what is ROM and how can you calculate ROM estimates? We’ll explain the process, define the term and detail the steps for making a rough order of magnitude estimate. As noted, the rough order of magnitude is a technique to estimate project costs.

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Ask a PM: How to Get Proper Estimates

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Dear Elizabeth: I work in a technical team as a project manager. How do you deal with a team that refuses to estimate how long tasks will take? It is difficult to estimate when the task is too big. If the tasks are too chunky, it will be too challenging to come up with anything like a realistic estimate.

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CM at Risk (CMAR): Pros & Cons of Construction Management at Risk Delivery Method

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Construction management at risk, also known as CM at Risk or CMAR, is a construction management approach that’s been gaining popularity. But that doesn’t mean CM at risk is right for you as there are pros and cons to this innovative approach. What Is Construction Management at Risk?

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8 Free Risk Management Templates for Excel

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If there’s one thing you can be certain of when managing a project, it’s change. Although it’s impossible to predict the future, with these free risk management templates, you can better prepare for the unexpected and be more apt to keep your project on track. However, templates can only do so much.