ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Time is not on your side when it comes to project management. While project managers haven’t figured out how to bend time and space to their bidding, there are time management techniques that you can use to manage the time you spend on tasks. No, it’s not science fiction, it’s project time management.

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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. It’s not easy to estimate demand, but the more factors you consider, the more accurate your demand forecasting will be. Either way, you lose money due to poor demand management.

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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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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 6, 2024

Projects are made or broken by how time is managed. Planning, scheduling, monitoring and controlling are all key elements of project management that work to ensure the time spent and progress made over the life cycle of the project is as efficient as possible. Why Use Time Management Templates?

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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. 6 Schedule Management Tips. Never Manage Your Project Schedule in a Silo.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 18, 2021

Aggregate planning is most often focused on targeted sales forecasts, inventory management and production levels in the mid-term (3-to-18-month) future. Aggregate production planning also lets manufacturers know what staff, materials, output rates, timeline estimates and budget costs they need. Resource Management. Cost Savings.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 10, 2023

LiquidPlanner’s predictive scheduling engine answers some of the toughest Project Management questions teams face: When will my project finish? The scheduling engine not only helps teams forecast project delivery with accuracy, but also provides insights along to way to help teams navigate project risk and adapt to change.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2024

Managing project stakeholders can feel like herding cats—each one has their quirks, demands, and personalities. If you’ve been in the project management game for any length of time, you know how important it is to understand who you’re dealing with and how to keep things running smoothly. And why wouldn’t they?

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Risk identification is an integral part of project risk management. It is essential for any project manager to know what risks might affect a project and navigate them. This article will examine the five techniques for risk identification. Techniques for Risk Identification 1.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This article, 7 Ethics Tips For Project Managers , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. A project manager approached me recently with a problem. It’s probably fairer and less controversial to say that it was “estimated” rather than created totally randomly from scratch.

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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. There are three types of cost overrun: Technical – This is due to bad estimates, or not enough data being collected when formulating the budget. Proper scheduling helps keep estimates accurate.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Before you’re able to analyze the risk in your project, you have to acknowledge that risk is going to happen in your project. By planning for risks, you begin the process of knowing how to identify, monitor and close out risks when they show up in your project. Part of that process is risk analysis.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Top-down estimating is a form of estimation where existing knowledge of similar projects is used in the estimation process to produce a ballpark figure for the total cost. Like other methods to estimate a new project’s cost , top-down estimation has advantages and disadvantages. What is top-down estimating?

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

You wouldn’t believe the number of project managers I speak to on mentoring calls who struggle to get their budget approved. This article will explain project contingency, how to calculate contingency and how to manage it within the scope of your projects. So risk is critical to understanding contingency: that’s the first step.

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Teamweek

JUNE 3, 2024

Keeping projects within budget is one common challenge that most project managers face at least once in their careers. This article aims to help project managers who are burdened with monitoring project scope and reducing project costs. Further Reading: What is Project Resource Management? Let’s get started.

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International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 10, 2022

Risk Management. Thought Leadership News : What is risk management? What are some common myths or misconceptions that new and aspiring project managers should know about, and can you demystify them for us? Ruchi Gupta: Risk management is a proactive approach to managing uncertainties or unknowns on a project.

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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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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. An experienced project manager will protect critical path activities so the overall project duration is preserved. Being ready to fast-track the schedule if needed.

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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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LiquidPlanner

MAY 15, 2023

So, if maintaining a balanced workload is so important to the success of your projects, why not have a dedicated view in your project management software where you can see and manage it? See each person’s capacity and utilization, then leverage Planning Intelligence and make the necessary changes to mitigate schedule risk.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. Learn how to help your team manage risk so you can split the work between you.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This distinction is important for project managers, but not critical to the success of a project. Work packages are used in earned value management projects to integrate schedule, cost and scope management data to measure project performance. Project managers can keep the project consistent and make more effective assignments.

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PM Basics

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In this article, you’ll find the real-life project risk management plan example. Below the example, you’ll find all the required information and resources to create your Risk Management Plan quickly and for free. Risk Management Plan Definition. Risk Register, WBS). Monitoring Risks.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Parametric estimation is a crucial estimation technique in project management. That’s because parametric estimations are highly accurate and take some guesswork from your estimation process. What is parametric estimating? The more granular the parameter, the more accurate the estimate.

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MPUG

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Project Management Institute defines a project as “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result.” The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. But that’s not what 90% or more of Project Managers need.

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Ganttic

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

In the world of project management, success hinges on your ability to harness resources effectively. Get started with our guide and 5 actionable tips for improving resource allocation planning. And even if it seems tricky to walk this tightrope of project management, where you juggle people, time, money, and materials.

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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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Teamweek

AUGUST 1, 2022

Unfortunately, this scenario is all too common for project managers. . Project cost estimation can be challenging, especially when the project is complicated and has many moving parts. Let’s first clarify what we mean by a ‘project cost estimate’. What is a project cost estimate? So let’s jump straight into it.

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

“ I’ve done this a million times–let’s skip estimating just this once.”. You rush through the beginning estimates only to miss deadlines, blow budgets, and draw raised eyebrows from clients. In this guide we’ll cover: What are project estimation techniques? What are project estimation techniques? Cost estimations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2024

This article reviews and explains the 10 project management Knowledge Areas from the PMBOK® Guide -- Sixth Edition. All the things you need to know and do for successful risk management, for example, are bundled under the Risk Management Knowledge Area. How many knowledge areas are there in project management?

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As we covered in How the Scheduling Engine Works , LiquidPlanner pays special attention to your team’s availability, ranged estimates of the work, and the priority of the work in your portfolio in order to provide you with scheduling visualizations, workload insights, and risk notifications. Want to learn more? See you next time!

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Some project managers have a defensive mindset. 3 Is an Opportunity a Risk, Really? Project managers may use qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to evaluate opportunities. Consequently, these project managers and team members fail to take advantage of these upside risks. Table Of Contents.

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 6, 2022

Do you want to be the Sherlock Holmes of project management? Let’s look at three ways to manage project uncertainty better. Project managers walk into the unknown with each new project. No wonder project managers find it difficult to estimate the schedule and budget. How can we manage this volatility?

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 28, 2023

But deadlines can be hard to manage, and even harder to hit. If you manage large projects and large teams, setting the right deadlines and knowing you can reach them with confidence is critical. You can use Target Dates to guide the scheduling engine and visualize risk in real time. Want to learn more? See you next time!

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Project Risk Coach

APRIL 18, 2021

One of the reasons that project managers fail to properly estimate their projects is they miss key activities when developing their schedules. Whether we are creating a Pixar movie , a building, a highway, or a service center, wise project managers break down their projects into pieces. Why does this happen?

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

With complex portfolios to manage, it can be hard to determine and communicate your project schedule using traditional methods like a GANTT chart. Working this way can lead to projects that drag on long past their original deadlines, and make reporting progress and capacity to managers and stakeholders more difficult.

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